Open game expected at Erve Asito: Heracles Almelo vs NEC preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 18.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

With the anxious opening match out of the way it’s time for the second Eredivisie clash of the season. Heracles Almelo are ready to confront NEC in front of their home fans.

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not NEC's usual surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf NEC have performed like this: Played eleven matches with the results 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats with the goal numbers 19-10 (scored/conceded).

Heracles Almelo and NEC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Heracles Almelo form and stats

The previous season, Heracles Almelo's league stats were 27 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, providing 1st place in the Eerste Divisie. In these 38 matches they scored {103 goals} and gave away 42. Performing as the home team in the last season Heracles Almelo managed 15-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with {61 goals} and 17 conceded.

Heracles faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ajax (1-4). Heracles Almelo's goalkeeper Brouwer was extremely busy against Ajax, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.

Ahead of that match, Heracles Almelo won a home game hosting Jong Ajax (2-0).

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NEC form and stats

Let's have a look at how NEC performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 15 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded {45 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 14/17 goals scored/conceded.

NEC have a lot to remedy after their shock loss (3-4) to Excelsior in their previous match, played at home. An off the wall game with heaps of goals last time out for NEC, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this fixture be as gleeful? Late heartbreak for NEC in the Excelsior match, as the deciding 3-4 goal came deep into overtime. Midfielder Schøne was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Schøne served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 51 successful passes (of 57 total).

Before that, NEC travelled to Fortuna Sittard and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Heracles won three games, two matches ended with a tie and NEC managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

Heracles AlmeloM. Engels
M. Engels
1 goals
NECY. Baas
Y. Baas
1 goals
NECS. Hansen
S. Hansen
1 goals

Heracles Almelo missing players

NEC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heracles Almelo NEC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
13 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
31 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6
13 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Heracles Almelo Last season NEC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
27 15   Won W   5 8
4 3   Drew D   6 15
7 1   Lost L   6 11
103 61   Scored S   14 42
42 17   Conceded C   17 45
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 85%
92% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 71%
74% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 41%
45% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 29%
29% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 18%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   24% 50%
42% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 26%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   59% 38%
 
6.2 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5.2
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.4
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
13.2 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 13.7
5.8 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.8
47% 51%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 26%
 
8.7 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   17.5 15.2
3.2 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 5.6

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Feyenoord 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 NEC 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 FC Volendam 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 FC Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Heracles Almelo 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -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 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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Feyenoord 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 NEC 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 FC Volendam 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 FC Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Heracles Almelo 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 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.