Feyenoord vs Heracles Almelo pre-match info: Visitors will have a grim job at Stadion Feijenoord

It's no vacation for neither Feyenoord nor Heracles Almelo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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 15 defeats from 25 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 21-51. You can compare this with overall results below.

Feyenoord form and stats

Home games in the Eredivisie have been a walk in the park for Feyenoord so far, with 16 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Feyenoord has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Feijenoord, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Feyenoord goalkeeper Ofir Meir Marciano is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 400 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eredivisie.

Feyenoord shared the glory with FC Twente in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Midfield player Jens Toornstra got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Toornstra hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Slavia Praha that finished 2-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Feyenoord home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, three draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fortuna Sittard are coming to town in four days.

Feyenoord are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (17 goals in 6 games). 6 goals have been conceded.

Heracles Almelo form and stats

There's been little loot from Heracles Almelo's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Eredivisie. Heracles Almelo only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Heracles Almelo as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sparta Rotterdam match.

There might be some fixture complaints from Heracles as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eredivisie match against FC Utrecht (0-1). It's possibly a bad omen for Heracles Almelo that their goalie Janis Blaswich made seven saves in the FC Utrecht game, but still were unable to save them from a beating. Late heartbreak for Heracles in the FC Utrecht match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Janis Blaswich was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.83. The agile goalkeeper Blaswich saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with seven saves.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Fortuna Sittard.

You'll want to know how Heracles managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

A new game in only three days for Heracles, the Eredivisie home match versus SC Heerenveen. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Heracles have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - zero (Feyenoord wins - draws - Heracles Almelo wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Linssen 8 goals

G. Til 8 goals

L. Sinisterra Lucumí 4 goals

Feyenoord missing players

Heracles Almelo missing players