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

Sun 18th May, 13:30 BST, Erve Asito, Almelo

Sunday afternoon sees Erwin van de Looi’s Heracles Almelo and Rogier Meijer’s NEC Nijmegen go up against one another in a Eredivisie battle at the Erve Asito. All stats, including an in-depth look at the form of both sides and head to head (H2H) records, will update as you explore each of the seventeen betting markets using the tabs below. Odds from leading bookmakers and, of course, our algorithmic predictions will too.


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Heracles
47%
--
Draw
24%
--
NEC
29%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Heracles 2-1
9%
--
Heracles 1-0
9%
--
Heracles 2-0
8%
--
NEC 2-1
7%
--
NEC 1-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Heracles 3-1
5%
--
NEC 2-0
4%
--
Heracles 3-0
4%
--
Heracles 3-2
3%
--
NEC 3-1
3%
--
NEC 3-2
2%
--
Heracles 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
--
BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
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%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
64%
--
Away DNB
46%
--
Heracles win to nil
23%
--
NEC win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heracles have played 32 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 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, 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 46 goals to 40 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 37 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 21 goals and kept 6 clean sheets. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 9 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 5 and won 6. NEC have conceded 35 goals, scored 35, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 6 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Heracles
NEC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax3223543374 
l
 
3-4F
l
 
4-0A
l
 
1-2F
w
 
0-3F
2
PSV3223455973 
l
 
1-3F
May 14
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-0A
3
Feyenoord3219853865 
l
 
1-4A
l
 
5-2A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
4
Utrecht3218861762 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
5
Twente3215981654 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
5-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
6
AZ Alkmaar3215892053 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
3-3A
l
 
1-0A
7
GA Eagles3213910348 
w
 
4-2A
l
 
4-1F
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
8
Heerenveen3211714-1640 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
9
Fortuna3211615-1739 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-3F
10
S.Rotterdam3291112-238 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
11
Groningen3210814-1138 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-1A
w
 
6-0F
l
 
2-1A
12
Heracles Home3291112-1738 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
May 18
13
NEC Away3210715137 
May 18
w
 
1-2F
-
-
14
PEC Zwolle3281113-1135 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
15
NAC328816-2132 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
May 14
l
 
1-0A
16
Willem II326719-2125 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-1A
17
Waalwijk325720-3022 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-3F
18
Almere City324820-4120 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
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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
28
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHeracles2 - 1Willem II
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
NEC 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ajax0 - 3NEC
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
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
ANEC3 - 0Ajax
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
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 12th NEC 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Heracles will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% 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
-4
NEC’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
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
HER
NEC
1%
better
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Games scored23
23
Failed to score9
9
Scored first17
13
Goals scored40
46
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.4
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
HER
NEC
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded26
23
Clean sheets6
9
Conceded first12
18
Goals conceded57
45
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against17%
14%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.3
KickOff rating
+9%

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Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
31948
F KeijzerL. KulenovićS PodgoreanuI Mesík
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Keijzer GLK311
1
-
D Mirani DEF312
3
-
I Mesík DEF301
8
-
S Podgoreanu FWD3014
3
-
B Keersmaecker MID2853
2
1
M Engels FWD2834
2
-
J. Talvitie FWD283
1
-
M Benita DEF261
3
-
D Kaam MID253
2
-
J Hornkamp FWD2482
5
-
L. Kulenović FWD2292
-
S Scheperman MID211
7
1
J Žambůrek MID191
4
-
T Bruns MID1932
5
-
J Wieckhoff DEF182
4
-
M Rots DEF131
-
B Limbombe FWD13
-
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
30959
R RoefsV CrooijT OuwejanC Verdonk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Verdonk DEF3111
9
-
S. Ouaissa MID317
2
-
B. Onal FWD313
3
-
R Roefs GLK30
-
B Pereira DEF2922
3
-
S Hansen FWD2953
3
-
T Ouwejan DEF2725
1
-
I Márquez DEF262
4
-
B Nuytinck DEF261
4
-
D Proper MID261
3
-
M Hoedemakers MID251
1
-
V Crooij FWD2495
6
1
K Ogawa FWD2471
1
-
K Sano MID2321
3
1
K. Shiogai FWD2341
-
P Sandler DEF17
1
-
L Schöne MID16
1
1
E Lyratzis DEF142
-
B Linssen FWD132
3
-
L Larsen FWD7
-
A. Darelas MID5
-
S Gassel GLK2
-