The Willem II & Heracles Almelo head coaches Hofland and Lammers are both anxious about and eagerly anticipating this very important game in the top part of the Eerste Divisie standings.
- Willem II have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (34) in Eerste Divisie
5 - 3 - 19 with 24-57. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Heracles Almelo when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Heracles Almelo play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Not much time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Eerste Divisie fixture only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Jong Ajax, so at least Willem II are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Willem II form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Willem II at their home stadium (Koning Willem II Stadion) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
A strong away win for Willem II against Jong Ajax the last match, as Bokila and Woudenberg were on target. Llonch (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Llonch dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).
Before that, Willem drew at home versus Almere City.This is expected to be a close game, with Willem II perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Willem II as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Willem II has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 5.
Some goal stats: A review of the 13 latest league games highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
The Willem II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Willem have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (34) in Eerste Divisie, are W4-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Heracles Almelo are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Heracles are travelling again after losing away to Almere City in their previous match (2-3). A huge disappointment for Heracles Almelo in their last match (vs Almere City). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat. Vejinović got a match rating of 8.7 in that game, top player of the team. Vejinović served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against FC Eindhoven.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Heracles Almelo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Heracles Almelo, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this team's 13 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Heracles are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, Heracles Almelo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Willem II six wins, zero draws and Heracles Almelo four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Hansson 7 goals |  K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson 6 goals |  N. Laursen 5 goals |
Willem II missing players
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| Willem II | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 34 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 54% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 31% |
| 77% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.9 | 11.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 37% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 7.5 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
- All of Heracles Almelo's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Heracles Almelo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Willem II have scored home.
- Heracles Almelo have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most clean sheets (6) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (34) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+16) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Willem II have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Willem II have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Willem II have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | MVV Maastricht | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | PEC Zwolle | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Willem II | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Jong AZ | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Almere City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Telstar | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Jong Ajax | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Graafschap | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | FC Den Bosch | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | FC Oss | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 6 |
