Eredivisie: SC Heerenveen - Heracles Almelo match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

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Insights:
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Heracles Almelo have the fewest points (2) away in Eredivisie

SC Heerenveen's stadium, Abe Lenstra Stadion, has a grass surface. Heracles Almelo have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Heracles Almelo when playing on grass; 3 wins, 4 draws and 20 losses from 27 matches. They have scored 19 goals in these games and conceded 60.

SC Heerenveen and Heracles Almelo 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.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

SC Heerenveen's struggle is real here at Abe Lenstra Stadion with only 11 points collected from 13 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-8. It's been an uphill battle for SC Heerenveen in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Sparta Rotterdam game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Hooijdonk was the last player to score a league goal for SC Heerenveen and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Heerenveen haven't scored in 190 minutes. Nothing to worry about in defence for SC Heerenveen, as their goalkeeper Erwin Mulder has completely shut out the opponents for 201 minutes in the Eredivisie.

SC Heerenveen travelled for their previous game, a trip to RKC Waalwijk that ended 0-0. Midfielder Haye was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Haye hit four key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Willem II that finished 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with SC Heerenveen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SC Heerenveen as a small favourite), we find six games. SC Heerenveen has won one of these, drawn one and lost four.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Heerenveen here at Abe Lenstra Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. SC Heerenveen have conceded 21 from these games.

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Heracles Almelo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Heracles Almelo so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-10 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Heracles Almelo played 0-0 against Vitesse in their previous match. Midfield player Kiomourtzoglou was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Kiomourtzoglou had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).

Prior to that match, the Heracles Almelo manager Wormuth faced defeat when travelling to PSV and losing 1-3.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Heracles Almelo playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Heracles wins, two draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Heracles Almelo as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Heracles have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Heracles Almelo - SC Heerenveen 0-1 was the output when these participants previously met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heerenveen three wins, two draws and Heracles Almelo five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenT. Halilović
T. Halilović
4 goals
Heracles AlmeloK. Sierhuis
K. Sierhuis
4 goals
Heracles AlmeloR. Vloet
R. Vloet
3 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

Heracles Almelo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Heerenveen Heracles Almelo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 3 12 26
7 3 0 Won W 0 0 7
6 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
13 8 2 Lost L 2 10 13
22 12 1 Scored S 1 8 27
36 21 3 Conceded C 3 22 35
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 88%
65% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 62%
42% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 42%
19% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
8% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
50% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 50%
27% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 8% 23%
35% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 38%
 
4.7 4.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 4.5 5.2
6.5 6.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.3
1.3 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 11 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.9 13
3.5 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 4.3
24% 26% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 24% 24%
 
14.2 14.8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 15.6 13.2
4.7 5.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 6.3 4.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Heracles Almelo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Heracles Almelo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Heracles Almelo have the fewest points (2) away in Eredivisie
  • Heracles Almelo have yet to win a game away.
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 20 3 3 77 11 13 10 1 2 49 5 13 10 2 1 28 6 66 63
2 PSV 26 20 1 5 63 31 13 10 0 3 35 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 32 61
3 Feyenoord 26 17 4 5 59 24 13 9 2 2 32 12 13 8 2 3 27 12 35 55
4 AZ 26 16 3 7 50 30 13 9 2 2 28 13 13 7 1 5 22 17 20 51
5 FC Twente 26 15 6 5 40 30 12 7 4 1 18 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 10 51
6 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 32 39 13 5 2 6 15 23 13 7 3 3 17 16 -7 41
7 FC Utrecht 26 11 7 8 43 33 13 7 4 2 27 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 10 40
8 FC Groningen 26 8 9 9 32 36 13 4 6 3 14 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 -4 33
9 SC Cambuur 26 10 3 13 43 55 13 5 1 7 25 29 13 5 2 6 18 26 -12 33
10 NEC 26 8 7 11 33 43 12 2 4 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 31
11 Heracles Almelo 26 7 6 13 27 35 14 7 4 3 19 13 12 0 2 10 8 22 -8 27
12 SC Heerenveen 26 7 6 13 22 36 13 3 2 8 12 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -14 27
13 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 6 13 27 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -16 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 26 5 9 12 28 42 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 1 7 5 17 21 -14 24
15 Sparta Rotterdam 25 5 8 12 20 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 11 2 3 6 8 18 -17 23
16 Willem II 26 6 4 16 21 44 13 4 2 7 10 18 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 22
17 Fortuna Sittard 25 6 4 15 26 53 12 4 2 6 14 24 13 2 2 9 12 29 -27 22
18 PEC Zwolle 26 5 5 16 20 41 13 2 4 7 9 15 13 3 1 9 11 26 -21 20

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 20 3 3 77 11 13 10 1 2 49 5 13 10 2 1 28 6 66 63
2 PSV 26 20 1 5 63 31 13 10 0 3 35 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 32 61
3 Feyenoord 26 17 4 5 59 24 13 9 2 2 32 12 13 8 2 3 27 12 35 55
4 AZ 26 16 3 7 50 30 13 9 2 2 28 13 13 7 1 5 22 17 20 51
5 FC Twente 26 15 6 5 40 30 12 7 4 1 18 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 10 51
6 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 32 39 13 5 2 6 15 23 13 7 3 3 17 16 -7 41
7 FC Utrecht 26 11 7 8 43 33 13 7 4 2 27 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 10 40
8 FC Groningen 26 8 9 9 32 36 13 4 6 3 14 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 -4 33
9 SC Cambuur 26 10 3 13 43 55 13 5 1 7 25 29 13 5 2 6 18 26 -12 33
10 NEC 26 8 7 11 33 43 12 2 4 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 31
11 Heracles Almelo 26 7 6 13 27 35 14 7 4 3 19 13 12 0 2 10 8 22 -8 27
12 SC Heerenveen 26 7 6 13 22 36 13 3 2 8 12 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -14 27
13 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 6 13 27 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -16 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 26 5 9 12 28 42 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 1 7 5 17 21 -14 24
15 Sparta Rotterdam 25 5 8 12 20 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 11 2 3 6 8 18 -17 23
16 Willem II 26 6 4 16 21 44 13 4 2 7 10 18 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 22
17 Fortuna Sittard 25 6 4 15 26 53 12 4 2 6 14 24 13 2 2 9 12 29 -27 22
18 PEC Zwolle 26 5 5 16 20 41 13 2 4 7 9 15 13 3 1 9 11 26 -21 20

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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.