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

Erve Asito, Almelo

Dick Lukkien guides his Groningen charges to the Erve Asito in the Eredivisie on Saturday night, with Erwin van de Looi's Heracles Almelo waiting for them. Below we've got predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting statistics including head-to-heads, and odds. All is accessible via the tabs below.

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Heracles Almelo's next match is v GA Eagles at 15:30 on Saturday 8th February
Groningen's next match is v NEC at 19:00 on Saturday 8th February
The last Dutch Eredivisie meeting between Heracles and Groningen was on Tuesday 28th January 2025
Dutch Eredivisie
January 28th 2025
Heracles 1
1 Groningen
 
L. Kulenović 20'50' R. Postema
 
HER
GRO
Shots On
4
2
Shots Off
9
2
Corners
5
1
Possession
50%
50%
Fouls
20
12
Yellow/red cards
2/0
3/1
 
HeraclesGroningen
 
F. de Keijzer
M. Benita
D. Mirani
I. Mesík
L. Milani (R. Roosken 78')
B. De Keersmaecker (T. Bruns 79')
S. Scheperman
L. Kulenovićfootball icon
J. Hornkamp
M. Engels (B. Limbombe 90')
S. Podgoreanu (J. Talvitie 79')
E. Vaessen
M. Peersman
T. Blokzijl
M. Rente
F. Stam
(R. Postema 46') T. Oosting
J. Hove
(T. de Jonge 79') J. Pelupessy
(T. van Bergen 46') J. Schreuders
(W. Prins 65') L. Valente
B. Willumsson

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our top tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Heracles and Groningen's latest form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.29.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Heracles are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.30.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Heracles
55%
13/10
3%
5/4
6%
Draw
22%
12/5
6%
23/10
8%
Groningen
23%
2/1
9%
11/5
16%
Draw 1-1
10%
11/2
7%
5/1
8%
Heracles 2-1
10%
17/215/2
Heracles 1-0
9%
7/1
16%
13/2
6%
Heracles 2-0
8%
10/1
15%
9/1
9%
Heracles 3-1
6%
18/114/1
Groningen 2-1
6%
10/1
10%
9/1
11%
Draw 2-2
6%
12/111/1
9%
Heracles 3-0
5%
20/1
9%
16/1
Groningen 1-0
5%
9/18/1
6%
Draw 0-0
5%
9/1
23%
15/2
15%
Heracles 3-2
4%
25/118/1
Groningen 2-0
3%
14/112/1
8%
Heracles 4-1
3%
40/125/1
10%
Heracles 4-0
3%
40/128/1
15%
Groningen 3-1
2%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
19/20
8%
10/11
9%
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
17/20
8%
5/6
6%
Home 1st Goal
54%
8/11
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
5/4
7%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
9/1
23%
-
BTTS - Yes
59%
3/4
5%
8/11
4%
BTTS - No
41%
1/1
5%
1/1
5%
BTTS - Home Win
28%
7/216/5
BTTS - Draw
18%
10/3
4%
16/5
3%
BTTS - Away Win
13%
5/1
20%
9/2
15%
Home/draw
77%
4/11
3%
1/3
8%
Away/draw
45%
4/7
3%
8/13
5%
Home/away
78%
3/10
1%
1/3
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
2/7
3%
3/10
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
5/2
7%
23/10
8%
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
9/4
8%
11/5
11%
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
1/3
2%
1/3
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
11/2
18%
5/1
14%
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1/9
3%
1/9
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
14/1
15%
10/1
10%
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/33
1%
1/33
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/20
1%
1/18
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
10/1
15%
15/2
15%
Home DNB
71%
8/13
6%
4/7
10%
Away DNB
38%
6/5
10%
5/4
15%
Heracles win to nil
27%
3/1
8%
-
Groningen win to nil
10%
9/2
10%
-
Heracles / Heracles
22%
11/4
6%
13/5
4%
Heracles / Groningen
3%
28/1
12%
22/1
10%
Heracles / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Heracles
15%
9/2
8%
17/4
5%
Draw / Groningen
11%
11/211/2
8%
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1
9%
18/5
12%
Groningen / Heracles
4%
25/1
13%
18/1
Groningen / Groningen
16%
4/1
11%
4/1
19%
Groningen / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heracles have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Heracles have conceded 31 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Heracles have played 8 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Groningen lay in 14th place on 16 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 16 matches. Groningen are unbeaten in 3 games against teams below them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 3 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 4 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Groningen have conceded 2 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Groningen have played 8 away games, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 0.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Heracles
Groningen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2116234550 
l
 
