Vitesse fans count on points in home fixture vs Heracles Almelo

There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Europa Conference League match only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Mura, was also a home game here at GelreDome. The away team is better rested.

Heracles Almelo play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this fixture is played on grass. Recent data for Heracles Almelo when featuring on grass are 5 wins, 5 draws and 16 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 53 times on these occasions.

Vitesse form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for Vitesse at their home stadium (GelreDome) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Vitesse's previous game was a Europa Conference League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Mura. The home side are looking to build on that result. Sondre Tronstad (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.33/10. Tronstad hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 74 successful passes (of 84 total).

In the preceding match a 6-1 victory visiting SC Cambuur.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Vitesse's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the KNVB Beker game versus Sparta Rotterdam in only three days. This game is also played here at GelreDome.

Vitesse are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 games. Vitesse have conceded 12 from these games.

Heracles Almelo form and stats

Heracles Almelo have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 0-1-6 (7 played). A depressing six defeats in a row for Heracles in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Sparta Rotterdam.

Home advantage was not enough for Heracles in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting SC Heerenveen, 0-1. Nikolai Laursen got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Laursen hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

Prior to that match, the Heracles Almelo manager Wormuth faced defeat when travelling to Feyenoord and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Heracles Almelo playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Heracles manager Wormuth as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against AZ.

The attacking power of Heracles when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Heracles have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Vitesse won six, Heracles Almelo were winners in one and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

L. Openda 7 goals

N. Frederiksen 5 goals

D. Burgzorg 4 goals

Vitesse missing players

Heracles Almelo missing players