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Heracles Almelo v Excelsior : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 20th Mar, 19:00 BST, Polman Stadion, Almelo

The Eredivisie is the focus for both Heracles Almelo and Excelsior on Friday evening, as managers Bas Sibum and Ruben den Uil face one another at the Polman Stadion. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but there are 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with Eredivisie performances and head-to-heads included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Heracles
42%
--
Draw
23%
--
Excelsior
36%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Heracles 2-1
9%
--
Excelsior 2-1
8%
--
Draw 2-2
7%
--
Heracles 1-0
6%
--
Excelsior 1-0
5%
--
Heracles 2-0
5%
--
Heracles 3-1
5%
--
Excelsior 2-0
4%
--
Excelsior 3-1
4%
--
Heracles 3-2
4%
--
Excelsior 3-2
4%
--
Draw 0-0
3%
--
Heracles 3-0
3%
--
Excelsior 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
33%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
67%
--
BTTS - No
33%
--
BTTS - Home Win
26%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
22%
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Home/draw
64%
--
Away/draw
58%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
86%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
14%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
55%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
26%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
74%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
--
Home DNB
57%
--
Away DNB
52%
--
Heracles win to nil
16%
--
Excelsior win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heracles have played 26 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 18 games, drawn 3 and won 5. Heracles have conceded 65 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 11 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Heracles have played 13 games at home, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 28 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Excelsior lay in 15th place on 26 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 26 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 8 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Excelsior have conceded 6 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Excelsior have played 12 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Heracles
Excelsior
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2622224468 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-3A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
5-1A
2
Feyenoord2515372048 
l
 
0-7A
l
 
4-2A
l
 
1-2F
Mar 15
3
Ajax26111141444 
Apr 11
l
 
2-0A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-2F
4
NEC2512761843 
l
 
1-4F
l
 
4-1A
Apr 4
l
 
5-0A
5
Twente25101141541 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
6
AZ Alkmaar261169139 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
7
Heerenveen261079037 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 5
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
8
S.Rotterdam2511410-1037 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
May 17
9
Utrecht26989735 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-0A
Apr 26
l
 
4-1A
10
Groningen2610412034 
May 17
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-2A
May 2
11
Fortuna259511-632 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
12
GA Eagles256118-129 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
13
PEC Zwolle257711-1628 
w
 
8-2A
May 3
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
14
FC Volendam257612-1227 
Apr 26
l
 
3-0A
May 10
w
 
1-2F
15
Excelsior267514-1726 
Mar 20
w
 
1-2A
-
-
16
NAC255713-1422 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
17
Telstar254912-1021 
d
 
1-1A
May 10
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2A
18
Heracles265318-3318 
-
-
l
 
1-2F
Mar 20
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Win / draw / win form
Heracles 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heracles0 - 0Utrecht
Heracles1 - 3PSV
Heracles0 - 1NAC
Heracles2 - 1Fortuna
Heracles0 - 2Twente
Heracles0 - 3Heerenveen
Heracles1 - 1Telstar
Heracles4 - 2GA Eagles
Heracles8 - 2PEC Zwolle
Heracles0 - 7Feyenoord
Heracles3 - 0S.Rotterdam
Heracles1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Heracles1 - 4NEC
Heracles1 - 2NEC
Heracles1 - 4Feyenoord
Heracles1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Heracles2 - 1Twente
Heracles4 - 2PEC Zwolle
Heracles4 - 2GA Eagles
Heracles1 - 1Groningen
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
47
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHeracles0 - 0Utrecht
HHeracles1 - 3PSV
AHeracles0 - 4GA Eagles
HHeracles0 - 1NAC
AHeracles1 - 4NEC
HHeracles2 - 1Fortuna
AHeracles2 - 4Feyenoord
HHeracles0 - 2Twente
AHeracles0 - 2S.Rotterdam
HHeracles0 - 3Heerenveen
AHeracles3 - 4PSV
HHeracles1 - 1Telstar
AHeracles1 - 1Fortuna
HHeracles4 - 2GA Eagles
AHeracles2 - 1Excelsior
HHeracles8 - 2PEC Zwolle
AHeracles0 - 3FC Volendam
HHeracles0 - 7Feyenoord
AHeracles1 - 2Twente
HHeracles3 - 0S.Rotterdam
Excelsior 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
51
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fortuna2 - 1Excelsior
NAC0 - 2Excelsior
Twente0 - 0Excelsior
AZ Alkmaar1 - 1Excelsior
PSV5 - 1Excelsior
Ajax1 - 2Excelsior
Telstar2 - 2Excelsior
GA Eagles2 - 0Excelsior
Heerenveen2 - 1Excelsior
FC Volendam1 - 2Excelsior
Utrecht4 - 1Excelsior
NEC5 - 0Excelsior
Feyenoord4 - 0Excelsior
Ajax2 - 2Excelsior
PEC Zwolle2 - 1Excelsior
GA Eagles3 - 0Excelsior
AZ Alkmaar4 - 0Excelsior
Fortuna5 - 2Excelsior
S.Rotterdam4 - 2Excelsior
Almere City2 - 1Excelsior
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HExcelsior1 - 2Heerenveen
HExcelsior0 - 1GA Eagles
AExcelsior1 - 2Fortuna
HExcelsior1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
AExcelsior2 - 0NAC
HExcelsior2 - 2Ajax
AExcelsior0 - 0Twente
AExcelsior1 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HExcelsior2 - 2Telstar
AExcelsior1 - 5PSV
HExcelsior2 - 1PEC Zwolle
HExcelsior0 - 2Groningen
HExcelsior1 - 0NAC
AExcelsior2 - 1Ajax
HExcelsior1 - 2Heracles
AExcelsior2 - 2Telstar
AExcelsior0 - 2GA Eagles
HExcelsior1 - 0Fortuna
AExcelsior1 - 2Heerenveen
HExcelsior1 - 2PSV
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Heracles since 2015
Heracles
Excelsior
Goals: Scored
13
8
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
HER
2
D
2
EXC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
Heracles3 - 1
4 - 5Excelsior
Draw2 - 2Draw
Heracles4 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Excelsior since 2016
Excelsior
Heracles
Goals: Scored
11
11
Games: Scored
5 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
1 / 6
HER
3
D
1
EXC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Excelsior
1 - 2Heracles
Excelsior4 - 0
0 - 3Heracles
Draw2 - 2Draw
Excelsior3 - 1
1 - 3Heracles
Goal Statistics

