Eredivisie: Heracles Almelo are 5 points behind FC Groningen, but are fully set to go full force. Game on!
- FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Heracles Almelo nor FC Groningen 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.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Heracles Almelo at their home stadium (Erve Asito) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Heracles Almelo with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Fortuna Sittard game, 27 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The fans are hoping that Heracles will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the KNVB Beker game against AZ (placed 8th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Vitesse in the Eredivisie.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Heracles Almelo handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and one defeat.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Heracles as they have a new game in only four days, a Eredivisie match thankfully also at home. SC Cambuur are visiting.
Heracles has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Heracles's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Groningen form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of FC Groningen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. Groningen love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Groningen, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Excelsior (after extra-time) in the KNVB Beker last time out. As you can tell from the result, the match against Excelsior (after extra-time) was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Feyenoord in the Eredivisie.Groningen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to AZ.
FC Groningen find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Groningen have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Heracles Almelo-FC Groningen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Heracles five wins, FC Groningen three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Ngonge 7 goals |  J. Strand Larsen 5 goals |   D. Burgzorg 4 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| Heracles Almelo | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 23 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 22 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 56% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 38% |
| 25% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.8 | 13.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.5 | 11.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 22% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 28% | 25% |
| 12.9 | 11.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.5 | 13.2 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.2 | 4.7 |
- FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Ajax | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 36 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | AZ | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | FC Groningen | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | NEC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Willem II | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 12 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 6 |