There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Eredivisie table so far. Here's the Heracles - FC Twente latest:
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike FC Twente's home stadium. The visitors last 18 games on artifical turf have ended in 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses.
Heracles form and stats
5-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Heracles so far this season.
R. Vloet was the last player to score a league goal for Heracles and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Heracles haven't scored in 232 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager F. Wormuth led his Heracles to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at RKC Waalwijk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Erve Asito. Ahead of that match, Heracles lost 0-2 at home to Ajax.
This is expected to be a close game, with Heracles perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Heracles as a small favourite), we find four games. Heracles has won one of these, drawn zero and lost three.
The Heracles fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Heracles have conceded 11 in these home matches.
FC Twente form and stats
Playing away, FC Twente have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eredivisie this season.
Twente played 2-2 against Feyenoord in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away victory against Vitesse with the score of 2-0.
It looked so good for Twente vs Feyenoord, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Twente playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one FC Twente win, two draws and three defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Twente's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Twente have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Heracles won three, FC Twente won six and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 12 goals |   R. Vloet 9 goals |  Q. Menig 7 goals |
Heracles missing players
FC Twente missing players
| Heracles | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 24 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 21 | 37 |
| 35 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 30 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 91% | 91% |
| 74% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 91% | 87% |
| 48% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 73% | 57% |
| 26% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 13% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 13% |
| 35% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 61% |
| 30% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 22% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.4 | 13.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.5 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 32% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 42% | 34% |
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 55 | 56 |
| 2 | PSV | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 50 |
| 3 | AZ | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 46 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 42 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Heracles | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -11 | 28 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 22 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -20 | 22 |
| 16 | Willem II | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -29 | 13 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -30 | 13 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 23 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -33 | 9 |