Roda JC vs Heracles Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Roda JC take on Heracles in Eredivisie action this Friday. Read the match predictions to find out why we’ve tipped a draw at Parkstad Limburg Stadion.
Roda JC vs Heracles Preview
Roda are second bottom of the Eredivisie and will remain there regardless of the result on Friday night. However, three points could potentially take them within a point of Breda who currently sit just above the bottom three and have a tough fixture against Feyenoord on Saturday.
The home side are winless in their last seven games and need to tighten up their back four which has the worst defensive record in the league this season. They will, however, take confidence from the fact that 70% of their points have come from home fixtures and that their opponents have the worst away record currently.
Robert Molenaar has no new injury concerns but could still be without at least six of his first-team players. Djim, Avdijaj, Werker, Götz, Paulissen, Gnjatić and Götz all missed Roda’s trip to Willem II on Sunday and will likely not recover from injuries in time for Friday evening’s match.
Heracles picked up an important 3 points against Zwolle on Saturday which takes their tally to 30 points which is a safe 13 points above the bottom three. John Stegeman will be confident his side are safe this season but will be concerned about their abysmal away form. The visitors have only picked up 3 points on the road all season which accounts for 10% of their total points. They have the third-best record on home turf but seem to welcome the ball into their own net when on their travels. This is something Stegeman will want to address and find a solution to before the end of the season but the pressure should be off with them being all but safe.
Defenders, Jeff Hardeveld and Dario Van den Buijs missed the victory over Zwollw and are due to sit out the match at Parkstad Limburg Stadion due to injury.
Roda JC vs Heracles Betting Tips
- Roda JC have won 2 drawn 4 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
- Heracles have won 2 drawn 2 and lost 6 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Roda JC have scored an average of 1.3 goals and conceded an average of 2.1 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Heracles have scored an average of 1.3 goals and conceded an average of 2.3 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Roda JC’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Heracles’s previous 10 matches
Roda JC vs Heracles Prediction
Roda have been in poor form of late and need to start picking up points in order to get out of the relegation zone. They’ve been a lot better at home this season and given that Heracles are winless on the road so far this season, this is the perfect opportunity for them to do that.
The last three meetings have seen both sides score and are generally quite tight affairs. BTTS seems to have value and we can’t see either side running away with the game so the draw seems the logical pick for the match result.
Team Lineups
| Roda JC | SC Heracles Almelo |
|---|---|
| 4-4-2 | 4-3-3 |
| Goalkeeper | |
| Hidde Jurjus |
Bram Castro |
| Defenders | |
| Patrick Banggaard Adil Auassar Jannes Vansteenkiste Henk Dijkhuizen |
Tim Breukers Wout Droste Robin Propper Roland Baas |
| Midfielders | |
| Simon Gustafson Livio Milts Mikhail Rosheuvel Mohamed El Makrini |
Peter van Ooijen Jamairo Monteiro Sebastian Jakubiak |
| Forwards | |
| Dani Schahin Jorn Vancamp |
Kristoffer Peterson Brandley Kuwas Vincent Vermeij |
| Substitutes | |
| Mario Engels Filip Kurto Ognjen Gnjatic Maecky Ngombo Radomir Novakovic Nicky Souren Christiaan Kum Jeremy Mayele Munkana Ard van Peppen Gyliano van Velzen Roshon van Eijma |
Bart van Hintum Paul Gladon Tim van den Berg Jaroslav Navratil Harm Zeinstra Mohammed Osman Michael Brouwer Reuven Niemeijer Dries Wuytens Brahim Darri |
| Coach | |
| Robert Molenaar |
John Stegeman |
RECENT Head To Head
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Head to Head Statistics
Last6 matches
| Roda JC | SC Heracles Almelo |
|---|---|
| Wins | |
| 2 | 2 |
| Corners | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Shots | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Shots on Target | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Cards | |
| 0 | 0 |
| Red Cards | |
| 0 | 0 |
Roda JC edge the lead in the number of wins in this meeting. They’ve picked up 10 wins from 24 played while Heracles have won 8 times and there being 6 draws.
There has been no dominant team in recent meetings with both teams winning two of the last six.
Heracles picked up a 2-1 win in the latest meeting back in September. After conceding an early goal, the home side found the net twice in the second half to secure the three points.
LiveRoda JC vSC Heracles Almelo Updates
| Jannes Vansteenkiste | 12' |
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| 13' | Brandley Kuwas | |
| 39' | Kristoffer Peterson | |
| in Maecky Ngombo out Livio Milts | 58' |
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| in Gyliano van Velzen out Jannes Vansteenkiste | 58' |
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| 63' | out Vincent Vermeij in Paul Gladon | |
| out Mohamed El Makrini in Ognjen Gnjatic | 72' |
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| 77' | out Kristoffer Peterson in Jaroslav Navratil | |
| 83' | Paul Gladon | |
| 90' | Peter van Ooijen |
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