National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Roda JC Kerkrade or Heracles Almelo that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats
Roda JC Kerkrade was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the KNVB Beker.3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Roda JC Kerkrade so far this season.
Kerkrade faced defeat in their previous match, away at Telstar (1-2). The gifted forward Limbombe outperformed all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Limbombe hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a Eerste Divisie home match hosting VVV-Venlo in a game that was won 4-1.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 Roda JC Kerkrade have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Roda JC Kerkrade are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at TOP Oss awaits in three days.
7 goals have been conceded.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd round.Heracles Almelo have an excellent away record in the Eerste Divisie so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games.
Heracles are travelling again after losing away to PEC Zwolle in their previous match (2-3). Armenteros, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.44. Armenteros scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Before that, Heracles Almelo secured a home win against De Graafschap with the score 3-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Heracles Almelo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Heracles Almelo, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
After this away game Heracles Almelo return home for a Eerste Divisie game against FC Eindhoven. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The Heracles manager Lammers has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. Heracles Almelo have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Heracles Almelo have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Kerkrade.Top Goalscorers
  D. Vente 11 goals |   E. Hansson 6 goals |  N. Laursen 5 goals |
Roda JC Kerkrade missing players
Heracles Almelo missing players
| Roda JC Kerkrade | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 17 | 45 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Almere City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Telstar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Dordrecht | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | De Graafschap | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
