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

Fri 24th Jan, 19:00 BST, Polman Stadion, Almelo

the Polman Stadion masses welcome FC Utrecht's fans on Friday evening, as Erwin van de Looi's Heracles Almelo go head to head with Ron Jans's team in the Eredivisie. Our predictions are based on complex statistical analysis of both teams' performance, across seventeen of the main betting markets. Data shown and the odds change with each market, and head to head (H2H) stats are included across the board.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our top tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during 90 mins. Both Heracles and Utrecht's recent form stats suggest goals are to be expected, 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 1.22.

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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 51% chance of Utrecht coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Heracles
26%
16/5-
Draw
23%
11/4-
Utrecht
51%
4/5-
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1-
Utrecht 2-1
10%
15/2-
Utrecht 1-0
9%
7/1-
Utrecht 2-0
8%
8/1-
Heracles 2-1
7%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1-
Utrecht 3-1
6%
12/1-
Heracles 1-0
6%
12/1-
Utrecht 3-0
5%
14/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
11/1-
Utrecht 3-2
4%
22/1-
Heracles 2-0
4%
20/1-
Utrecht 4-1
3%
28/1-
Heracles 3-1
3%
33/1-
Heracles 3-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
4/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
1/1-
Home 1st Goal
45%
13/8-
Away 1st Goal
53%
8/15-
No 1st Goal
3%
11/1-
BTTS - Yes
59%
7/10-
BTTS - No
41%
21/20-
BTTS - Home Win
14%
13/2-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
27%
13/5-
Home/draw
49%
19/20-
Away/draw
74%
2/9-
Home/away
77%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
2/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
4/11-
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
9/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
12/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/25-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
11/1-
Home DNB
42%
9/4-
Away DNB
67%
1/3-
Heracles win to nil
11%
7/1-
Utrecht win to nil
25%
9/4-
Heracles / Heracles
12%
6/1-
Heracles / Utrecht
4%
20/1-
Heracles / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Heracles
9%
8/1-
Draw / Utrecht
18%
15/4-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Utrecht / Heracles
2%
33/1-
Utrecht / Utrecht
29%
15/8-
Utrecht / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heracles have played 17 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 9 games at home, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Utrecht lay in 3rd place on 39 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 18 matches. Utrecht are unbeaten away after 9 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 32 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Utrecht have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Utrecht have played 9 away games, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 2.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Heracles
Utrecht
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1815124646 
l
 
1-3F
May 14
l
 
2-5A
Feb 15
2
Ajax1813322242 
l
 
3-4F
Feb 16
-
d
 
2-2F
3
Utrecht Away181233739 
Jan 24
l
 
1-0A
-
-
4
Feyenoord1810531835 
May 3
l
 
5-2A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2F
5
Twente1810441534 
Mar 30
l
 
5-0A
w
 
2-1A
May 11
6
AZ Alkmaar1810351433 
Apr 13
l
 
1-0A
Jan 18
w
 
1-2A
7
GA Eagles18846628 
Feb 8
l
 
4-1F
d
 
3-3A
Apr 6
8
Fortuna18747-325 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 8
l
 
2-5F
May 18
9
Heerenveen18738-1224 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 15
Mar 30
d
 
1-1F
10
Willem II18648-222 
d
 
1-1F
May 9
w
 
3-2F
Mar 9
11
NAC187110-1022 
w
 
2-0F
Jan 31
Mar 1
w
 
1-2A
12
NEC186210020 
May 18
w
 
1-2F
Mar 15
w
 
1-2F
13
PEC Zwolle18459-1117 
Mar 2
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
Feb 1
14
Groningen17458-1217 
Dec 21
Apr 23
Apr 13
w
 
0-1F
15
Heracles Home17368-1515 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Jan 24
16
S.Rotterdam18279-1213 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
May 14
w
 
1-4F
17
Almere City182412-2710 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 19
Feb 9
w
 
1-3F
18
Waalwijk181413-247 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 6
w
 
