15th- against 7th position might not feel all that sexy. Fear not: Tipsway has the intelligence that makes Heracles Almelo - FC Utrecht (even) more engrossing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting FC Utrecht have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-5-3 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.
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.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Heracles Almelo so far this season. Heracles Almelo have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The fans are hoping that Heracles Almelo will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Ajax (placed 1st). Blaswich, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.34 out of 10 in that game. Blaswich saved a penalty.
In the match before that, Heracles Almelo hosted Go Ahead Eagles and drew the game 1-1.Heracles Almelo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Heracles's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Utrecht form and stats
Playing away, FC Utrecht have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Eredivisie this season.
FC Utrecht won their last game, 3-2 versus SC Cambuur played at home. Attacker Douvikas got a player rating of 9.1 in the game. "Man of the match" Douvikas scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Sparta Rotterdam.FC Utrecht have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. FC Utrecht's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: FC Utrecht - Heracles Almelo 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heracles Almelo one win, two draws and FC Utrecht seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 7 goals |  B. Ramselaar 6 goals |  M. Mahi 4 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| Heracles Almelo | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 22 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 39 |
| 30 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 28 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 62% | 64% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 76% |
| 43% | 36% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 24% | 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 43% |
| 19% | 27% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 52% | 55% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 14% | 18% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 43% | 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 5 | 5.1 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 15.6 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9.8 | 13.8 |
| 4.6 | 5.9 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
| 23% | 25% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | 39% |
| 12.7 | 10.5 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 12.1 | 10.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 59 | 51 |
| 2 | PSV | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 45 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | AZ | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 39 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | NEC | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 14 | Willem II | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 16 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 14 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
