With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Heracles fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Willem II.
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Willem II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Eredivisie
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
5 - 4 - 4 with 24-23. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Willem II when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Willem II play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Heracles form and stats
Heracles have played 14 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Heracles lost their last game at PSV (placed 2nd) after a 0-3 scoreline. In the match before that, Heracles hosted Sparta Rotterdam and drew the game 1-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Heracles handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, zero draws and three defeats.
Heracles are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. Heracles's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Willem II form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Willem II so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-8 (win-draw-lose). Willem II has drawn their two previous away games.
C. Nunnely was the last player to score for the away team. Willem haven't scored a league goal in the last 212 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus AZ Alkmaar with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that, Willem travelled to Vitesse and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Willem are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The attacking power of Willem when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Willem have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Willem II - Heracles 4-0, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Heracles won four, Willem II won five and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Vloet 13 goals |   V. Pavlidis 8 goals |  C. Nunnely 6 goals |
Heracles missing players
Willem II missing players
| Heracles | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 31 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 43 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 57 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 86% |
| 54% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 43% | 57% |
| 25% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 43% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 43% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| 36% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.5 | 13.6 | 21.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 4.7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 24% | 30% |
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Willem II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Eredivisie
| 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 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 8 | 65 | 69 |
| 2 | PSV | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 32 | 58 |
| 3 | AZ Alkmaar | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 20 | 26 | 58 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 55 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 28 | 51 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 46 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 43 |
| 8 | FC Twente | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | Heracles | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -12 | 36 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | -3 | 34 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 34 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -10 | 34 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 29 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 26 |
| 15 | Willem II | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -26 | 22 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 36 | -34 | 22 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 28 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -30 | 18 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 28 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 35 | -42 | 15 |