Eredivisie: Willem II are 8 points after Heracles Almelo, but intend to go full force. Let's start!
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Heracles Almelo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Heracles Almelo play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. Up to date statistics for Heracles Almelo when featuring on grass are 4 wins, 3 draws and 18 defeats from 25 matches. They have managed to score 19 goals and conceded 55 times on these occasions.
Willem II 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.
Willem II form and stats
The total Eredivisie results playing at home this season for Willem II are 5-3-7 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Willem II will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the match against PSV (placed 2nd). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfielder Nunnely was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.31 (out of ten) in that game. Nunnely scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Vitesse.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Willem II have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost six.
The manager Hofland will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SC Cambuur in only four days.
Willem have scored 13 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Willem II have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Heracles Almelo so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-11 (win-draw-lose). Heracles love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Heracles Almelo's last game was the home draw against FC Twente (1-1).
Prior to that result Heracles won their away game at FC Groningen. The scoreline was 1-0.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 eight relevant matches. Results were one Heracles Almelo win, two draws and five defeats.
Heracles Almelo have another game away in just four days, a Eredivisie fixture versus RKC Waalwijk. A gruelling itinerary for the visitors!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Heracles as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. As for defending, Heracles Almelo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Heracles Almelo - Willem II 3-2 was the score in these sides' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. Willem II-Heracles Almelo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Willem five wins, Heracles Almelo five wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Nunnely 6 goals |   S. Bakış 5 goals |  N. Laursen 4 goals |
Willem II missing players
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| Willem II | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 32 |
| 56 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 42 |
| 94% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 65% | 53% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 65% |
| 52% | 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 47% | 39% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 23% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 16% |
| 42% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 48% |
| 16% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 26% |
| 48% | 47% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 9.6 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 9.9 | 12.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 31% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 23% | 24% |
| 15.2 | 14.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 14.5 | 13.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
- 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 won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 89 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 74 | 78 |
| 2 | PSV | 31 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 42 | 74 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 72 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 42 | 67 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 62 |
| 5 | AZ | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 59 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -9 | 47 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -9 | 36 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 36 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 35 |
| 11 | NEC | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -13 | 35 |
| 12 | Heracles Almelo | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | -10 | 34 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 48 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -18 | 34 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -15 | 31 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 64 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -32 | 29 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -23 | 26 |
| 18 | Willem II | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 36 | -30 | 26 |
