Heracles Almelo vs FC Groningen, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Heracles Almelo vs FC Groningen — Eredivisie at Erve Asito.
- Heracles Almelo 34 games · 19 pts (2025/26)
- FC Groningen 34 games · 48 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May FC Groningen H 1–2 L 10 May Telstar 1963 A 0–3 L 03 May PEC Zwolle A 0–1 L 26 Apr FC Volendam H 0–2 L 11 Apr AFC Ajax H 0–3 L 05 Apr SC Heerenveen A 1–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Heracles Almelo A 2–1 W 10 May NEC H 2–1 W 02 May SBV Excelsior H 2–3 L 25 Apr Feyenoord Rotterdam A 1–3 L 11 Apr Go Ahead Eagles H 0–0 D 04 Apr Telstar 1963 A 2–0 W Season Stats
Heracles Almelo FC Groningen #18 Position #9 19 Points 48 34 Played 34 5 / 4 / 25 W / D / L 14 / 6 / 14 35 Scored 49 85 Conceded 45 -50 GD +4 0.56 PPG 1.41 15% Win % 41% Key Stats
55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history6% Clean Sheets
Heracles Almelo this season29% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this seasonHeracles Almelo are 18th (19 pts). FC Groningen are 9th (48 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Heracles Almelo0-15–/116-302/331-45–/246-60–/461-75–/376+–/1■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Groningen0-152/116-30–/231-452/146-603/–61-75–/276+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Heracles Almelo and FC Groningen has kicked off!
- 4' GOAL! David van der Werff scores on 4.
- 9' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Sem Scheperman suffering a number of foals already.
- 14' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 17' What a strike from Tristan van Gilst! The score is 1-1.
- 22' Younes Taha has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 27' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Heracles Almelo needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 32' Heracles Almelo is showing some good football. However, Heracles Almelo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 37' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 42' It looks like no one’s ball. Heracles Almelo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 47' Heracles Almelo seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 52' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jorg Schreuders made 307 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 56' GOAL! Tygo Land scores on 56.
- 61' The travelling FC Groningen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 66' Etienne Vaessen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 71' It’s high time Dick Lukkien made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 76' FC Groningen looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Tygo Land scoring 1 goals.
- 81' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with FC Groningen winning 100% of all matches.
- 86' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 87' That looks like a foul for a card for Jan Zamburek.
- 90' Travis Hernes was booked on 90.
- With this win, FC Groningen is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Heracles Almelo Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 10
- 8
- 23
- 13
- 4
- 5
- 2
- 16
- 32
- 17
- 73
Bench
- 22
- 30
- 3
- 6
- 20
- 25
- 18
- 14
- 27
- 38
- 39
- 41
Coach Ernest FaberFC Groningen Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 5
- 1
- 26
- 14
- 3
- 18
- 10
- 43
- 8
- 4
- 17
Bench
- 21
- 9
- 27
- 13
- 2
- 16
- 7
- 22
- 15
- 44
- 34
- 48
Coach Dick Lukkien -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Thomas Bruns 2 Jorgen Larsen 2 Romano Postema 2 Brandley Kuwas 2 Nikolai Laursen 2 Adrian Dalmau 2 Jorg Schreuders 1 Mimoun Mahi 1 Head to Head
Heracles Almelo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.95 Heracles Almelo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.16 FC Groningen xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + FC Groningen to win 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Groningen winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.11Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 59% 41% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
Heracles Almelo or Draw 42%Draw or FC Groningen 81%Heracles Almelo or FC Groningen 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 2 10.3%1 – 1 9.9%1 – 2 Actual0 – 1 9.1%0 – 3 7.2%1 – 3 6.8%0 – 0 6%2 – 2 4.5%2 – 1 4.2%0 – 4 3.9%1 – 4 3.8%1 – 0 3.6%Asian Handicap — Heracles Almelo
Handicap Heracles Almelo covers Push FC Groningen covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 4% 95% -1.5 5% — 95% -1 5% 10% 85% -0.5 15% — 85% +0.5 36% — 64% +1 36% 23% 41% +1.5 59% — 41% +2 59% 19% 22% +2.5 78% — 22% Clean Sheet
Heracles Almelo keeps clean sheet 12% ✓FC Groningen keeps clean sheet 39% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.