📏 Form Guide
Heracles Almelo LLLLWL
Heracles Almelo will be wanting a better result here following the 2-1 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against FC Twente.
In that game, Heracles Almelo had 41% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Heracles Almelo was Ivan Mesík (43'). At the other end, FC Twente got 21 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Max Bruns (48') and Thomas van den Belt (84') scored for FC Twente.
Three or more goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Heracles Almelo have been involved. Their opponents scored 12 of them in these games whereas Heracles Almelo amassed a tally of 6.
Going into this encounter, Heracles Almelo have not emerged victorious against Feyenoord in their previous 18 matches in the league. That has got to hurt.
Feyenoord WDLWLW
Feyenoord will go into the match after a 3-2 Eredivisie win in the defeat of FC Utrecht in their last fixture.
In that game, Feyenoord managed 55% possession and 22 shots at goal with 10 on target. For Feyenoord, the goals were scored by Ayase Ueda (20', 88') and Sem Steijn (50'). At the other end, FC Utrecht got 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. Gjivai Zechiël (47') and Derry John Murkin (83') scored for FC Utrecht.
During their six most recent matches, Robin van Persie's Feyenoord have had reason to celebrate scoring 9 times therefore earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.5.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Feyenoord:
- have not lost to Heracles Almelo in games played away from home for the previous 9 league matches. An fantastic away run.
- have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.
👥 Head to head
Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 01/12/2021 shows that these encounters have been miserable for Heracles Almelo. They’ve not managed to register any wins whatsoever whereas Feyenoord have been the better of the two, winning in 100 per cent of those matches played.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 27 in total which averages out at 4.5 goals per meeting.
The last league game featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 31 on 03/05/2025 when it ended Heracles Almelo 1-4 Feyenoord.
On that occasion, Heracles Almelo managed 43% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Luka Kulenović (73').
For their opponents, Feyenoord had 17 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Anis Hadj Moussa (9', 36'), In-beom Hwang (45') and Givairo Read (78') scored.
The referee was Allard Lindhout.
📰 Team News: Heracles Almelo
The Heracles Almelo boss Bas Sibum will be grateful to have no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match thanks to a fully healthy group available to choose from.
In our view, Heraclieden should go for a 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Fabian de Keijzer, Jannes Wieckhoff, Damon Mirani, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Ivan Mesik, Ajdin Hrustic, Jan Zamburek, Bryan Limbombe, Walid Ould-Chikh, Y. Borges Sanches and Jizz Hornkamp.
ℹ️ Team News: Feyenoord
Owing to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Feyenoord boss Robin van Persie has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.
We are inclined to think that De club aan de Maas appear most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 formation, starting Timon Wellenreuther, Givairo Read, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Jordan Bos, Sem Steijn, Oussama Targhalline, Luciano Valente, Anis Hadj Moussa, Ayase Ueda and Leo Sauer.
💭 Prediction
We feel that in this game, Heracles Almelo have it in them to score a goal against this Feyenoord lineup, however a single goal probably won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.
Our tip is for a close game with a 1-2 winning margin for Feyenoord at full-time. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.