Delightful dogfight as daring Heracles duel with determined Willem II

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

Erve Asito: Sound the horn for a football celebration when Heracles host Willem II. All the latest on the match here!

Insights:
  • Heracles have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Willem II have not yet lost a game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This arena has artifical turf, which is not Willem II's familiar surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf Willem II have performed like this: Played 14 matches producing 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats with the goal numbers 25-26 (scored/conceded).

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Heracles form and stats

2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Heracles so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Erve Asito.

Heracles's last game was hosting RKC Waalwijk (placed 15th) and winning 1-0. Midfielder Bilal Başaçıkoğlu was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Başaçıkoğlu hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting SC Cambuur (1-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Heracles handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Heracles are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Willem II form and stats

The seven points Willem II have gathered from their first three away trips in the Eredivisie is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.

Che Nunnely scored in Willem II's previous match, the home game against PSV that ended 2-1. Willem goalie Timon Wellenreuther was high and low in the PSV game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther got the top player rating of the team with 8.45/10. Wellenreuther stopped the opponent with eight saves.

Prior to that result Willem II won their away game at RKC Waalwijk. The scoreline was 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Willem II have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were one victory, two draws and six defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Willem's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. The Willem defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Heracles, zero draws and five wins for Willem II. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

HeraclesD. Burgzorg
D. Burgzorg
3 goals
Willem IIK. Wriedt
K. Wriedt
3 goals
Willem IIC. Nunnely
C. Nunnely
2 goals

Heracles missing players

Willem II missing players

Heracles Willem II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 4 1 Played P 2 3 7
2 2 0 Won W 1 2 5
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
3 2 1 Lost L 0 0 1
6 4 0 Scored S 3 5 10
8 5 2 Conceded C 0 1 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 86%
67% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 71%
33% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 71%
17% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
17% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 43%
33% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 29%
 
5.8 4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 3.7
4.5 5 11 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.7 4.9
2.2 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.8 13.5 4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.7 7.9
5.3 5.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3
19% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 56% 48%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Heracles have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Willem II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Willem II have not yet lost a game away.
  • Willem II have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 7 6 1 0 30 1 4 4 0 0 22 0 3 2 1 0 8 1 29 19
2 Willem II 7 5 1 1 10 7 4 3 0 1 5 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 16
3 Feyenoord 6 5 0 1 19 7 3 3 0 0 10 4 3 2 0 1 9 3 12 15
4 PSV 7 5 0 2 17 10 3 2 0 1 9 7 4 3 0 1 8 3 7 15
5 FC Utrecht 7 4 2 1 17 5 4 3 1 0 14 4 3 1 1 1 3 1 12 14
6 FC Twente 7 4 1 2 13 9 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 8 7 4 13
7 SC Cambuur 7 4 0 3 15 18 4 3 0 1 10 5 3 1 0 2 5 13 -3 12
8 SC Heerenveen 7 3 1 3 10 12 4 2 0 2 7 8 3 1 1 1 3 4 -2 10
9 Vitesse 7 3 1 3 6 14 3 0 1 2 2 8 4 3 0 1 4 6 -8 10
10 NEC 7 2 2 3 7 14 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 5 11 -7 8
11 Heracles 6 2 1 3 6 8 4 2 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 7
12 AZ 6 2 0 4 11 11 2 1 0 1 5 3 4 1 0 3 6 8 0 6
13 Sparta Rotterdam 7 1 3 3 6 14 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 0 1 2 1 7 -8 6
14 Go Ahead Eagles 7 2 0 5 6 15 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 0 0 3 2 12 -9 6
15 RKC Waalwijk 7 1 2 4 9 12 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 0 2 2 6 8 -3 5
16 FC Groningen 7 1 2 4 6 13 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 5 11 -7 5
17 Fortuna Sittard 6 1 2 3 6 13 3 1 1 1 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 -7 5
18 PEC Zwolle 7 0 1 6 2 13 3 0 1 2 1 4 4 0 0 4 1 9 -11 1

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.