Eredivisie: PSV expected to win home game against Heracles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 04.April
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Philips Stadion (35000 seats)

It's advantage PSV so far with their 2nd position in the Eredivisie table, welcoming Heracles who are placed 9th.

Insights:
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Heracles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

PSV and Heracles should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This pitch has grass, which is not Heracles's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Heracles have performed like this: Played 27 matches resulting in 5 wins, 5 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 22-55 (scored/conceded).

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PSV form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Philips Stadion as PSV have scored 29 goals to get 32 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 10-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). PSV have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

PSV lost their last game at AZ (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Feyenoord that ended 1-1.

The PSV manager R. Schmidt has got the team scoring with 29 from 13 home games in the league. PSV are not conceding a lot of goals here at Philips Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.

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Heracles form and stats

4-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Heracles in their Eredivisie matches away.

Heracles played 1-1 against Sparta Rotterdam in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at ADO Den Haag.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Heracles struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Heracles - PSV 1-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): PSV eight wins, two draws and Heracles zero victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PSVD. Malen
D. Malen
15 goals
HeraclesR. Vloet
R. Vloet
13 goals
PSVE. Zahavi
E. Zahavi
9 goals

PSV missing players

Heracles missing players

Total First Half Second Half
PSV Heracles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
16 10 4 Won W 1 4 10
7 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
4 1 0 Lost L 2 6 11
59 29 8 Scored S 1 11 31
30 9 1 Conceded C 8 25 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
96% 92% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 78%
67% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 52%
44% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 26%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 11%
67% 54% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 44%
30% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 26%
4% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 46% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
15.8 16.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.5 10.7
6.6 6.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.3 3.6
33% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 37% 32%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Heracles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Heracles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Heracles have scored away.
  • PSV have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • PSV 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 26 21 3 2 83 19 13 11 1 1 43 12 13 10 2 1 40 7 64 66
2 PSV 27 16 7 4 59 30 13 10 2 1 29 9 14 6 5 3 30 21 29 55
3 AZ 27 16 7 4 63 38 14 9 2 3 31 18 13 7 5 1 32 20 25 55
4 Vitesse 27 16 4 7 44 27 14 10 3 1 23 8 13 6 1 6 21 19 17 52
5 Feyenoord 27 13 9 5 54 28 13 7 5 1 30 10 14 6 4 4 24 18 26 48
6 FC Groningen 27 12 7 8 34 31 14 7 5 2 16 9 13 5 2 6 18 22 3 43
7 FC Utrecht 26 10 10 6 40 33 14 5 6 3 22 20 12 5 4 3 18 13 7 40
8 FC Twente 27 9 10 8 41 37 13 3 5 5 17 18 14 6 5 3 24 19 4 37
9 Heracles 27 10 6 11 31 40 14 6 3 5 20 15 13 4 3 6 11 25 -9 36
10 SC Heerenveen 27 8 10 9 36 38 13 6 4 3 20 12 14 2 6 6 16 26 -2 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 10 4 13 39 47 14 4 2 8 20 27 13 6 2 5 19 20 -8 34
12 Sparta Rotterdam 27 8 7 12 37 42 13 3 3 7 22 25 14 5 4 5 15 17 -5 31
13 PEC Zwolle 27 6 11 10 35 43 14 4 6 4 17 17 13 2 5 6 18 26 -8 29
14 RKC Waalwijk 27 6 8 13 26 40 14 4 4 6 18 20 13 2 4 7 8 20 -14 26
15 Willem II 27 5 7 15 31 56 13 4 2 7 19 29 14 1 5 8 12 27 -25 22
16 VVV-Venlo 27 6 4 17 39 72 13 3 3 7 17 36 14 3 1 10 22 36 -33 22
17 FC Emmen 27 2 9 16 24 56 13 1 4 8 17 34 14 1 5 8 7 22 -32 15
18 ADO Den Haag 27 2 9 16 21 60 13 0 6 7 12 25 14 2 3 9 9 35 -39 15

Table
  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 26 21 3 2 83 19 13 11 1 1 43 12 13 10 2 1 40 7 64 66
2 PSV 27 16 7 4 59 30 13 10 2 1 29 9 14 6 5 3 30 21 29 55
3 AZ 27 16 7 4 63 38 14 9 2 3 31 18 13 7 5 1 32 20 25 55
4 Vitesse 27 16 4 7 44 27 14 10 3 1 23 8 13 6 1 6 21 19 17 52
5 Feyenoord 27 13 9 5 54 28 13 7 5 1 30 10 14 6 4 4 24 18 26 48
6 FC Groningen 27 12 7 8 34 31 14 7 5 2 16 9 13 5 2 6 18 22 3 43
7 FC Utrecht 26 10 10 6 40 33 14 5 6 3 22 20 12 5 4 3 18 13 7 40
8 FC Twente 27 9 10 8 41 37 13 3 5 5 17 18 14 6 5 3 24 19 4 37
9 Heracles 27 10 6 11 31 40 14 6 3 5 20 15 13 4 3 6 11 25 -9 36
10 SC Heerenveen 27 8 10 9 36 38 13 6 4 3 20 12 14 2 6 6 16 26 -2 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 10 4 13 39 47 14 4 2 8 20 27 13 6 2 5 19 20 -8 34
12 Sparta Rotterdam 27 8 7 12 37 42 13 3 3 7 22 25 14 5 4 5 15 17 -5 31
13 PEC Zwolle 27 6 11 10 35 43 14 4 6 4 17 17 13 2 5 6 18 26 -8 29
14 RKC Waalwijk 27 6 8 13 26 40 14 4 4 6 18 20 13 2 4 7 8 20 -14 26
15 Willem II 27 5 7 15 31 56 13 4 2 7 19 29 14 1 5 8 12 27 -25 22
16 VVV-Venlo 27 6 4 17 39 72 13 3 3 7 17 36 14 3 1 10 22 36 -33 22
17 FC Emmen 27 2 9 16 24 56 13 1 4 8 17 34 14 1 5 8 7 22 -32 15
18 ADO Den Haag 27 2 9 16 21 60 13 0 6 7 12 25 14 2 3 9 9 35 -39 15

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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.