3-2A
Apr 25
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UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Heracles have drawn 3 consecutive home league games
12
Utrecht have not lost in 12 consecutive away league games
Heracles 15TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Heracles0 - 1S.Rotterdam
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AHeracles0 - 4Excelsior
HHeracles0 - 5Waalwijk
Utrecht 3RD
20 league games
Away
12
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
Draw
7
L
2
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Feyenoord1 - 2Utrecht
Almere City1 - 3Utrecht
Ajax2 - 2Utrecht
NEC1 - 2Utrecht
S.Rotterdam1 - 4Utrecht
Groningen0 - 1Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar1 - 2Utrecht
NAC1 - 2Utrecht
Heerenveen1 - 1Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar3 - 3Utrecht
Waalwijk2 - 2Utrecht
Heerenveen2 - 3Utrecht
Feyenoord4 - 2Utrecht
Almere City1 - 1Utrecht
Ajax2 - 0Utrecht
Twente0 - 1Utrecht
Excelsior1 - 1Utrecht
Vitesse0 - 0Utrecht
GA Eagles0 - 2Utrecht
S.Rotterdam1 - 2Utrecht
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AUtrecht2 - 1Feyenoord
HUtrecht2 - 5Fortuna
HUtrecht3 - 3GA Eagles
AUtrecht3 - 1Almere City
AUtrecht2 - 2Ajax
HUtrecht2 - 5PSV
AUtrecht2 - 1NEC
HUtrecht1 - 0Heracles
AUtrecht4 - 1S.Rotterdam
HUtrecht0 - 2Feyenoord
AUtrecht1 - 0Groningen
HUtrecht3 - 2Waalwijk
AUtrecht2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HUtrecht3 - 2Willem II
HUtrecht2 - 1Twente
AUtrecht2 - 1NAC
AUtrecht1 - 1Heerenveen
HUtrecht1 - 0PEC Zwolle
HUtrecht1 - 1GA Eagles
HUtrecht3 - 1S.Rotterdam
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Utrecht have beaten Heracles in 3 consecutive league meetings
League games at Heracles since 2016
Heracles
Utrecht
Goals: Scored
14
19
Games: Scored
9 / 10
9 / 10
Clean sheets
1 / 10
1 / 10
HER
3
D
3
FCU
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heracles
1 - 3Utrecht
Heracles1 - 0
Heracles4 - 1
1 - 3Utrecht
0 - 2Utrecht
1 - 5Utrecht
Draw2 - 2Draw
Heracles2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Utrecht since 2015
Utrecht
Heracles
Goals: Scored
18
6
Games: Scored
9 / 10
4 / 10
Clean sheets
6 / 10
1 / 10
HER
1
D
1
FCU
8
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht1 - 0
Utrecht2 - 0
Utrecht3 - 0
Utrecht3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Utrecht2 - 0
0 - 2Heracles
Utrecht4 - 2
Goal Statistics

FC Utrecht have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 9 consecutive Eredivisie outings. Their PG of 1.8 against Heracles Almelo on Friday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Heracles 15th Utrecht 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Heracles will score no more than 1 goal
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Utrecht will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Heracles’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+34
Utrecht have scored 34% more goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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Heracles
PG (predicted goals)
Utrecht
1.2
1.8
Attack rating
HER
FCU
38%
better
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Games scored11
17
Failed to score6
1
Scored first9
11
Goals scored19
36
Avg. goals scored1.1
2
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal8
5
Conversion rate for13
21
Avg. XG for1.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+38%
Defence rating
HER
FCU
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
15
Clean sheets3
3
Conceded first6
7
Goals conceded34
29
Avg. goals conceded2
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded12
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
16%
Avg. XG against2.1
1.5
KickOff rating
+2%

Heracles v Utrecht Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

Heracles Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18634
F KeijzerL. KulenovićM EngelsR Roosken
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Keijzer GLK18
1
-
I Mesík DEF18
3
-
M Benita DEF181
1
-
D Mirani DEF181
2
-
M Engels FWD1833
2
-
B Keersmaecker MID1731
2
1
S. ’t Zand MID161
1
-
S Podgoreanu FWD161
2
-
R Roosken DEF1512
4
-
D Kaam MID141
1
-
J. Talvitie FWD141
1
-
J Hornkamp FWD1311
2
-
L. Kulenović FWD116
-
S Scheperman MID10
3
-
J Žambůrek MID81
-
J Bruijn MID8
-
L Milani DEF7
2
-
T Bruns MID71
1
-
J Hoogma DEF52
-
J Wieckhoff DEF5
-
B Limbombe FWD5
-
G. Sambo FWD2
-
Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18565
S KarouaniP AaronsonS KarouaniP Aaronson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Karouani DEF186
3
-
M Hoorn  DEF1821
4
-
N Viergever  DEF172
1
P Aaronson MID1752
5
-
V Jensen MID172
1
-
J Toornstra MID1713
-
V Barkas GLK16
1
-
S Horemans DEF1611
-
N Ohio FWD154
3
-
Y Cathline FWD1543
1
-
D Min FWD152
1
-
M Rodríguez FWD1422
3
-
O Romeny FWD132
2
-
O Fraulo MID121
1
-
C Bozdogan MID911
1
-
T Booth FWD9
-
Z Iqbal MID81
1
-
M Didden  DEF7
-
A. Engwanda MID7
-
A Descotte FWD61
-
N Vesterlund DEF512
-
A Blake FWD421
-
M Brouwer GLK2
-
K Finnsson DEF2
-
S. Andersen MID1
-