Feyenoord vs Heracles previews for sports fans

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 12.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

Heracles have journeyed here for an intriguing game versus the home team Feyenoord. Get ready for the fixture with this in-depth Eredivisie preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It should be mentioned that Heracles 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 on grass are 4 victories, 5 draws and 15 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 18-52. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Feyenoord form and stats

The hosts won their first Eredivisie game here at Stadion Feijenoord, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Feyenoord last season were 9 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses from 17 games.

In their previous game, the manager A. Slot led his Feyenoord to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at FC Utrecht. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Feijenoord. Gernot Trauner, defender, was given a rating of 7.74/10 in that game, top of the team. Trauner hit two key passes and won 11 of 12 duels.

Before that, Feyenoord had a home game versus Go Ahead Eagles which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 15 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, five draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, eight matches were won by at least two goals.

Early season league goal statistics from Feyenoord's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.

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Heracles form and stats

One match played away so far in the Eredivisie for Heracles and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses from 17 games.

Heracles failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs NEC (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Defender Ruben Roosken was the best team player with a rating of 7.34. Roosken won 9 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sparta Rotterdam that ended 1-1.

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

Heracles have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Feyenoord-Heracles H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Feyenoord seven wins, Heracles zero wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordB. Linssen
B. Linssen
3 goals
FeyenoordL. Sinisterra Lucumí
L. Sinisterra Lucumí
2 goals
FeyenoordG. Til
G. Til
1 goals

Feyenoord missing players

Heracles missing players

Feyenoord Heracles
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
7 2 0 Scored S 0 1 1
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 67%
 
6.7 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 6
5.3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 5.3
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
19.7 28 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 11
6 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 4
39% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 8%
Feyenoord Last season Heracles
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 19   Played P   17 34
18 11   Won W   4 12
11 6   Drew D   4 8
7 2   Lost L   9 14
68 39   Scored S   13 42
36 13   Conceded C   37 53
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
83% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
50% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 56%
33% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 32%
22% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
47% 37%   BTTS BTTS   41% 44%
42% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 26%
19% 16%   Failed to Score F T   47% 32%
 
5.6 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.4
4.1 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5
1.3 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
4 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
15.3 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 10.1
4.8 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.5
40% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 3 3 0 0 11 3 2 2 0 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 9
2 Ajax 3 2 1 0 11 1 2 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 7
3 FC Utrecht 3 2 1 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 7
4 Feyenoord 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 3 4 6
5 SC Heerenveen 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
6 Willem II 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 6
7 NEC 3 2 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 -2 6
8 Fortuna Sittard 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
9 RKC Waalwijk 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 5 0 4
10 FC Groningen 3 1 1 1 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 4
11 AZ 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
12 Go Ahead Eagles 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 SC Cambuur 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
14 Vitesse 3 1 0 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 5 -7 3
15 FC Twente 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 1
16 Heracles 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
17 Sparta Rotterdam 3 0 1 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 1
18 PEC Zwolle 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
Last season 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 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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.