The home advantage belongs to FC Groningen in this fixture against Heracles Almelo, but the visitors will battle to the bitter end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!
- Heracles Almelo have the fewest points (5) away in Eredivisie
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
FC Groningen form and stats
FC Groningen have collected 18 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 4-6-4.
The fans are hoping that Groningen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against SC Heerenveen (placed 11th). Hintum, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Hintum won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Ajax (1-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Groningen handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and two defeats.
Groningen has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. FC Groningen have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Heracles Almelo so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-11 (win-draw-lose).
Heracles Almelo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Feyenoord proved too strong as Heracles Almelo slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Polman Stadion. Midfielder Schoofs was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Schoofs served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fortuna Sittard at their stadium, the result 2-0.We have checked recent matches where Heracles Almelo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, three draws and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Heracles as they have only managed to score 10 times from 14 away games in the league. As for defending, Heracles Almelo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
FC Groningen and Heracles Almelo have faced off earlier this season: Heracles Almelo - FC Groningen 4-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Groningen victories, one draw and six Heracles Almelo wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Strand Larsen 12 goals |  C. Ngonge 7 goals |   S. Bakış 5 goals |
FC Groningen missing players
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| FC Groningen | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 37 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 43 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 41 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 90% |
| 76% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 66% |
| 45% | 21% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 41% |
| 28% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 24% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 17% |
| 66% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 48% |
| 14% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 14% | 24% |
| 24% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 43% | 38% |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 12.5 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 9.9 | 12.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 24% | 24% |
| 13.2 | 12.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 15 | 13.3 |
| 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
- Heracles Almelo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Heracles Almelo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Heracles Almelo have the fewest points (5) away in Eredivisie
- Heracles Almelo have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Ajax | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 70 | 72 |
| 2 | PSV | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 73 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 39 | 68 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 39 | 61 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 58 |
| 5 | AZ | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 55 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -8 | 44 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 36 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | NEC | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 35 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 34 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 44 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -17 | 33 |
| 13 | Heracles Almelo | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -15 | 28 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -31 | 26 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -22 | 23 |
| 17 | Willem II | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -29 | 23 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -22 | 22 |
