Heracles Almelo are trying to blank out the league table ahead of this fixture vs SC Heerenveen. Here's all you should know pre-match!
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their away matches so far.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Eredivisie. That game was an away game at Feyenoord, so at least Heracles Almelo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It should be mentioned that SC Heerenveen play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for SC Heerenveen on artifical turf are 7 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 13 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 27-13. You can compare this with overall results below.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Heracles Almelo have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
No payout for Heracles in their previous match, an away game at Feyenoord that ended in defeat 1-2. Janis Blaswich had a busy but productive day in the Feyenoord match. Despite making ten saves the loss could not be prevented. Goalkeeper Janis Blaswich got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.11 out of ten. Blaswich stopped the opponent with ten saves.
Heartbreak before that as Heracles lost 0-1 at FC Utrecht's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Heracles handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and two defeats.
Heracles are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Heracles have conceded 8 in these home matches.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
There were no winners in Heerenveen's previous match, a Eredivisie home game that ended 1-1 vs PSV (placed 3rd). As mentioned above, Heerenveen drew the match against PSV. Manager J. Jansen brought on Rami Al Hajj to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Joey Veerman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.75/10. Veerman hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Willem II.Heerenveen 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 three defeats. From a total of five matches.
Heerenveen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Heerenveen have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Heracles won six games, two matches ended with a tie and SC Heerenveen managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 5 goals |   D. Burgzorg 4 goals |  R. Vloet 3 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Heracles Almelo | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 20 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 79% |
| 43% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 29% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 21% | 29% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 43% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 6.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 13.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 22% | 24% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 27% | 33% |
| 13.4 | 11.9 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16.5 | 16.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- SC Heerenveen 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 | Ajax | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 41 | 33 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 23 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | NEC | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Willem II | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | AZ | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 5 |