Excelsior vs Heracles

3 - 0

🕒 Wed, 18 May 2022 17:45 Europe/London 📍 Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 🧑‍⚖️ Martin Van den Kerkhof 🔁 Relegation Round 🏁 match finished

Season

2021-2022 Season

Stage

Relegation Round

Eredivisie Table

Excelsior 20 · Heracles 16

Referee Stats

Martin Van den Kerkhof

18 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	56%
Draws	11%
Away wins	33%

How the match was won

Excelsior outshot their opponent (15-10).
Possession was balanced (52%-48%).
Excelsior had the sharper finishing (9-3 shots on target).

Team Overview

Excelsior (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 1-2-0

Goals For / Against

6 / 3

Avg: 2.00 / 1.00

Points

Avg: 1.67

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Heracles (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 2-2-14

Goals For / Against

11 / 31

Avg: 0.61 / 1.72

Points

Avg: 0.44

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Eredivisie fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.67

PPG

0.44

2.00

0.61

1.00

1.72

67%

O2.5

44%

67%

BTTS

39%

Score 1st

League-position context

Excelsior rank20th

Heracles rank16th

Excelsior points12

Heracles points34

Excelsior: #20 · 12 pts · GD +7

69 pts off the top 2. 32 pts off the play-off line. 8 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Heracles: #16 · 34 pts · GD -21

47 pts off the top 2. 10 pts off the play-off line. 30 pts clear of the relegation zone.

22-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Excelsior last 5 home

D W D

Points5/9

Weighted index56

Goals6-3

Record1-2-0

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Heracles last 5 away

L L L W W

Points6/15

Weighted index20

Goals3-7

Record2-0-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Excelsior trend breakdown

Over 2.567%

BTTS67%

BTTS + O2.533%

1H Over 0.567%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 100% · Over 3.5 33% · 1H BTTS 0%

Heracles trend breakdown

Over 2.544%

BTTS39%

BTTS + O2.533%

1H Over 0.572%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 72% · Over 3.5 11% · 1H BTTS 22%

Scoring reliability

Excelsior score at home100%

Excelsior clean sheet at home33%

Heracles score away50%

Heracles clean sheet away17%

First-goal patterns

Excelsior score first0%

Excelsior win after scoring first0%

Heracles score first0%

Heracles win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Excelsior 0% · Heracles 0%

Vs league average

Excelsior score at home2.00 vs 1.60

Excelsior concede at home1.00 vs 1.29

Heracles score away0.61 vs 1.29

Heracles concede away1.72 vs 1.60

Excelsior score 25% above league average, while Heracles score 53% below league average.

Defensive side: Excelsior are 23% below league average at home, and Heracles are 8% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.40

BTTS80%

Over 2.580%

At this venue setup: 3.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Excelsior goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Heracles goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

52%

48%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

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Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

471

437

Passes Accurate

377

344

Passes %

80%

79%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	14
Home Wins	5
Draws	4
Away Wins	5
Over 2.5 Goals	12 (85.7%)
BTTS	9 (64.3%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	7
Home Wins	3
Draws	1
Away Wins	3
Over 2.5 Goals	7 (100.0%)
BTTS	4 (57.1%)

Excelsior vs Heracles Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

20 Mar 2026 Heracles vs Excelsior 1 - 1 08 Nov 2025 Excelsior vs Heracles 1 - 2

2023-2024 Season

12 May 2024 Excelsior vs Heracles 4 - 0 02 Sep 2023 Heracles vs Excelsior 3 - 1

2021-2022 Season

21 May 2022 Heracles vs Excelsior 1 - 3 18 May 2022 Excelsior vs Heracles 3 - 0

2018-2019 Season

12 May 2019 Heracles vs Excelsior 4 - 5 22 Dec 2018 Excelsior vs Heracles 0 - 3

2017-2018 Season

18 Apr 2018 Excelsior vs Heracles 2 - 2 26 Aug 2017 Heracles vs Excelsior 2 - 2

2016-2017 Season

18 Feb 2017 Heracles vs Excelsior 4 - 0 10 Sep 2016 Excelsior vs Heracles 3 - 1

2015-2016 Season

09 Apr 2016 Excelsior vs Heracles 1 - 3 22 Nov 2015 Heracles vs Excelsior 0 - 0