1-3F
May 14
Apr 5
l
 
5-0A
2
Ajax2015322548 
l
 
3-4F
Feb 16
May 14
l
 
3-1A
3
Utrecht211263742 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
Apr 13
4
AZ Alkmaar2111461537 
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
May 11
5
Feyenoord2010641736 
May 3
l
 
5-2A
d
 
2-2A
Mar 8
6
Twente2010551435 
Mar 30
l
 
5-0A
Mar 1
l
 
2-0A
7
GA Eagles20956732 
Feb 8
l
 
4-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
8
Fortuna21759-926 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 8
Mar 16
l
 
1-0A
9
NAC218211-1026 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-1F
Mar 29
10
Heerenveen217410-1525 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 15
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
11
NEC207310324 
May 18
w
 
1-2F
Feb 8
l
 
6-0A
12
PEC Zwolle21669-624 
Mar 2
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
May 18
13
Willem II216510-623 
d
 
1-1F
May 9
w
 
2-0F
Feb 15
14
Heracles Home21498-1321 
-
-
Apr 23
d
 
1-1A
15
Groningen Away215610-1321 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 23
-
-
16
S.Rotterdam21489-1020 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
17
Waalwijk213513-1914 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 6
May 3
w
 
1-2F
18
Almere City202414-3210 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
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UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Heracles 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Heracles2 - 0GA Eagles
Heracles2 - 2Almere City
Heracles3 - 2Vitesse
Heracles2 - 4Ajax
Heracles1 - 1FC Volendam
Heracles0 - 4Feyenoord
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
8
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHeracles1 - 1Utrecht
AHeracles2 - 0Almere City
HHeracles1 - 1S.Rotterdam
AHeracles2 - 5Feyenoord
HHeracles2 - 2Fortuna
AHeracles0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HHeracles2 - 2Waalwijk
AHeracles0 - 1Utrecht
HHeracles2 - 0NAC
AHeracles0 - 5Twente
HHeracles3 - 4Ajax
AHeracles1 - 4GA Eagles
HHeracles2 - 1Heerenveen
AHeracles2 - 1NEC
HHeracles0 - 0Almere City
AHeracles0 - 3PEC Zwolle
HHeracles1 - 1Willem II
HHeracles1 - 3PSV
AHeracles0 - 0S.Rotterdam
HHeracles0 - 0Fortuna
Groningen 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
52
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
1
D
2
Lost
17
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
GA Eagles2 - 1Groningen
Twente2 - 0Groningen
PSV5 - 0Groningen
NEC6 - 0Groningen
Fortuna1 - 0Groningen
Ajax3 - 1Groningen
Heerenveen2 - 1Groningen
Almere City1 - 1Groningen
Waalwijk1 - 2Groningen
Vitesse6 - 0Groningen
GA Eagles1 - 1Groningen
Waalwijk2 - 1Groningen
Fortuna3 - 1Groningen
AZ Alkmaar1 - 0Groningen
Feyenoord1 - 0Groningen
PSV6 - 0Groningen
FC Volendam3 - 2Groningen
Heerenveen3 - 1Groningen
Excelsior1 - 0Groningen
Utrecht2 - 1Groningen
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGroningen1 - 0Heerenveen
AGroningen1 - 2GA Eagles
HGroningen0 - 0Almere City
AGroningen0 - 2Twente
HGroningen0 - 0PEC Zwolle
HGroningen2 - 0Willem II
AGroningen0 - 5PSV
HGroningen1 - 0S.Rotterdam
AGroningen0 - 6NEC
AGroningen0 - 1Fortuna
HGroningen0 - 1Utrecht
AGroningen1 - 3Ajax
HGroningen0 - 1GA Eagles
AGroningen1 - 2Heerenveen
HGroningen2 - 2Feyenoord
AGroningen1 - 1Almere City
HGroningen0 - 0AZ Alkmaar
AGroningen2 - 1Waalwijk
HGroningen4 - 1NAC
