Heracles Almelo are ready for a new test after their 1-3 against PSV last time. Vitesse are coming to town!
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
This football pitch has artifical turf, which is not Vitesse's normal surface at their own ground. When appearing on artifical turf Vitesse have performed like this: Played 13 matches with the output 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats with the goal data 22-17 (scored/conceded).
Vitesse could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
7 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Heracles Almelo have to build on here at Erve Asito in the Eredivisie. Heracles Almelo has recorded two wins in a row here at Erve Asito, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
In their previous game, the manager Wormuth led his Heracles Almelo to a defeat away at PSV. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Erve Asito.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against PEC Zwolle.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Heracles have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost three.
The Heracles Almelo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches.
Vitesse form and stats
7-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vitesse in their Eredivisie matches away.
Wittek got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Wittek hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against NEC in the Eredivisie.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Vitesse in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Vitesse, one draw and one defeat.
Vitesse have another fixture away in just four days, a Europa Conference League game vs Roma. A grim itinerary for the visiting team!
Vitesse find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Vitesse in these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other previously this season, with the result Vitesse - Heracles Almelo 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Heracles Almelo wins - draws - Vitesse wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 11 goals |  N. Frederiksen 7 goals |   K. Sierhuis 4 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
Vitesse missing players
| Heracles Almelo | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 27 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 35 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 38 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 64% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 75% |
| 44% | 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 24% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 16% | 23% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 21% |
| 52% | 46% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 54% |
| 20% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 25% |
| 36% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 15.9 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 13.7 | 14.8 |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 25% | 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 30% | 28% |
| 13.3 | 11.2 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 12.6 | 12.2 |
| 4.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 65 | 60 |
| 2 | PSV | 25 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 31 | 58 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 52 |
| 4 | AZ | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -11 | 33 |
| 9 | NEC | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -9 | 31 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 27 |
| 12 | Heracles Almelo | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -22 | 22 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 20 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 17 |
