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

Fri 9th May, 19:00 BST, Willem Ii Stadion, Tilburg

Erwin van de Looi guides his Heracles Almelo troops to the Willem Ii Stadion in the Eredivisie on Friday evening, with Peter Maes's Willem II waiting for them. Below there are predictions for 17 markets, supporting stats including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers. All is accessible via the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Willem II or Heracles are in a rich vein of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 79% chance of two goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Willem II are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 44% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.00.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Willem II
44%
1/1-
Draw
24%
13/5-
Heracles
31%
9/4-
Draw 1-1
11%
13/2-
Willem II 2-1
9%
8/1-
Willem II 1-0
9%
9/1-
Heracles 2-1
8%
11/1-
Heracles 1-0
7%
12/1-
Willem II 2-0
7%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
14/1-
Willem II 3-1
5%
14/1-
Heracles 2-0
5%
18/1-
Willem II 3-0
4%
18/1-
Heracles 3-1
3%
22/1-
Willem II 3-2
3%
20/1-
Heracles 3-2
3%
28/1-
Heracles 3-0
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
13/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
6/5-
Home 1st Goal
50%
8/13-
Away 1st Goal
47%
13/10-
No 1st Goal
3%
14/1-
BTTS - Yes
58%
4/7-
BTTS - No
42%
5/4-
BTTS - Home Win
23%
13/5-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
17%
9/2-
Home/draw
69%
1/3-
Away/draw
56%
4/5-
Home/away
76%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
1/5-
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
10/3-
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
13/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
4/9-
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
7/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
2/11-
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
9/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/16-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/33-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
14/1-
Home DNB
61%
1/2-
Away DNB
49%
6/4-
Willem II win to nil
21%
3/1-
Heracles win to nil
15%
6/1-
Willem II / Willem II
26%
11/5-
Willem II / Heracles
3%
25/1-
Willem II / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Willem II
15%
9/2-
Draw / Heracles
10%
7/1-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Heracles / Willem II
4%
20/1-
Heracles / Heracles
15%
9/2-
Heracles / Draw
6%
14/1-
Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Willem II have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 16th 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 16 games, drawn 6 and won 4. Willem II have conceded 46 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Willem II have played 15 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 18 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Heracles lay in 12th place on 35 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 1 game. They have scored 14 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Heracles have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Heracles have played 15 away games, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 0.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Willem II
Heracles
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax3123533674 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
3-4F
l
 
4-0A
2
PSV3021455567 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-3F
May 14
3
Feyenoord3018843662 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
May 3
l
 
5-2A
4
Utrecht3118851962 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
5
Twente3013981248 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
6-2A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
5-0A
6
AZ Alkmaar3013891447 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
7
GA Eagles301389647 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-2A
l
 
4-1F
8
Heerenveen3111713-1440 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
9
Fortuna3010614-1536 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-0A
10
S.Rotterdam3081111-335 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
11
Groningen309813-1335 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-1A
12
Heracles Away3081111-1535 
May 9
d
 
1-1A
-
-
13
NEC309615-233 
w
 
4-1F
May 3
May 18
w
 
1-2F
14
NAC308814-1832 
d
 
2-2A
May 18
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
15
PEC Zwolle3071013-1331 
May 14
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-2F
l
 
3-0A
16
Willem II Home306618-2024 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
May 9
17
Almere City314819-3820 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
18
Waalwijk304719-2719 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Willem II have lost 5 consecutive home league games
6
Willem II have not won in 6 consecutive home league games
6
Heracles have not won in 6 consecutive away league games
Willem II 16TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
Heracles 12TH
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Willem II have beaten Heracles in 5 consecutive home league meetings
5
Willem II have not lost to Heracles in 5 consecutive home league meetings
4
Willem II have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive home league meetings with Heracles
League games at Willem II since 2016
Willem II
Heracles
Goals: Scored
16
4
Games: Scored
6 / 7
2 / 7
Clean sheets
5 / 7
1 / 7
WIL
5
D
1
HER
1
League games at Heracles since 2015
Heracles
Willem II
Goals: Scored
21
10
Games: Scored
8 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
0 / 8
WIL
1
D
1
HER
6
Goal Statistics
Willem II 16th Heracles 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Willem II will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Heracles will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-1
Willem II’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-38
Heracles have scored 38% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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Willem II
PG (predicted goals)
Heracles
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
WIL
HER
16%
better
view stats
Games scored19
21
Failed to score11
9
Scored first8
16
Goals scored30
37
Avg. goals scored1
1.2
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for0.8
1.2
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
WIL
HER
7%
better
view stats
Games conceded25
24
Clean sheets5
6
Conceded first21
11
Goals conceded50
52
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded12
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
17%
Avg. XG against1.9
1.9
KickOff rating
+7%

Willem II v Heracles Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

Willem II Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30537
T DidillonJ BoschN Doodeman J Bokila
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Didillon GLK30
2
-
R Behounek DEF2911
5
-
T Jago DEF29
3
-
R Meerveld MID2942
2
-
J Bosch MID295
6
-
J Bokila FWD2721
6
1
R Sigurgeirsson DEF2611
5
-
C Sandra MID2642
1
-
M Tirpan DEF2311
4
-
N Doodeman  FWD233
-
K Vaesen FWD2342
2
1
B Lambert MID222
5
-
A. Lachkar MID20
3
-
A Fatah FWD201
3
-
E Kehrer FWD1912
1
-
R Nizet DEF17
1
-
P Joosten FWD1711
-
E Schouten DEF14
2
-
Y Sylla FWD10
1
-
D Kaygin MID61
-
M. Pivas DEF4
-
J. Mathijsen DEF4
2
-
Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29847
F KeijzerL. KulenovićS PodgoreanuI Mesík
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Keijzer GLK291
1
-
D Mirani DEF292
3
-
I Mesík DEF28
7
-
S Podgoreanu FWD2814
3
-
B Keersmaecker MID2653
2
1
M Engels FWD2634
2
-
J. Talvitie FWD263
1
-
M Benita DEF241
2
-
D Kaam MID232
2
-
J Hornkamp FWD2372
5
-
S Scheperman MID201
7
-
L. Kulenović FWD2082
-
T Bruns MID1831
5
-
J Žambůrek MID171
3
-
J Wieckhoff DEF162
4
-
B Limbombe FWD13
-
M Rots DEF111
-
J Hoogma DEF92
-
J Bruijn MID9
1
-
L Milani DEF6
2
-
D. van Oorschot FWD3
-
G. Sambo FWD2
-