Only three points will suffice for the FC Utrecht regulars in this Stadion Galgenwaard battle with Heracles Almelo, as they have a robust lead on their opponents in the Eredivisie standings.
- FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
- Heracles Almelo have yet to win a game away.
Both teams have had ample time to rest since their last match. Let's hope for an animated fixture!
It should be mentioned that Heracles Almelo play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Heracles Almelo on grass are 5 victories, 5 draws and 14 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 21-50. You can compare this with overall results below.
FC Utrecht form and stats
Home games in the Eredivisie have been a walk in the park for FC Utrecht so far, with 16 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Utrecht here at Stadion Galgenwaard, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Utrecht lost their last game at SC Cambuur (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Joris van Overeem got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Overeem hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 46 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Vitesse.FC Utrecht always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadion Galgenwaard with 21 goals in 6 league games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Heracles Almelo playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Heracles, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Heracles Almelo had fun at their own home (Stadion Galgenwaard) last time out, beating Fortuna Sittard 3-1. Kaj Sierhuis and Ismail Azzaoui (2) scored. Ismail Azzaoui got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Azzaoui scored two goals.
A draw for Heracles before that, at their own venue hosting Ajax (0-0).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Heracles Almelo manager F. Wormuth as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Feyenoord.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Heracles rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Utrecht six wins, two draws and Heracles Almelo two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ramselaar 6 goals |  M. Sylla 4 goals |  A. Douvikas 4 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
Heracles Almelo missing players
| FC Utrecht | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 58% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 46% | 83% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 62% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 31% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 42% |
| 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 4.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 18.7 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 14.4 | 14.1 |
| 4.5 | 6.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 47% | 51% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 12 | 10.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 4 |
- All of FC Utrecht's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Heracles Almelo have scored away.
- FC Utrecht have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Heracles Almelo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Heracles Almelo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Heracles Almelo have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Heracles Almelo have yet to win a game away.
- Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 30 |
| 2 | PSV | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 22 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | NEC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Willem II | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | AZ | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Heracles Almelo | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 4 |