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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

Look!Here is all you must know about the Eredivisie game Heracles Almelo - FC Twente!

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  • Heracles Almelo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not FC Twente's usual surface at their own stadium. When appearing on artifical turf FC Twente have performed like this: Played eleven matches earning 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats with the goal data 17-12 (scored/conceded).

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.

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Heracles Almelo form and stats

The total Eredivisie stats at home this season for Heracles Almelo are 7-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Heracles Almelo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating FC Groningen away with the result 1-0. Laursen found the net in that victory. The attacking player Laursen was named "man of the match" for Heracles with the rating of 8.15/10. Laursen scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Feyenoord that was lost 1-4.

Heracles Almelo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. 17 goals have been conceded.

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FC Twente form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Having won their last three away games Twente has no reason to fear anyone.

FC Twente have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Eredivisie.

Vlap and van Wolfswinkel scored in FC Twente's previous match, the home game against Sparta Rotterdam that ended 2-0. Pleguezuelo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender Pleguezuelo won 9 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against NEC with the score of 2-0.

Twente has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 15 games. FC Twente have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These sides met each other before this match year: FC Twente - Heracles 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Heracles Almelo wins - draws - FC Twente wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteR. van Wolfswinkel
R. van Wolfswinkel
15 goals
Heracles AlmeloS. Bakış
S. Bakış
5 goals
FC TwenteR. Pröpper
R. Pröpper
5 goals

Heracles Almelo missing players

FC Twente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heracles Almelo FC Twente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
9 7 1 Won W 3 9 18
6 4 2 Drew D 2 2 7
15 4 2 Lost L 0 4 5
31 20 4 Scored S 9 24 48
41 17 8 Conceded C 5 22 33
90% 87% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
63% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
40% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 53% 47%
23% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 27%
17% 27% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 17%
47% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 60% 53%
27% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 40%
37% 33% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 10%
 
4.9 5.9 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 3.8 4.1
4.5 4.3 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 5.1
1.8 2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.6 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.8 15.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 9.6 12.4
4.3 5.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.5 4.3
24% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 37%
 
13.1 11.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 12.9 11.2
4.8 3.7 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.5 3.6
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Heracles Almelo have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Ajax 30 24 3 3 86 15 15 12 1 2 54 8 15 12 2 1 32 7 71 75
2 PSV 30 23 2 5 75 35 15 12 0 3 42 18 15 11 2 2 33 17 40 71
3 Feyenoord 30 20 4 6 69 29 15 11 2 2 36 13 15 9 2 4 33 16 40 64
4 FC Twente 30 18 7 5 48 33 15 9 5 1 24 11 15 9 2 4 24 22 15 61
5 AZ 30 18 4 8 58 36 15 11 2 2 33 15 15 7 2 6 25 21 22 58
6 Vitesse 30 13 5 12 35 45 15 6 2 7 17 25 15 7 3 5 18 20 -10 44
7 FC Utrecht 30 11 9 10 47 40 15 7 5 3 29 18 15 4 4 7 18 22 7 42
8 FC Groningen 30 9 9 12 37 44 15 4 6 5 15 16 15 5 3 7 22 28 -7 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 30 10 6 14 35 44 15 7 1 7 24 21 15 3 5 7 11 23 -9 36
10 NEC 30 9 8 13 35 47 15 2 5 8 12 21 15 7 3 5 23 26 -12 35
11 SC Heerenveen 30 9 7 14 29 40 15 5 2 8 17 22 15 4 5 6 12 18 -11 34
12 Heracles Almelo 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 7 4 4 20 17 15 2 2 11 11 24 -10 33
13 SC Cambuur 30 10 3 17 45 63 15 5 1 9 27 33 15 5 2 8 18 30 -18 33
14 Fortuna Sittard 30 8 5 17 31 61 15 6 2 7 18 26 15 2 3 10 13 35 -30 29
15 RKC Waalwijk 30 6 10 14 31 48 15 4 3 8 12 24 15 2 7 6 19 24 -17 28
16 PEC Zwolle 30 7 5 18 24 44 15 3 4 8 11 17 15 4 1 10 13 27 -20 26
17 Willem II 30 7 5 18 24 52 15 5 3 7 13 20 15 2 2 11 11 32 -28 26
18 Sparta Rotterdam 30 5 10 15 22 45 15 3 6 6 13 20 15 2 4 9 9 25 -23 25

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 Ajax 30 24 3 3 86 15 15 12 1 2 54 8 15 12 2 1 32 7 71 75
2 PSV 30 23 2 5 75 35 15 12 0 3 42 18 15 11 2 2 33 17 40 71
3 Feyenoord 30 20 4 6 69 29 15 11 2 2 36 13 15 9 2 4 33 16 40 64
4 FC Twente 30 18 7 5 48 33 15 9 5 1 24 11 15 9 2 4 24 22 15 61
5 AZ 30 18 4 8 58 36 15 11 2 2 33 15 15 7 2 6 25 21 22 58
6 Vitesse 30 13 5 12 35 45 15 6 2 7 17 25 15 7 3 5 18 20 -10 44
7 FC Utrecht 30 11 9 10 47 40 15 7 5 3 29 18 15 4 4 7 18 22 7 42
8 FC Groningen 30 9 9 12 37 44 15 4 6 5 15 16 15 5 3 7 22 28 -7 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 30 10 6 14 35 44 15 7 1 7 24 21 15 3 5 7 11 23 -9 36
10 NEC 30 9 8 13 35 47 15 2 5 8 12 21 15 7 3 5 23 26 -12 35
11 SC Heerenveen 30 9 7 14 29 40 15 5 2 8 17 22 15 4 5 6 12 18 -11 34
12 Heracles Almelo 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 7 4 4 20 17 15 2 2 11 11 24 -10 33
13 SC Cambuur 30 10 3 17 45 63 15 5 1 9 27 33 15 5 2 8 18 30 -18 33
14 Fortuna Sittard 30 8 5 17 31 61 15 6 2 7 18 26 15 2 3 10 13 35 -30 29
15 RKC Waalwijk 30 6 10 14 31 48 15 4 3 8 12 24 15 2 7 6 19 24 -17 28
16 PEC Zwolle 30 7 5 18 24 44 15 3 4 8 11 17 15 4 1 10 13 27 -20 26
17 Willem II 30 7 5 18 24 52 15 5 3 7 13 20 15 2 2 11 11 32 -28 26
18 Sparta Rotterdam 30 5 10 15 22 45 15 3 6 6 13 20 15 2 4 9 9 25 -23 25

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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.