Heracles Almelo welcomes FC Utrecht to Erve Asito for a clash in the 22nd round of the elite tier of Dutch football on Friday evening; with kickoff at 22:00 EAT.
The Heraclieden are now 15th in the Eredivisie table with 20 points from 21 games. The hosts will be looking to bring a four-game winless streak to an end for they haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league. The facts show that Heracles Almelo has seen their defense breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 11 goals.
The Heracles gets into this fixture suffered 3-0 defeat the hands league leaders Ajax. In that match, Heracles Almelo had 29% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. On the other side, Ajax got 25 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. Davy Klaassen (22′), Sébastien Haller (55′) and Kenneth Taylor (65′) scored for Ajax.
On the other hand, FC Utrecht sits seventh in the Eredivisie table with 35 points from 21 games. In the last five fixtures, Utrecht picked up two league victories, draws in two and lost in one. Going into this match, the visiting side is unbeaten in two of their away matches and in a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games bagging an average number of goals per match is 3.67.
Rene Hake’s men are hoping for a third consecutive win following a 3-2 Eredivisie win in the defeat of SC Cambuur in their last fixture. In that match, FC Utrecht managed 51% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For FC Utrecht, the goal scorers were Anastasios Douvikas (33′, 38′) and Henk Veerman (64′). SC Cambuur had 8 shots on goal with 5 on target. Erik Schouten (8′, 12′) was the scorer for SC Cambuur.
Heracles vs FC Utrecht Head to head
There have been 37 head to head meetings between these two sides since 2004. Out of the 37 meetings Heracles has 9 victories, 12 matches ended all square and FC Utrecht has 16victories.
- Utrecht 1-0 Almelo 28/11/21
- Utrecht 2-0 Almelo 16/01/21
- Almelo 4-1 Utrecht 01/11/20
- Almelo 1-3 Utrecht 15/12/19
- Utrecht 3-0 Almelo 21/05/19
Home
- Ajax 3-0 Almelo
- Cambuur 0-1 Almelo
- Almelo 1-1 GA Eagles
- Nijmegen 0-0 Almelo
- Almelo 1-1 Cambuur
Away
- Utrecht 3-2 Cambuur
- Sparta 0-3 Utrecht
- Utrecht 0-3 Ajax
- Utrecht 1-1 Enschede
- Sittard 2-2 Utrecht
Heracles team news
Frank Wormuth will be without the services of Elias Oubella , Kasper Lunding, Melih Ibrahimoglu and Ismail Azzaoui due to injuries.
FC Utrecht Team news
René Hake will be without the services of Christopher Mamengi , Hidde ter Avest, Sander van de Streek , Arthur Zagre , Django Warmerdam , Sylian Mokono and Naoki Maeda due to injuries.
Prediction and Odds
FC Utrecht will enter the match in much higher spirits but Heracles has been very tough to beat on the home patch throughout the season.
- FC Utrecht win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