Excelsior's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because Heracles Almelo have conceded in each of their last 18 Eredivisie matches. A PG of 1.6 for R. den Uil's side suggests that run should continue.

Heracles 18th Excelsior 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Heracles will score 1 or more goals
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Excelsior will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Heracles’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-15
Excelsior have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
2.0
conceded
2.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
Heracles
PG (predicted goals)
Excelsior
1.8
1.6
Attack rating
HER
EXC
8%
better
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Games scored15
19
Failed to score11
6
Scored first6
12
Goals scored32
26
Avg. goals scored1.2
1
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal7
8
Conversion rate for14
12
Avg. XG for1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
HER
EXC
30%
better
view stats
Games conceded24
20
Clean sheets2
5
Conceded first19
12
Goals conceded65
42
Avg. goals conceded2.5
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded12
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against20%
15%
Avg. XG against2
1.8
KickOff rating
+30%

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Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
251067
I MesíkJ HornkampA Hrustic I Mesík
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Mesík DEF252
7
-
D Mirani DEF253
5
-
A Hrustic  MID2416
5
-
L. Kulenović FWD2453
-
T Bruns MID211
2
-
J Žambůrek MID211
5
-
M Wierik DEF201
2
-
T Gilst FWD201
2
-
B Limbombe FWD2013
1
-
M Benita DEF19
4
-
W Ould-Chikh MID1914
2
-
A Hoorenbeeck DEF182
3
-
M Engels FWD172
2
1
D Kust DEF152
1
-
J Wieckhoff DEF14
1
-
J Hornkamp FWD14101
2
1
T Jansink GLK12
-
Y Sanches FWD112
-
S Scheperman MID91
1
-
F Keijzer GLK8
-
S Cestic DEF2
-
J. Tijink DEF1
-
J Reine-Adélaïde MID1
-
Excelsior Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26847
C WidellN NaujoksG RegtA Zagre
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Widell DEF26
2
-
G Regt FWD2624
3
-
R Meissen DEF252
4
-
I Bronkhorst DEF252
5
-
D Fernandes FWD2512
-
S Gassel GLK24
-
I Yegoian MID2342
1
-
N Naujoks MID238
3
-
A Zagre DEF222
6
1
M Duinen FWD2212
1
-
J. Armantrading FWD20
1
-
A Carlén MID181
4
-
L Schouten DEF161
1
-
S Wlodarczyk FWD1521
-
L Hartjes MID13
1
-
S Janssen DEF111
-
S. Hendrikx DEF10
1
N. Martens DEF91
-
S Mitrovic FWD9
-
C. Nadje MID7
2
-
S. Middendorp MID6
1
D. Yun FWD61
1
-
Z. Booth FWD3
-
C Raatsie GLK2
-
M Tielemans MID2
-
T. Holla GLK1
-
N. Groen FWD1
-