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Heracles Almelo
Eredivisie | Gameweek 4
Sep 2, 2023 at 8pm UK
Erve Asito
Excelsior

Heracles
3 - 1
Excelsior

Limbombe (54'), Hoogma (60'), Sankoh (85')
Willems (82')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Agrafiotis (19')
Lamprou (39'), Zagre (49'), Smeulers (76')
Lamprou (56')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Eredivisie clash between Heracles and SBV Excelsior, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Heracles 2-1 Nijmegen
Friday, August 18 at 7pm in Eredivisie
Last Game: Excelsior 2-2 Sittard
Saturday, August 26 at 8pm in Eredivisie

We said: Heracles 1-2 SBV Excelsior

Excelsior will be buoyed by their unbeaten start to the new season, and we think that they will continue their impressive run against a Heracles side that they have beaten in three consecutive head-to-head meetings. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Heracles win with a probability of 59.46%. A draw had a probability of 21.6% and a win for SBV Excelsior had a probability of 18.98%.

The most likely scoreline for a Heracles win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.95%) and 2-0 (9.83%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.14%), while for a SBV Excelsior win it was 0-1 (5.17%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 6.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Heracles would win this match.

Result
HeraclesDrawSBV Excelsior
59.46% (0.89100000000001 0.89) 21.55% (-0.368 -0.37) 18.98% (-0.527 -0.53)
Both teams to score 54.72% (0.306 0.31)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
57.11% (0.855 0.86)42.89% (-0.855 -0.85)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
34.7% (0.841 0.84)65.29% (-0.843 -0.84)
Heracles Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
85.94% (0.563 0.56)14.06% (-0.564 -0.56)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
58.36% (1.09 1.09)41.63% (-1.093 -1.09)
SBV Excelsior Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
63.66% (-0.061 -0.06)36.33% (0.058999999999997 0.06)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
26.88% (-0.062999999999999 -0.06)73.12% (0.058999999999997 0.06)
Score Analysis
    Heracles 59.46%
    SBV Excelsior 18.98%
    Draw 21.55%
HeraclesDrawSBV Excelsior
1-0 @ 10.02% (-0.17 -0.17)
2-1 @ 9.95% (0.011999999999999 0.01)
2-0 @ 9.83% (0.027999999999999 0.03)
3-1 @ 6.51% (0.138 0.14)
3-0 @ 6.43% (0.147 0.15)
3-2 @ 3.3% (0.064 0.06)
4-1 @ 3.19% (0.13 0.13)
4-0 @ 3.15% (0.133 0.13)
4-2 @ 1.62% (0.064 0.06)
5-1 @ 1.25% (0.075 0.08)
5-0 @ 1.24% (0.076 0.08)
Other @ 2.97%
Total : 59.46%
1-1 @ 10.14% (-0.2 -0.2)
0-0 @ 5.11% (-0.196 -0.2)
2-2 @ 5.04% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
3-3 @ 1.11% (0.02 0.02)
Other @ 0.15%
Total : 21.55%
0-1 @ 5.17% (-0.207 -0.21)
1-2 @ 5.14% (-0.107 -0.11)
0-2 @ 2.62% (-0.11 -0.11)
1-3 @ 1.73% (-0.039 -0.04)
2-3 @ 1.7% (-0.004 -0)
Other @ 2.63%
Total : 18.98%

How you voted: Heracles vs Excelsior

Heracles
Draw
SBV Excelsior
Heracles
25.0%
Draw
12.5%
SBV Excelsior
62.5%
8
Head to Head
May 21, 2022 7pm
Second Round 2nd Leg
Heracles
1-3
Excelsior
Bakis (28')
Hoogma (56')
Dallinga (47'), Wieffer (63'), Agrafiotis (83')
Horemans (43')
May 18, 2022 5.45pm
Second Round 1st Leg
Excelsior
3-0
Heracles
Azarkan (21'), Dallinga (74'), Driouech (85')

Schoofs (29')
May 12, 2019 1.30pm
Gameweek 34
Heracles
4-5
Excelsior
Dalmau (23', 51', 59'), Duarte (62')
Rossmann (43')
Omarsson (4', 45', 91'), Mattheij (71'), Eckert (89')
Dec 22, 2018 7.45pm
Gameweek 17
Excelsior
0-3
Heracles

Mattheij (85')
Peterson (35'), Kuwas (43'), Osman (66')
Peterson (61')
Apr 18, 2018 6.45pm
Excelsior
2-2
Heracles
Messaoud (7'), Van Duinen (51' pen.)
Messaoud (58'), de Wijs (93')
Monteiro (92', 94')
Droste (7')
van Ooijen (49')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Ajax30234362263673
2PSV EindhovenPSV30214589345567
3Feyenoord29178464323259
4FC UtrechtUtrecht30178557421559
5FC Twente30139856441248
6AZ AlkmaarAZ30138948341447
7Go Ahead Eagles2913795246646
8Heerenveen30107133853-1537
9Groningen3098133245-1335
10Heracles30811113752-1535
11Sparta RotterdamSparta29810113336-334
12NECNijmegen2996144243-133
13Fortuna SittardSittard2996143349-1633
14NAC BredaNAC Breda3088143250-1832
15PEC Zwolle29710123544-931
16Willem II2966173049-1924
17RKC WaalwijkRKC Waalwijk2947183558-2319
18Almere CityAlmere City3047192159-3819


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