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 - SC Heerenveen latest:
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SC Heerenveen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
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 SC Heerenveen.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting SC Heerenveen have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 8-6-0 (win-draw-loss) from 14 matches.
Heracles form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Heracles at their home stadium (Polman Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Heracles lost their last game at Feyenoord (placed 4th) after a 2-3 scoreline. A Eredivisie defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at FC Utrecht.
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 three games. Heracles has won zero of these, drawn zero and lost three.
Heracles are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at PEC Zwolle awaits in three days.
Heracles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Polman Stadion with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Heracles have conceded 9 in these home matches.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of SC Heerenveen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. Heerenveen are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Sparta Rotterdam fixture.
Two travels in a row for Heerenveen, whose manager J. Jansen could celebrate last time after the KNVB Beker win against FC Emmen. Before that, Heerenveen travelled to VVV-Venlo and returned home with a draw after the Eredivisie game finished 1-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Heerenveen in our archives, and the results are: three wins for SC Heerenveen, zero draws and one defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Heerenveen are hosting Feyenoord in the Eredivisie only four days away.
The visiting Heerenveen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. Heerenveen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the SC Heerenveen - Heracles 1-2 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Heracles won four games, two matches ended with a draw and SC Heerenveen has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 11 goals |   R. Vloet 8 goals |  J. Veerman 4 goals |
Heracles missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Heracles | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | 25 |
| 28 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 53% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 35% |
| 18% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 12% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 71% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.9 | 15.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
| 3.4 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 30% | 32% |
- All of SC Heerenveen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SC Heerenveen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 41 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | AZ | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Heracles | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -18 | 16 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 16 | Willem II | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -25 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -28 | 5 |