Eredivisie game research: SC Cambuur against Heracles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Thu 23.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cambuurstadion (10000 seats)

Heracles have travelled here for an engaging battle versus the hosts SC Cambuur. Prepare for the game with this in-depth Eredivisie preview!

Insights:
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals (17) in Eredivisie

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Eredivisie game only four days ago.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

SC Cambuur have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Eredivisie. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. SC Cambuur has recorded two wins in a row here at Cambuurstadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Cambuur faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ajax (0-9). As you see from the result above, SC Cambuur suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Issa Kallon got a match rating of 6.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Kallon hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Cambuur won a home game hosting Go Ahead Eagles (5-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cambuur have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost one.

The manager H. de Jong will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sparta Rotterdam in only three days.

Cambuur are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). On the other hand, SC Cambuur have conceded 4 goals.

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Heracles form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Eredivisie away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 4 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

Heracles won their last game, 3-2 versus AZ Alkmaar played at home. The end of the last match, against AZ Alkmaar, was very satisfying as Rai Vloet scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Kaj Sierhuis, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.1. Sierhuis scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against NEC.

We have checked recent matches where Heracles have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, four draws and one defeat.

A new game in only three days for Heracles, the Eredivisie home match versus RKC Waalwijk. Busy days.

It's early days yet, but Heracles has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

SC Cambuur-Heracles H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: SC Cambuur four wins, Heracles two wins, one draw. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SC CambuurJ. Jacobs
J. Jacobs
3 goals
CambuurT. Boere
T. Boere
2 goals
HeraclesD. Burgzorg
D. Burgzorg
2 goals

SC Cambuur missing players

Heracles missing players

SC Cambuur Heracles
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 0 1 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 2
9 8 1 Scored S 0 1 4
17 4 2 Conceded C 0 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
80% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
60% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
60% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
60% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
3 3.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 4.8
7 6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 5.8
1 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.6 14.7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 11.8
5 6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 4.5
36% 44% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 22%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals (17) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
SC Cambuur Last season Heracles
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
29 15   Won W   4 12
5 1   Drew D   4 8
4 3   Lost L   9 14
109 60   Scored S   13 42
36 19   Conceded C   37 53
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
84% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
63% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 56%
50% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 32%
34% 42%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   41% 44%
42% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 26%
11% 11%   Failed to Score F T   47% 32%
 
6.1 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.4
4.3 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
1 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
15.3 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 10.1
7.2 8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.5
40% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 35%

  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 5 4 1 0 22 1 3 3 0 0 19 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 21 13
2 PSV 5 4 0 1 14 7 3 2 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 5 0 7 12
3 SC Heerenveen 5 3 1 1 7 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 10
4 Willem II 5 3 1 1 6 5 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 10
5 Feyenoord 4 3 0 1 11 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 9 3 8 9
6 FC Utrecht 5 2 2 1 9 4 3 2 1 0 9 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 8
7 NEC 5 2 2 1 4 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 6 -2 8
8 FC Twente 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 7
9 Go Ahead Eagles 5 2 0 3 5 8 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 -3 6
10 SC Cambuur 5 2 0 3 9 17 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 0 0 2 1 13 -8 6
11 Vitesse 5 2 0 3 4 13 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 2 0 1 3 6 -9 6
12 RKC Waalwijk 5 1 2 2 8 9 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 6 7 -1 5
13 FC Groningen 5 1 2 2 6 9 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 5 8 -3 5
14 Sparta Rotterdam 5 1 2 2 5 9 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -4 5
15 Fortuna Sittard 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
16 Heracles 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
17 AZ Alkmaar 4 1 0 3 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 -3 3
18 PEC Zwolle 5 0 0 5 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 -7 0

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.