Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Heracles Almelo & Go Ahead Eagles face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
6 - 3 - 3 with 21-14. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Go Ahead Eagles when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Go Ahead Eagles play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Heracles Almelo and Go Ahead Eagles 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.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
Action has already taken place for Heracles Almelo in KNVB Beker as they have defeated Roda JC Kerkrade to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd round.This stadium, Erve Asito, has been a fortress for Heracles Almelo in the Eerste Divisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-1-0.
The Heracles manager Lammers and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Jong AZ. The hometeam coach Lammers made a successful contribution in the game against Jong AZ, bringing on Cicilia who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Rente, defender, was given a rating of 7.22/10 in that game, top of the team. Rente won 4 of 6 duels.
Previous to that game, a Eerste Divisie home match hosting FC Dordrecht in a game that was won 8-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Heracles Almelo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Heracles Almelo as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Heracles Almelo has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Heracles Almelo, as the Eerste Divisie home game vs PEC Zwolle is only three days away.
It's goals goals goals for Heracles who have scored 35 goals from 9 league home games.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Helmond Sport in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. Go Ahead Eagles's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the semi-finals.The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
Two trips in a row for Go Ahead Eagles, whose coach Hake could celebrate last time after the win against Fortuna Sittard. Midfield player Adekanye was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.41/10. Adekanye scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Vitesse in the Eredivisie.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Go Ahead Eagles in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Go Ahead Eagles, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FC Utrecht in just three days.
Eagles have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Go Ahead Eagles have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: five wins for Heracles, two draws and three wins for Go Ahead Eagles. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Hansson 13 goals |  K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson 10 goals |  N. Laursen 9 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| Heracles Almelo | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 67 | 43 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | ||
| 51% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Almere City | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Willem II | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Graafschap | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Telstar | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Oss | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | PSV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 3 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 6 |
