Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when FC Utrecht welcomes Heracles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Tue 21.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)

It's advantage FC Utrecht so far with their 6th position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming Heracles who are placed 7th.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Heracles have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-6-18 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

The story so far for FC Utrecht at their home stadium is 9 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. FC Utrecht has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for FC Utrecht, who won 2-0 against Heracles. Previous to that game, a home match hosting SC Heerenveen in a game that was won 3-1.

FC Utrecht have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 30 goals in 17 matches. FC Utrecht are not conceding a lot of goals here, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 17 matches.

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Heracles form and stats

Heracles have only collected 15 points from their away games after 4-3-10 (17 played). With the Heracles losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Heracles are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus FC Utrecht with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Heracles manager F. Wormuth faced defeat when travelling to PSV and losing 1-3.

Heracles find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 17 away fixtures. The Heracles manager F. Wormuth has some worries about the defense as 36 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Heracles - FC Utrecht 0-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 FC Utrecht victories, 4 draws and 2 Heracles wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Adrián Dalmau
19 goals / 4 assists
K. Peterson
12 goals / 5 assists
B. Kuwas
10 goals / 9 assists

FC Utrecht missing players

Heracles missing players

FC Utrecht Heracles
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played 5 17 35
16 9 2 Won 0 4 15
8 5 2 Drew 1 3 3
11 3 1 Lost 4 10 17
62 30 7 Scored 4 19 61
51 16 3 Conceded 12 36 70
91% 82% 80% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 76% 60% Over 1.5 100% 94% 91%
63% 65% 40% Over 2.5 80% 71% 71%
43% 35% 20% Over 3.5 40% 29% 46%
26% 12% 0% Over 4.5 0% 12% 31%
54% 59% 40% BTTS 80% 59% 57%
29% 35% 40% Clean Sheets 0% 12% 17%
26% 24% 40% Failed To Score 20% 29% 26%
 
5.1 6 6 Corners For (avg) 4.2 4.3 5.3
5.1 4.7 3.2 Corners Against (avg) 7.4 5.8 5.3
1.5 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.9 1.9
6 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 4
Key stats this season:
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Heracles have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

FC Utrecht
All Eredivisie Europa League Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
31-03-19 ER FC Utrecht 3 - 2 Feyenoord
03-04-19 ER VVV-Venlo 2 - 6 FC Utrecht
06-04-19 ER ADO Den Haag 5 - 0 FC Utrecht
14-04-19 ER FC Utrecht 0 - 0 Vitesse
20-04-19 ER FC Emmen 2 - 0 FC Utrecht
24-04-19 ER FC Utrecht 2 - 1 Fortuna Sittard
12-05-19 ER Ajax 4 - 1 FC Utrecht
15-05-19 ER FC Utrecht 3 - 1 SC Heerenveen
18-05-19 ER Heracles 0 - 2 FC Utrecht
21-05-19 ER FC Utrecht 16:30 Heracles
Heracles
All Eredivisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
30-03-19 ER Graafschap 1 - 2 Heracles
02-04-19 ER Heracles 3 - 4 Willem II
06-04-19 ER Heracles 1 - 0 NAC Breda
13-04-19 ER Feyenoord 2 - 1 Heracles
19-04-19 ER Heracles 2 - 1 SC Heerenveen
23-04-19 ER AZ 2 - 1 Heracles
12-05-19 ER Heracles 4 - 5 Excelsior
15-05-19 ER PSV 3 - 1 Heracles
18-05-19 ER Heracles 0 - 2 FC Utrecht
21-05-19 ER FC Utrecht 16:30 Heracles

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Ajax 34 28 2 4 119 32 17 15 2 0 70 13 17 13 0 4 49 19 87 86
2 PSV 34 26 5 3 98 26 17 16 1 0 58 7 17 10 4 3 40 19 72 83
3 Feyenoord 34 20 5 9 75 41 17 14 0 3 43 16 17 6 5 6 32 25 34 65
4 AZ 34 17 7 10 64 43 17 11 3 3 35 15 17 6 4 7 29 28 21 58
5 Vitesse 34 14 11 9 70 51 17 10 6 1 45 25 17 4 5 8 25 26 19 53
6 FC Utrecht 34 15 8 11 60 51 17 9 5 3 30 16 17 6 3 8 30 35 9 53
7 Heracles 34 15 3 16 61 68 17 11 0 6 42 32 17 4 3 10 19 36 -7 48
8 FC Groningen 34 13 6 15 39 41 17 10 1 6 26 16 17 3 5 9 13 25 -2 45
9 ADO Den Haag 34 12 9 13 58 63 17 7 4 6 33 32 17 5 5 7 25 31 -5 45
10 Willem II 34 13 5 16 58 72 17 6 2 9 26 33 17 7 3 7 32 39 -14 44
11 SC Heerenveen 34 10 11 13 64 73 17 4 7 6 27 35 17 6 4 7 37 38 -9 41
12 VVV-Venlo 34 11 8 15 47 63 17 7 3 7 25 25 17 4 5 8 22 38 -16 41
13 PEC Zwolle 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 6 3 8 31 31 17 5 3 9 13 26 -13 39
14 FC Emmen 34 10 8 16 41 72 17 5 5 7 23 31 17 5 3 9 18 41 -31 38
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 9 7 18 50 80 17 7 5 5 30 26 17 2 2 13 20 54 -30 34
16 Excelsior 34 9 6 19 46 79 17 6 4 7 27 36 17 3 2 12 19 43 -33 33
17 Graafschap 34 8 5 21 38 75 17 6 3 8 25 28 17 2 2 13 13 47 -37 29
18 NAC Breda 34 5 8 21 29 74 17 4 6 7 18 30 17 1 2 14 11 44 -45 23

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