HGroningen0 - 5S.Rotterdam
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Heracles have beaten Groningen in 5 consecutive league meetings
5
Heracles have not lost to Groningen in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Heracles since 2015
Heracles
Groningen
Goals: Scored
19
10
Games: Scored
7 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
0 / 7
HER
6
GRO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
Heracles4 - 2
Heracles1 - 0
Heracles4 - 1
Heracles2 - 1
1 - 4Groningen
Heracles5 - 1
Heracles2 - 1
League games at Groningen since 2016
Groningen
Heracles
Goals: Scored
11
9
Games: Scored
5 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
3 / 8
HER
3
D
2
GRO
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Groningen
0 - 1Heracles
0 - 1Heracles
1 - 2Heracles
Groningen3 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Groningen2 - 1
Groningen2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Heracles 14th Groningen 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Heracles will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Groningen will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
=0
Heracles’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-42
Groningen have scored 42% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
2.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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Heracles
PG (predicted goals)
Groningen
1.9
1.2
Attack rating
20%
better
HER
GRO
view stats
Games scored10
8
Failed to score6
8
Scored first9
5
Goals scored18
14
Avg. goals scored1.1
0.9
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal8
8
Conversion rate for13
12
Avg. XG for1.2
0.8
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
HER
GRO
6%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
12
Clean sheets3
4
Conceded first5
9
Goals conceded33
26
Avg. goals conceded2.1
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded12
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against18%
17%
Avg. XG against2.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+6%

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Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21735
F KeijzerL. KulenovićM EngelsS Scheperman
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Keijzer GLK211
1
-
M Benita DEF181
2
-
D Mirani DEF211
2
-
I Mesík DEF21
3
-
L Milani DEF7
2
-
B Keersmaecker MID1832
2
1
S Scheperman MID12
5
-
S Podgoreanu MID191
2
-
J Hornkamp MID1621
4
-
M Engels MID2133
2
-
L. Kulenović FWD147
-
Subs
T Jansink GLK
-
R Mantel GLK
-
J Hoogma DEF72
-
J Wieckhoff DEF81
1
-
R Roosken DEF1612
4
-
K Leerdam DEF
-
T Bruns MID1111
1
-
D Kaam MID182
2
-
S. ’t Zand MID171
1
-
J Žambůrek MID111
1
-
D. van Oorschot FWD
-
J. Talvitie FWD182
1
-
B Limbombe FWD9
-
Groningen Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20327
E VaessenJ SchreudersM PeersmanM Peersman
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Vaessen GLK201
3
-
F. Stam DEF141
3
-
M Rente DEF171
2
1
T Blokzijl DEF16
1
-
M Peersman DEF162
6
1
L Valente MID2022
4
-
J Hove MID20
-
J Pelupessy MID131
-
J Schreuders MID1931
2
-
B Willumsson FWD183
1
1
T Oosting FWD201
-
Subs
D Baron GLK
-
H Jurjus GLK1
-
M Mariani DEF2
-
S. Bouland DEF2
-
W. Prins DEF15
1
-
D. van der Werff MID2
-
T. de Jonge MID11
-
T Bergen FWD2111
2
-
R Mendes FWD1411
3
-
R Postema FWD182
1
-
N. Emeran FWD2
-