Eredivisie: Feyenoord expected to win home against Heracles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 11:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Feyenoord supporters in this Stadion Feijenoord clash with Heracles, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eredivisie table.

Insights:
  • Feyenoord has the most points from losing position (15) in Eredivisie
  • Heracles have yet to win a game away.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dinamo Zagreb, was also a home game here at Stadion Feijenoord. The away team is better rested.

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 26 matches resulting in 4 wins, 5 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 23-62 (scored/conceded).

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Feyenoord form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Feyenoord have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

Feyenoord's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Dinamo Zagreb. Before that, Feyenoord drew at home versus FC Utrecht.

The manager D. Advocaat will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Wolfsberger AC in only four days.

Feyenoord have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Feijenoord with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Feyenoord's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Heracles form and stats

The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. Three has not been a lucky number for Heracles as they have been defeated three times in a row since the FC Utrecht match. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Heracles are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Heracles's previous game was their home loss versus AZ Alkmaar (1-2). Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Ajax's place.

The attacking power of Heracles when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. There are big problems for the Heracles defense as they have conceded 16 goals in 5 away games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Feyenoord won eight, Heracles won zero and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordS. Berghuis
S. Berghuis
9 goals
HeraclesR. Vloet
R. Vloet
7 goals
FeyenoordL. Geertruida
L. Geertruida
3 goals

Feyenoord missing players

Heracles missing players

Feyenoord Heracles
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
6 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
4 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 2 4 6
23 9 4 Scored S 0 3 11
11 5 2 Conceded C 8 16 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
50% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 60%
50% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 40%
30% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 30%
80% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 50%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.4 13.4 23 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7.8 11.3
5.8 5 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2 3.2
40% 36% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 34%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of Feyenoord's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Heracles's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Feyenoord has the most points from losing position (15) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have not yet lost a game.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of Heracles.
  • Feyenoord haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Heracles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Heracles have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Heracles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Heracles have yet to win a game away.
  • Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 9 0 1 42 5 5 5 0 0 20 4 5 4 0 1 22 1 37 27
2 Vitesse 10 8 1 1 20 6 5 5 0 0 12 2 5 3 1 1 8 4 14 25
3 PSV 10 7 2 1 21 6 5 5 0 0 12 1 5 2 2 1 9 5 15 23
4 Feyenoord 10 6 4 0 23 11 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 4 1 0 14 6 12 22
5 FC Twente 10 5 3 2 21 11 6 3 2 1 12 6 4 2 1 1 9 5 10 18
6 SC Heerenveen 10 5 3 2 18 13 4 3 0 1 7 3 6 2 3 1 11 10 5 18
7 AZ Alkmaar 9 4 5 0 21 13 4 2 2 0 7 3 5 2 3 0 14 10 8 17
8 FC Groningen 10 5 2 3 11 11 6 3 2 1 6 5 4 2 0 2 5 6 0 17
9 FC Utrecht 9 2 5 2 10 13 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 0 4 1 4 7 -3 11
10 Sparta Rotterdam 10 2 3 5 15 18 5 1 2 2 12 10 5 1 1 3 3 8 -3 9
11 PEC Zwolle 10 1 6 3 12 17 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 0 4 1 7 11 -5 9
12 RKC Waalwijk 10 2 3 5 8 16 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 2 0 3 4 9 -8 9
13 VVV-Venlo 10 2 3 5 16 30 5 1 2 2 7 20 5 1 1 3 9 10 -14 9
14 Willem II 10 2 2 6 9 18 5 2 0 3 8 11 5 0 2 3 1 7 -9 8
15 Heracles 10 2 2 6 11 21 5 2 1 2 8 5 5 0 1 4 3 16 -10 8
16 ADO Den Haag 10 1 2 7 9 27 5 0 2 3 5 10 5 1 0 4 4 17 -18 5
17 Fortuna Sittard 10 0 3 7 12 27 5 0 2 3 8 14 5 0 1 4 4 13 -15 3
18 FC Emmen 10 0 3 7 11 27 5 0 2 3 8 16 5 0 1 4 3 11 -16 3

Read more about Eredivisie

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.