Willem II perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Heracles can look both up and down from their 10th position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Willem II form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Willem II at their home stadium (Koning Willem II Stadion) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Willem II.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Willem II, who played 0-0 against PEC Zwolle. That match was also played at this venue (Koning Willem II Stadion). Before that, Willem II played out a KNVB Beker draw 2-2 when visiting SC Heerenveen.
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 Willem II have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost one.
Willem II has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Willem II are not conceding a lot of goals here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Heracles form and stats
Heracles have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus Feyenoord with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Vitesse.
We have checked recent matches where Heracles have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were Wtwo-Dthree-Lthree.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Heracles have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Heracles - Willem II 4-1. Willem II-Heracles H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Willem II four wins, Heracles five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Dessers 12 goals |   V. Pavlidis 10 goals |  M. Ferreira dos Santos 6 goals |
Willem II missing players
Heracles missing players
| Willem II | Heracles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 30 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 33 |
| 23 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 30 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 75% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 50% |
| 30% | 10% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 45% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 220 | 125 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 94 | 254 |
| 80 | 41 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 29 | 88 |
| 38% | 29% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 31% | 38% |
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | AZ | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 31 | 47 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Willem II | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | PSV | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 36 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 33 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Heracles | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 25 | -13 | 22 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 31 | -21 | 20 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -26 | 19 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 18 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 16 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 33 | -28 | 11 |