6th position in the Eredivisie table for Heracles so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed SC Heerenveen visits Polman Stadion.
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!
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike SC Heerenveen's home stadium. The visitors last 15 games on artificial turf have ended in 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses.
Heracles form and stats
Heracles are steadily winning games and points here at Polman Stadion. 10 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats is the summary from 15 games.In their previous game, the manager F. Wormuth led his Heracles to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at Feyenoord. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Polman Stadion. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against NAC Breda.
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 five games. Heracles has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The manager F. Wormuth will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AZ in only four days.
Heracles can score goals in their home matches. After 15 matches they have found the net 36 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Heracles defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, SC Heerenveen are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.SC Heerenveen's last game was the home draw against FC Groningen (1-1). A 0-2 defeat away at FC Emmen before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 45 similar matches played by SC Heerenveen in our archives, and the results are: 16 wins for SC Heerenveen, 9 draws and 20 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting VVV-Venlo in just four days.
The SC Heerenveen manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 35 away goals in 15 matches. SC Heerenveen have conceded 33 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was SC Heerenveen - Heracles 3-5, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Heracles, 1 draw and 4 wins for SC Heerenveen.Top Goalscorers
  Adrián Dalmau 15 goals / 2 assists |   M. Vlap 14 goals / 4 assists |  S. Lammers 14 goals / 5 assists |
Heracles missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Heracles | SC Heerenveen | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 53 | 36 | Scored | 35 | 58 |
| 57 | 26 | Conceded | 33 | 65 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 87% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 97% |
| 70% | 73% | Over 2.5 | 80% | 67% |
| 47% | 67% | Over 3.5 | 67% | 57% |
| 33% | 53% | Over 4.5 | 60% | 43% |
| 53% | 53% | Both teams to score | 67% | 70% |
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheet | 7% | 7% |
| 27% | 20% | Failed To Score | 27% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Heracles is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 106 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 18 | 78 | 74 |
| 2 | PSV | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 89 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 66 | 74 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 56 |
| 4 | AZ | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 52 |
| 5 | FC Utrecht | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | Heracles | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 53 | 57 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | -4 | 45 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 44 |
| 8 | Willem II | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 53 | 59 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 32 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 42 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 33 | -7 | 37 |
| 11 | ADO Den Haag | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -11 | 36 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 34 | -19 | 34 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 70 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 49 | -24 | 31 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 38 | -34 | 29 |
| 16 | Graafschap | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 61 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 37 | -27 | 26 |
| 17 | Excelsior | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 69 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 36 | -34 | 26 |
| 18 | NAC Breda | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 40 | -39 | 22 |
