Heracles vs PSV match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ergilio Hato (8500 seats)

The Eredivisie season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Heracles and PSV promises to be an interesting one.

Heracles and PSV should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It should be mentioned that PSV 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 PSV on artifical turf are 10 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats from twelve games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-6. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Heracles form and stats

The hosts won their first Eredivisie game here at Stadion Ergilio Hato, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Heracles last season were 8 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from 13 games.

Heracles lost their last game at Willem II (placed 8th) after a 0-4 scoreline. Before that, Heracles had a home game versus ADO Den Haag which ended with a victory 2-0.

As you see from the result above, Heracles suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Heracles has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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PSV form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eredivisie, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 14 matches.

The supporters enjoyed PSV's previous game versus FC Emmen (placed 14th), a Eredivisie 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that result PSV won their away game at FC Groningen. The scoreline was 3-1.

Maximiliano Romero came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against FC Emmen last time out, making the manager R. Schmidt feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Maximiliano Romero scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat FC Emmen.

3 goals so far away for PSV, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heracles one win, one draw and PSV eight victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PSVC. Gakpo
C. Gakpo
2 goals
HeraclesR. Vloet
R. Vloet
1 goals
HeraclesS. van der Water
S. van der Water
1 goals

Heracles missing players

PSV missing players

Heracles PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 3 3 5
4 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
28 22 0 Total Shots T S 16 16 38
6 5 0 Shots on Target S O 6 6 12
33% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 42%
Heracles Last season PSV
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   14 26
10 8   Won W   6 14
6 1   Drew D   4 7
10 4   Lost L   4 5
40 31   Scored S   22 54
34 17   Conceded C   16 28
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
77% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 92%
42% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 65%
38% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 42%
23% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 15%
46% 46%   BTTS BTTS   57% 62%
27% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 27%
35% 15%   Failed to Score F T   14% 12%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
327 204   Total Shots T S   210 414
120 81   Shots on Target S O   79 162
33% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Ajax 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
4 Vitesse 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
5 VVV-Venlo 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 4
6 FC Twente 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
8 Willem II 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
9 FC Groningen 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
10 Heracles 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 AZ 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 PEC Zwolle 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
15 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Fortuna Sittard 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -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 25 18 2 5 68 23 13 11 0 2 40 8 12 7 2 3 28 15 45 56
2 AZ 25 18 2 5 54 17 13 10 1 2 32 8 12 8 1 3 22 9 37 56
3 Feyenoord 25 14 8 3 50 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 12 5 5 2 21 20 15 50
4 PSV 26 14 7 5 54 28 12 8 3 1 32 12 14 6 4 4 22 16 26 49
5 Willem II 26 13 5 8 37 34 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 6 1 6 20 25 3 44
6 FC Utrecht 25 12 5 8 50 34 12 8 0 4 30 12 13 4 5 4 20 22 16 41
7 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 45 35 13 7 3 3 24 15 13 5 2 6 21 20 10 41
8 Heracles 26 10 6 10 40 34 13 8 1 4 31 17 13 2 5 6 9 17 6 36
9 FC Groningen 26 10 5 11 27 26 13 7 1 5 17 10 13 3 4 6 10 16 1 35
10 SC Heerenveen 26 8 9 9 41 41 14 3 8 3 17 18 12 5 1 6 24 23 0 33
11 Sparta Rotterdam 26 9 6 11 41 45 13 7 3 3 30 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -4 33
12 FC Emmen 26 9 5 12 32 45 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 0 3 10 6 33 -13 32
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 13 5 3 5 14 21 13 3 1 9 10 30 -27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 13 5 3 5 23 22 13 2 3 8 11 24 -12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 12 5 2 5 28 30 14 2 3 9 9 25 -18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 13 6 4 3 22 17 13 0 4 9 7 35 -23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 13 2 6 5 11 17 13 2 1 10 14 37 -29 19
18 RKC Waalwijk 26 4 3 19 27 60 13 3 2 8 13 20 13 1 1 11 14 40 -33 15

Read more about Eredivisie

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.