SC Heerenveen have performed better than Heracles so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for SC Heerenveen and Heracles.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Heracles have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-8-16 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
SC Heerenveen have collected 15 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 3-6-1.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Heracles in the Eredivisie last time out and are looking for a win here. Ahead of that match, SC Heerenveen won a home game hosting Roda JC Kerkrade (2-0).
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 SC Heerenveen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.
SC Heerenveen has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, SC Heerenveen have conceded 10 goals.
Heracles form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. Visiting Heracles has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to SC Heerenveen (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The Eredivisie match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Heracles secured a home win against FC Dordrecht with the score 3-0.
Heracles are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Heracles find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Heracles have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: SC Heerenveen - Heracles 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 SC Heerenveen victories, 2 draws and 5 Heracles wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Dessers 12 goals |   J. Odgaard 7 goals |  C. Ejuke 6 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
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| SC Heerenveen | Heracles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 31 |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 94% | 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 89% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 50% | 30% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 28% | 10% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 44% |
| 17% | 10% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 22% |
| 72% | 80% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 22% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 11% | 10% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.1 | 4.5 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 280 | 167 | 73 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 86 | 231 |
| 95 | 52 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 28 | 79 |
| 31% | 23% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 32% | 39% |
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 37 | 41 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | PSV | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Willem II | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Feyenoord | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Heracles | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | FC Groningen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -19 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -12 | 18 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -24 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 11 |