Eredivisie match prognosis and game guide for the Heracles Almelo vs SC Cambuur duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

Heracles Almelo - SC Cambuur in Eredivisie: Statistics, team lineups, fixtures, tendencies and news. Read our full guide!

Insights:
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Heracles Almelo form and stats

Heracles Almelo have played 9 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Heracles last time playing, versus FC Groningen. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-2 with Laursen, Kiomourtzoglou and Başaçıkoğlu scoring for the victors. A goal frenzy last time out for Heracles, with a total of 6 goals in the match against FC Groningen. Fun stuff to watch! Laursen, a striker, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.25 (out of 10). Laursen scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A KNVB Beker defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at AZ.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Heracles 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.

Heracles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Erve Asito with 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Heracles's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

5 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of SC Cambuur playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. Cambuur has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Fortuna Sittard.

The manager Bosschaart was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Cambuurstadion. SC Cambuur suffered a 1-2 loss to SC Heerenveen (placed 9th). Attacker Uldriķis got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Uldriķis scored one goal.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus NEC.

We have checked recent matches where Cambuur have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, zero draws and one defeat.

Cambuur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Cambuur, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: SC Cambuur - Heracles 2-1. Head to head totals (for the previous eight meetings): Heracles Almelo won two games, one match ended with a draw and SC Cambuur got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four

Top Goalscorers

SC CambuurJ. Jacobs
J. Jacobs
5 goals
SC CambuurR. Uldriķis
R. Uldriķis
5 goals
Heracles AlmeloD. Burgzorg
D. Burgzorg
4 goals

Heracles Almelo missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

Heracles Almelo SC Cambuur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 5 8 17
5 5 1 Won W 4 5 9
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
10 3 2 Lost L 1 3 8
20 14 4 Scored S 10 14 31
25 11 4 Conceded C 3 18 38
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
59% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 88%
47% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 75% 82%
29% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 62% 53%
24% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 35%
53% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 71%
12% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 18%
41% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 12%
 
4.8 4.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.1 3.4
4 3.9 0.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 7.2 7
2.1 2.3 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13 14.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 11.1 10.9
4.9 6 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.9 4.6
24% 26% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 40%
 
12.4 10.8 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 16.2 15.9
4.5 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 6 6.1
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • SC Cambuur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 13 1 3 44 24 8 7 0 1 25 12 9 6 1 2 19 12 20 40
2 Ajax 17 12 3 2 51 4 9 6 1 2 33 3 8 6 2 0 18 1 47 39
3 Feyenoord 17 11 3 3 39 17 9 7 1 1 24 9 8 4 2 2 15 8 22 36
4 FC Twente 17 9 4 4 27 21 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 5 1 3 17 15 6 31
5 Vitesse 17 9 3 5 24 25 8 3 2 3 9 13 9 6 1 2 15 12 -1 30
6 AZ 17 9 2 6 34 23 8 6 1 1 23 10 9 3 1 5 11 13 11 29
7 FC Utrecht 17 8 4 5 32 22 8 6 2 0 22 6 9 2 2 5 10 16 10 28
8 SC Cambuur 17 9 0 8 31 38 9 4 0 5 17 20 8 5 0 3 14 18 -7 27
9 SC Heerenveen 17 7 4 6 20 22 9 3 2 4 11 14 8 4 2 2 9 8 -2 25
10 NEC 17 6 4 7 23 26 8 2 2 4 9 10 9 4 2 3 14 16 -3 22
11 Go Ahead Eagles 17 6 3 8 19 27 9 4 0 5 13 13 8 2 3 3 6 14 -8 21
12 FC Groningen 17 4 7 6 20 26 8 1 6 1 7 6 9 3 1 5 13 20 -6 19
13 Willem II 17 5 3 9 18 35 8 3 1 4 7 14 9 2 2 5 11 21 -17 18
14 Heracles Almelo 17 5 2 10 20 25 9 5 1 3 14 11 8 0 1 7 6 14 -5 17
15 RKC Waalwijk 17 3 6 8 18 29 9 3 1 5 8 16 8 0 5 3 10 13 -11 15
16 Fortuna Sittard 17 3 4 10 19 41 8 2 2 4 10 21 9 1 2 6 9 20 -22 13
17 Sparta Rotterdam 17 2 6 9 14 26 9 1 4 4 8 13 8 1 2 5 6 13 -12 12
18 PEC Zwolle 17 1 3 13 9 31 9 1 2 6 4 11 8 0 1 7 5 20 -22 6

Read more about Eredivisie

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.