Another action-packed fixture in Eredivisie as FC Twente welcome Heracles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, FC Twente in 10th and Heracles in 8th place.

Insights:
  • FC Twente have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Eredivisie
  • Heracles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This pitch has grass, which is not Heracles's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Heracles have performed like this: Played 28 matches resulting in 5 wins, 5 draws and 18 defeats with the goal stats 22-59 (scored/conceded).

Heracles are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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FC Twente form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. FC Twente have only managed 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from their games here at De Grolsch Veste. Twente are slowly digging their own grave here at De Grolsch Veste with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eleven attempts. The last victory here came in the PEC Zwolle match. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for FC Twente with their four defeats in a row. Not since the SC Heerenveen game, 49 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

No payout for FC Twente in their previous match, an away game at Fortuna Sittard that ended in defeat 0-3. Before that game, the home loss against FC Utrecht with the scoreline 1-2.

Twente's goalkeeper Joël Drommel was extremely busy against Fortuna Sittard, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

FC Twente are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Heracles form and stats

Heracles have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 4-3-8 (15 played). Heracles has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Heracles are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Eredivisie against VVV-Venlo (placed 17th). A 1-3 defeat away at FC Emmen before that.

As you can tell from the results above, Heracles was very dominant against VVV-Venlo, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Rai Vloet and Sinan Bakış (3) providing the goals. Sinan Bakış certainly enjoyed Heracles's last game versus VVV-Venlo, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Heracles have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Heracles - Twente 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Twente-Heracles H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Twente five wins, Heracles three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HeraclesR. Vloet
R. Vloet
16 goals
TwenteD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
15 goals
HeraclesS. Bakış
S. Bakış
9 goals

FC Twente missing players

Heracles missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Twente Heracles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
9 3 2 Won W 3 4 12
10 5 1 Drew D 1 3 6
12 7 1 Lost L 0 8 13
43 19 5 Scored S 5 12 40
45 22 3 Conceded C 2 31 46
90% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
84% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 81%
58% 47% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 67% 58%
32% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 32%
13% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
61% 67% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 42%
19% 13% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 29%
29% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 47% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.1 11.5 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12 7.4 10.6
4.3 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.4 3.6
32% 28% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 36%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Twente have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Eredivisie
  • Heracles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Heracles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 30 24 4 2 89 21 15 12 2 1 46 13 15 12 2 1 43 8 68 76
2 PSV 30 19 7 4 65 30 15 12 2 1 33 9 15 7 5 3 32 21 35 64
3 AZ Alkmaar 31 19 7 5 69 41 15 10 2 3 33 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 28 64
4 Vitesse 31 18 6 7 48 29 16 11 4 1 25 9 15 7 2 6 23 20 19 60
5 Feyenoord 30 15 10 5 58 29 15 8 6 1 32 10 15 7 4 4 26 19 29 55
6 FC Utrecht 31 13 11 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 15 7 5 3 25 16 11 50
7 FC Groningen 30 13 7 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 16 11 15 6 2 7 19 23 1 46
8 Heracles 31 12 6 13 40 46 16 8 3 5 28 15 15 4 3 8 12 31 -6 42
9 Fortuna Sittard 31 12 4 15 46 52 16 5 2 9 24 30 15 7 2 6 22 22 -6 40
10 FC Twente 31 9 10 12 43 45 15 3 5 7 19 22 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 37
11 SC Heerenveen 30 9 10 11 39 42 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 3 6 6 18 26 -3 37
12 Sparta Rotterdam 30 10 7 13 42 46 15 5 3 7 27 27 15 5 4 6 15 19 -4 37
13 PEC Zwolle 31 8 11 12 41 48 15 5 6 4 18 17 16 3 5 8 23 31 -7 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 31 6 8 17 28 48 16 4 4 8 19 24 15 2 4 9 9 24 -20 26
15 Willem II 31 6 7 18 34 64 15 5 2 8 20 30 16 1 5 10 14 34 -30 25
16 FC Emmen 30 5 9 16 33 59 15 3 4 8 23 36 15 2 5 8 10 23 -26 24
17 VVV-Venlo 31 6 4 21 39 81 15 3 3 9 17 39 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 22
18 ADO Den Haag 30 2 10 18 22 67 15 0 6 9 13 32 15 2 4 9 9 35 -45 16

Table
  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 30 24 4 2 89 21 15 12 2 1 46 13 15 12 2 1 43 8 68 76
2 PSV 30 19 7 4 65 30 15 12 2 1 33 9 15 7 5 3 32 21 35 64
3 AZ Alkmaar 31 19 7 5 69 41 15 10 2 3 33 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 28 64
4 Vitesse 31 18 6 7 48 29 16 11 4 1 25 9 15 7 2 6 23 20 19 60
5 Feyenoord 30 15 10 5 58 29 15 8 6 1 32 10 15 7 4 4 26 19 29 55
6 FC Utrecht 31 13 11 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 15 7 5 3 25 16 11 50
7 FC Groningen 30 13 7 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 16 11 15 6 2 7 19 23 1 46
8 Heracles 31 12 6 13 40 46 16 8 3 5 28 15 15 4 3 8 12 31 -6 42
9 Fortuna Sittard 31 12 4 15 46 52 16 5 2 9 24 30 15 7 2 6 22 22 -6 40
10 FC Twente 31 9 10 12 43 45 15 3 5 7 19 22 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 37
11 SC Heerenveen 30 9 10 11 39 42 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 3 6 6 18 26 -3 37
12 Sparta Rotterdam 30 10 7 13 42 46 15 5 3 7 27 27 15 5 4 6 15 19 -4 37
13 PEC Zwolle 31 8 11 12 41 48 15 5 6 4 18 17 16 3 5 8 23 31 -7 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 31 6 8 17 28 48 16 4 4 8 19 24 15 2 4 9 9 24 -20 26
15 Willem II 31 6 7 18 34 64 15 5 2 8 20 30 16 1 5 10 14 34 -30 25
16 FC Emmen 30 5 9 16 33 59 15 3 4 8 23 36 15 2 5 8 10 23 -26 24
17 VVV-Venlo 31 6 4 21 39 81 15 3 3 9 17 39 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 22
18 ADO Den Haag 30 2 10 18 22 67 15 0 6 9 13 32 15 2 4 9 9 35 -45 16

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.