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

Sun 18th May, 13:30 BST, Polman Stadion, Almelo

Heracles Almelo and NEC Nijmegen clash at the Polman Stadion on Sunday afternoon, with both Erwin van de Looi and Rogier Meijer hoping for success in the Eredivisie. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Switching the market with the tabs changes all stats and the odds, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.


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Heracles
47%
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Draw
24%
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NEC
28%
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Draw 1-1
11%
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Heracles 1-0
10%
--
Heracles 2-1
9%
--
Heracles 2-0
8%
--
NEC 1-0
7%
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NEC 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
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Draw 2-2
6%
--
Heracles 3-1
5%
--
Heracles 3-0
4%
--
NEC 2-0
4%
--
Heracles 3-2
3%
--
NEC 3-1
3%
--
NEC 3-2
2%
--
Heracles 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
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BTTS - No
43%
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BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
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Home/draw
72%
--
Away/draw
53%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
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Under 0.5 Goals
6%
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Home DNB
65%
--
Away DNB
45%
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Heracles win to nil
24%
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NEC win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heracles have played 31 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 5 and lost 1 match. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 43 goals to 38 goals.

Home League Performance

Heracles have played 16 games at home winning 6, drawing 7 and losing 3 games. They have scored 28 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 25 goals at home.

NEC are in 13th position in the Eredivisie on 34 points having played 31 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 21 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 9 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 5 and won 5. NEC have conceded 35 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Heracles
NEC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax3123533674 
l
 
3-4F
l
 
4-0A
l
 
1-2F
May 11
2
PSV3122455870 
l
 
1-3F
May 14
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-0A
3
Feyenoord3119843965 
l
 
1-4A
l
 
5-2A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
4
Utrecht3118851962 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
5
Twente3114981451 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
5-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
6
AZ Alkmaar3114891750 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
3-3A
l
 
1-0A
7
GA Eagles3113810347 
w
 
4-2A
l
 
4-1F
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
8
Heerenveen3111713-1440 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
9
Groningen3110813-838 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-1A
w
 
6-0F
l
 
2-1A
10
Fortuna3110615-1836 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-3F
11
S.Rotterdam3181112-535 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
12
Heracles Home3181112-1835 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
May 18
13
NEC Away319715-234 
May 18
w
 
1-2F
-
-
14
PEC Zwolle3181013-1134 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
15
NAC318815-2032 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
May 14
l
 
