Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Heracles in 8th and FC Utrecht in 7th place.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Heracles and FC Utrecht.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting FC Utrecht have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 7-4-2 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.
Heracles form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 Eredivisie games here at Erve Asito for Heracles. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
The Heracles fans got no joy from their last match, a Eredivisie game also here at Erve Asito: A 1-3 defeat against FC Utrecht (placed 7th). Before that, Heracles played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Sparta Rotterdam.
Heracles are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). 9 goals have been conceded.
FC Utrecht form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of FC Utrecht playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. FC Utrecht love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Two travels in a row for FC Utrecht, whose manager J. van den Brom could celebrate last time after the Eredivisie win against Heracles. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at FC Groningen.
FC Utrecht have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. FC Utrecht have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Heracles - FC Utrecht 1-3, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Heracles, 2 draws and 6 wins for FC Utrecht. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Dessers 11 goals |  Mauro Júnior 6 goals |   G. Kerk 6 goals |
Heracles missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| Heracles | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | 22 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 89% | 88% |
| 53% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 47% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 41% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 53% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 78% | 59% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 11% | 24% |
| 29% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.5 |
| 4.5 | 2.9 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 224 | 145 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 112 | 252 |
| 78 | 51 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 40 | 84 |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | 38% |
- All of Heracles's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Heracles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 38 | 41 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 30 | 38 |
| 3 | Willem II | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 4 | PSV | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Heracles | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Feyenoord | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -19 | 18 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 16 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -24 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -24 | 8 |