The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Heracles are in the 9th position while the guests worry at 17th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Heracles form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Heracles so far this season. Heracles has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Erve Asito. We remember; it was Vitesse.
The Heracles supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host VVV-Venlo in Eredivisie and win 6-1. Heartbreak before that as Heracles lost 0-2 at RKC Waalwijk's place.
As mentioned above, Heracles "killed" VVV-Venlo in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Cyriel Dessers was absolutely essential when Heracles beat VVV-Venlo 6-1, scoring 3 goals.
Heracles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Erve Asito with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Heracles's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Eredivisie, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-0-5 (6 played). Football is a nightmare at the moment for VVV-Venlo who have suffered through a seven match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters. A depressing five defeats in a row for VVV-Venlo in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus FC Utrecht.
Two away games in a row for VVV-Venlo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-6 versus Heracles in the Eredivisie. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Feyenoord.
VVV-Venlo lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one. VVV-Venlo goalkeeper Thorsten Kirschbaum had a great day against Heracles, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.
The attacking power of VVV-Venlo when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on VVV-Venlo's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 15 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Heracles - VVV-Venlo 6-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 2 - 2 (Heracles wins - draws - VVV-Venlo wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
C. Dessers
8 goals
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S. van der Water
5 goals
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Mauro Júnior
5 goals
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Heracles missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| Heracles | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 24 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 85% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 85% |
| 38% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 54% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 57% | 38% |
| 54% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 62% |
| 15% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- All of Heracles's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heracles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Heracles have scored at least twice as many goals at home as VVV-Venlo have scored away.
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VVV-Venlo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- VVV-Venlo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- VVV-Venlo 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 30 | 32 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 26 |
| 3 | PSV | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Willem II | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Heracles | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Feyenoord | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | FC Emmen | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -15 | 9 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -20 | 9 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -21 | 4 |