Heracles contests NEC in Eredivisie fray

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

Heracles battle NEC for honour and victory.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It should be mentioned that NEC 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 NEC on artifical turf are 11 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 49-33. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Heracles form and stats

Heracles's first Eredivisie home game here at Erve Asito ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 17 matches.

Heracles shared the glory with Sparta Rotterdam in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Luca De La Torre got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Torre dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total). The hometeam coach F. Wormuth made a successful contribution in the game against Sparta Rotterdam, bringing on Delano Burgzorg who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Preceding that match was a defeat to PSV (0-2).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Heracles matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and one defeat (from four games).

Early season league goal statistics from Heracles's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.

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NEC form and stats

0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of NEC playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

NEC are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Eredivisie against PEC Zwolle (placed 16th). Bart van Rooij, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.01. Rooij hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

A 0-5 defeat away at Ajax before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of NEC when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

NEC have the goal stats of 0-5 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Heracles-NEC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Heracles four wins, NEC five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HeraclesD. Burgzorg
D. Burgzorg
1 goals
NECJ. Okita
J. Okita
1 goals
NECA. Akman
A. Akman
1 goals

Heracles missing players

NEC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heracles NEC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
5.5 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
7.5 11 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10 7.5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7.5
4 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.5
12% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
Heracles Last season NEC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   2 3
12 8   Won W   2 3
8 4   Drew D   0 0
14 5   Lost L   0 0
42 29   Scored S   6 9
53 16   Conceded C   1 1
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
56% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   100% 100%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 33%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
44% 47%   BTTS BTTS   50% 33%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 67%
32% 18%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
4.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2 2.3
5 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5.7
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 0.7
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.1 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   7 8
3.5 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4
35% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   75% 75%

  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 FC Utrecht 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 4
4 FC Groningen 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
6 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
7 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 RKC Waalwijk 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
10 NEC 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -3 3
11 Heracles 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
13 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 PEC Zwolle 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 SC Cambuur 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
18 Willem II 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season 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 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ Alkmaar 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 FC Utrecht 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 4
4 FC Groningen 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
6 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
7 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 RKC Waalwijk 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
10 NEC 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -3 3
11 Heracles 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
13 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 PEC Zwolle 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 SC Cambuur 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 0
18 Willem II 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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.