1-0A
16
Willem II316718-2025 
d
 
1-1F
May 9
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1A
17
Almere City314819-3820 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
18
Waalwijk314720-3219 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-3F
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Win / draw / win form
Heracles 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heracles1 - 4Feyenoord
Heracles1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Heracles2 - 1Twente
Heracles4 - 2PEC Zwolle
Heracles4 - 2GA Eagles
Heracles1 - 1Groningen
Heracles1 - 1Utrecht
Heracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
Heracles2 - 2Fortuna
Heracles2 - 2Waalwijk
Heracles2 - 0NAC
Heracles3 - 4Ajax
Heracles2 - 1Heerenveen
Heracles0 - 0Almere City
Heracles1 - 1Willem II
Heracles1 - 3PSV
Heracles0 - 0Fortuna
Heracles0 - 5Waalwijk
Heracles0 - 2Heerenveen
Heracles5 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHeracles1 - 4Feyenoord
AHeracles1 - 4Groningen
HHeracles1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
AHeracles0 - 0Waalwijk
HHeracles2 - 1Twente
AHeracles1 - 1Heerenveen
AHeracles0 - 1Fortuna
HHeracles4 - 2PEC Zwolle
AHeracles0 - 4Ajax
HHeracles4 - 2GA Eagles
AHeracles1 - 1NAC
HHeracles1 - 1Groningen
HHeracles1 - 1Utrecht
AHeracles2 - 0Almere City
HHeracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
AHeracles2 - 5Feyenoord
HHeracles2 - 2Fortuna
AHeracles0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HHeracles2 - 2Waalwijk
AHeracles0 - 1Utrecht
NEC 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
7
D
2
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heerenveen1 - 0NEC
S.Rotterdam2 - 0NEC
Utrecht0 - 1NEC
Feyenoord0 - 0NEC
Twente2 - 0NEC
Groningen2 - 1NEC
PEC Zwolle0 - 1NEC
Willem II4 - 1NEC
GA Eagles5 - 0NEC
Waalwijk0 - 3NEC
Almere City1 - 0NEC
NAC1 - 0NEC
PSV2 - 0NEC
Fortuna0 - 3NEC
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0NEC
Almere City1 - 4NEC
Excelsior0 - 3NEC
Vitesse0 - 3NEC
Fortuna1 - 1NEC
Utrecht1 - 0NEC
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNEC1 - 1Willem II
ANEC0 - 1Heerenveen
HNEC2 - 1Waalwijk
ANEC0 - 2S.Rotterdam
HNEC3 - 3AZ Alkmaar
ANEC1 - 0Utrecht
HNEC2 - 3GA Eagles
ANEC0 - 0Feyenoord
ANEC0 - 2Twente
HNEC2 - 2Almere City
ANEC1 - 2Groningen
HNEC3 - 3PSV
HNEC4 - 1Fortuna
ANEC1 - 0PEC Zwolle
ANEC1 - 4Willem II
HNEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
ANEC0 - 5GA Eagles
HNEC1 - 2Ajax
HNEC1 - 2Utrecht
ANEC3 - 0Waalwijk
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Heracles since 2015
Heracles
NEC
Goals: Scored
7
2
Games: Scored
3 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
1 / 4
HER
3
NEC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
Heracles2 - 1
0 - 1NEC
Heracles2 - 0
Heracles3 - 0
League games at NEC since 2016
NEC
Heracles
Goals: Scored
8
4
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
HER
1
D
1
NEC
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NEC
1 - 2Heracles
NEC3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
NEC3 - 1
NEC1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Heracles Almelo's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because NEC Nijmegen have conceded in each of their last 5 Eredivisie outings. A PG of 1.6 for E. van de Looi's side suggests that run should continue.

Heracles 12th NEC 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that Heracles will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that NEC will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Heracles’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-19
NEC have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Heracles
PG (predicted goals)
NEC
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
0%
better
HER
NEC
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Games scored22
22
Failed to score9
9
Scored first16
12
Goals scored38
43
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.4
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
HER
NEC
7%
better
view stats
Games conceded25
23
Clean sheets6
8
Conceded first12
18
Goals conceded56
45
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against17%
14%
Avg. XG against1.9
1.4
KickOff rating
+7%

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Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30948
F KeijzerL. KulenovićS PodgoreanuI Mesík
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Keijzer GLK301
1
-
D Mirani DEF302
3
-
I Mesík DEF29
8
-
S Podgoreanu FWD2914
3
-
B Keersmaecker MID2753
2
1
J. Talvitie FWD273
1
-
M Engels FWD2734
2
-
M Benita DEF251
2
-
D Kaam MID243
2
-
J Hornkamp FWD2372
5
-
S Scheperman MID211
7
1
L. Kulenović FWD2192
-
J Žambůrek MID181
4
-
T Bruns MID1831
5
-
J Wieckhoff DEF172
4
-
B Limbombe FWD13
-
M Rots DEF121
-
J Hoogma DEF92
-
J Bruijn MID9
1
-
L Milani DEF6
2
-
D. van Oorschot FWD3
-
G. Sambo FWD2
-
NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29958
R RoefsV CrooijT OuwejanC Verdonk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Verdonk DEF3011
8
-
S. Ouaissa MID306
2
-
B. Onal FWD303
3
-
R Roefs GLK29
-
B Pereira DEF2812
2
-
S Hansen FWD2843
3
-
B Nuytinck DEF261
4
-
T Ouwejan DEF2625
1
-
D Proper MID261
3
-
I Márquez DEF252
3
-
M Hoedemakers MID251
1
-
K Ogawa FWD2471
1
-
V Crooij FWD2395
5
1
K Sano MID222
3
1
K. Shiogai FWD2241
-
P Sandler DEF16
1
-
L Schöne MID15
1
1
E Lyratzis DEF131
-
B Linssen FWD122
3
-
L Larsen FWD7
-
A. Darelas MID5
-
S Gassel GLK2
-