Heracles Almelo look to Erve Asito supporters for inspiration before Excelsior match

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

Yet another engaging match in the Eredivisie. Heracles Almelo is in the 12th position after featuring in two fixtures. They welcome Excelsior who are placed 5th after three fixtures.

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last competitive action. Let's look for an energetic game!

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Heracles Almelo form and stats

The hosts won their first Eredivisie game here at Erve Asito, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Heracles Almelo last season were 15 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss from 19 games.

Heracles Almelo's last game was hosting NEC (placed 9th) and winning 2-1. Midfielder Hansson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Hansson scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Ajax.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Heracles Almelo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Early season league goal statistics from Heracles Almelo's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Excelsior form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eredivisie, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 3 draws and 13 defeats from 17 matches.

Excelsior played 2-2 against Fortuna Sittard in their previous match. The draw against Fortuna Sittard came from a losing position. The Excelsior manager Dijkhuizen brought on Uddenäs as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Horemans, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Horemans hit two key passes and won 15 of 25 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Ajax.

It's early days yet, but Excelsior has scored 4 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these squads: Heracles Almelo won three, Excelsior were winners in five and we saw two draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorN. Agrafiotis
N. Agrafiotis
3 goals
ExcelsiorO. Uddenäs
O. Uddenäs
2 goals
HeraclesE. Hansson
E. Hansson
1 goals

Heracles Almelo missing players

Excelsior missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heracles Almelo Excelsior
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 4 4 8
5 1 0 Conceded C 3 3 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 33%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7 3.7
11 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 6
3.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 9
4.5 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 5
33% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 53%
 
24 17 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8 12
8.5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 6.3
Heracles Almelo Last season Excelsior
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
27 15   Won W   1 9
4 3   Drew D   3 5
7 1   Lost L   13 20
103 61   Scored S   10 32
42 17   Conceded C   45 71
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 88%
92% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 71%
74% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 56%
45% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 38%
29% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 26%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   35% 41%
42% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   59% 47%
 
6.2 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 4.3
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   7.2 6.6
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.2 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 10.1
5.8 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.4
47% 51%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 28%
 
8.7 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   19.1 17.7
3.2 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   8.4 7.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AZ 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
2 FC Twente 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 5 6
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
4 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
5 Excelsior 3 1 2 0 8 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 5
6 Fortuna Sittard 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
7 Ajax 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
8 Sparta Rotterdam 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
9 NEC 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Go Ahead Eagles 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -1 3
11 Vitesse 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
12 Heracles Almelo 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
13 Feyenoord 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
14 PEC Zwolle 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
15 FC Volendam 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
16 Almere City 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
17 FC Utrecht 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 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 Heracles Almelo 38 27 4 7 103 42 19 15 3 1 61 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 61 85
2 PEC Zwolle 38 27 4 7 99 43 19 15 2 2 58 18 19 12 2 5 41 25 56 85
3 Almere City 38 21 7 10 58 41 19 10 4 5 29 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 17 70
4 Willem II 38 19 11 8 68 40 19 13 2 4 37 17 19 6 9 4 31 23 28 68
5 MVV Maastricht 38 18 5 15 65 65 19 13 3 3 42 23 19 5 2 12 23 42 0 59
6 NAC Breda 38 18 5 15 64 64 19 10 3 6 34 27 19 8 2 9 30 37 0 59
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 10 12 56 51 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 10 3 6 32 29 5 58
8 FC Eindhoven 38 16 10 12 58 54 19 10 4 5 37 23 19 6 6 7 21 31 4 58
9 Telstar 38 14 11 13 39 52 19 8 5 6 22 25 19 6 6 7 17 27 -13 53
10 Graafschap 38 15 7 16 64 54 19 10 2 7 31 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 10 52
11 Jong AZ 38 14 9 15 60 58 19 8 7 4 37 24 19 6 2 11 23 34 2 51
12 ADO Den Haag 38 13 12 13 51 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 19 7 6 6 21 26 -6 51
13 Jong Ajax 38 12 10 16 69 72 19 7 5 7 41 31 19 5 5 9 28 41 -3 46
14 Jong PSV 38 12 9 17 59 63 19 8 3 8 34 29 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 45
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 12 7 19 49 59 19 7 4 8 27 26 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 43
16 Helmond Sport 38 11 10 17 39 57 19 7 4 8 26 25 19 4 6 9 13 32 -18 43
17 FC Oss 38 10 7 21 45 76 19 6 3 10 27 37 19 4 4 11 18 39 -31 37
18 FC Dordrecht 38 9 8 21 41 68 19 6 4 9 23 28 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 10 5 23 46 85 19 7 3 9 30 33 19 3 2 14 16 52 -39 35
20 Jong Utrecht 38 7 7 24 33 65 19 5 5 9 18 21 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 28
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 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AZ 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
2 FC Twente 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 5 6
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
4 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
5 Excelsior 3 1 2 0 8 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 5
6 Fortuna Sittard 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
7 Ajax 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
8 Sparta Rotterdam 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
9 NEC 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Go Ahead Eagles 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 -1 3
11 Vitesse 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
12 Heracles Almelo 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
13 Feyenoord 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
14 PEC Zwolle 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
15 FC Volendam 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
16 Almere City 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
17 FC Utrecht 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 0

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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.