H2H: Venlo vs Heracles – Prediction (Eredivisie

H2H: Venlo v Heracles – Comparison.

Venlo’s Greek hero Georgios Giakoumakis has been on fire recently, with five goals across his last five competitive matches – four coming in the second half. Meanwhile, Rai Vloet has been equally dominant for Heracles, netting a hat-trick in their last match taking his tally to five goals across their last three competitive games. Just three of Heracles’ last 13 Eredivisie away matches have featured over 2.5 goals.

Venlo Insights.

Still hurting from a 13-0 trouncing by Ajax in their last Eredivisie home match, VVV Venlo must now take on Heracles on the back of six winless league games (D2, L4). Even when discounting that Ajax debacle, Venlo have been entertainment-friendly this season with league matches averaging 3.5 total goals (4.88 when factoring Ajax in). Across all competitions, their two wins this season (D2, L4) have also featured an average of 7.0 goals. At home, it’s just a solitary point for Venlo so far (D1, L2), but at least in recent times they’ve enjoyed domination over Heracles, winning five of the last seven Eredivisie H2Hs held here (L2) while none of the last nine ended in a draw.

Heracles Insights.

Heracles enter the round three points ahead of their hosts (W2, D2, L3) and start as favourites – a tag they’ve failed to live up to away from home since the start of last season (D1, L2). Overall, three of their seven league matches this term have featured over 2.5 goals – as have just two of their last seven visits to Venlo, of which four ended 1-0 to the winner on the day. On the road, Heracles are without a win in 13 consecutive league games (D5, L8), inspiring no fear in their opponents, especially considering their paltry average of just 0.31 goals scored per match across that period. In fact they conceded eight and scored zero themselves during the first half across those games.