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Predictions and Tips
Heracles Almelo come up against the visiting AZ at Erve Asito in the Eredivisie tie on Sunday.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Heracles Almelo v AZ are shown on this page - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide

Heracles Almelo
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Heracles Almelo head into this game following a 0-0 Eredivisie draw against RKC Waalwijk.
It’s been all too rare in recent games that Heracles Almelo have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Heracles Almelo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 7 goals along the way.
Coming into this fixture, Heracles Almelo haven't been defeated in their previous 9 home league matches. It's been impressive.
AZ
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Feyenoord in Eredivisie competition, AZ and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
The stats don’t lie, and AZ have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 11 goals overall. Defensively, AZ have not been doing too well. Such a pattern might not follow through here, however.
Analysis of their past results shows that AZ:
- haven't won against Heracles Almelo in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
- are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
- are without an away win for the past 3 league games.
↔️ Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 15/12/2021 shows that Heracles Almelo have won 1 of these and AZ 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.
In all, 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 10 for Heraclieden and 10 belonging to AZ. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.
📰 Team News: Heracles Almelo
Nikolai Laursen (Cruciate ligament tear) and Sava-Arangel Cestic (Broken ankle) won’t be available for Heracles Almelo boss Erwin van de Looi.
It’s our opinion that Heraclieden will probably kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Fabian de Keijzer, Jannes Wieckhoff, Damon Mirani, Ivan Mesik, Mats Rots, B. De Keersmaecker, Sem Scheperman, Mario Engels, Thomas Bruns, Suf Podgoreanu and Jizz Hornkamp.
ℹ️ Team News: AZ
AZ boss Maarten Martens has a number of players out of action. Sven Mijnans (Achilles tendon problems), Sem Westerveld (Meniscus injury), Seiya Maikuma (minor knock), Mayckel Lahdo (Foot injury) and Lewis Schouten (unknown injury) will miss out on this game.
It’s our belief that AZ might elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup using Rome Owusu-Oduro, Denso Kasius, Wouter Goes, Bruno Martins Indi, Mees de Wit, Peer Koopmeiners, Zico Buurmeester, Ibrahim Sadiq, Kees Smit, Ruben van Bommel and Mexx Meerdink.
🔮 Prediction
We’re thinking that Heracles Almelo will do well to breach the defence of this AZ side who we think will be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.
That’s why our selection here is for a hard-fought 0-1 winning margin for AZ when all is said and done.
Lucas Pereira, 12:09 13/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
Heracles Almelo
Formed: 1903
Stadium: Erve Asito (12,080)
Captain: Justin Hoogma
Chairman: Hans Morsink
Manager: Erwin van de Looi
Competitions: Eredivisie position 10
⭐ Key Player: Jizz Hornkamp
Mostly playing in the Striker position, Jizz Hornkamp was born in Netherlands. Having made his senior debut playing for SC Heerenveen in the 2018 - 2019 season, the gifted Forward has managed 6 league goals in this Eredivisie 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 21 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 70 | WWDWW |
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29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 64 | WWLWW |
3 |
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29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 59 | WWWWW |
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29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 56 | WWLWD |
5 |
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28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 47 | DWLLD |
6 |
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28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 46 | LDDDL |
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29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 46 | WWLDD |
8 |
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29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 34 | DDWWW |
9 |
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29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | -16 | 34 | LDLWL |
10 |
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29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 33 | LWDLW |
11 |
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29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 33 | WLLDL |
12 |
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28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | -13 | 32 | WLDWD |
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29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | -16 | 32 | DWDLL |
14 |
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29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | -18 | 31 | DDDLD |
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28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 30 | LLDWD |
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28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 24 | LLLLL |
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29 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -23 | 19 | LLDDL |
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29 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -37 | 19 | LDWDL |
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FC Zwolle |
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Feyenoord |
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RKC Waalwijk |
NEC |
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Ajax |
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Tottenham Hotspur |
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FC Twente |
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FC Zwolle |
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Go Ahead Eagles |
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FC Groningen |
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FC Utrecht |
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Sparta Rotterdam |
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SC Heerenveen |
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Willem II |
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PSV Eindhoven |
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Goals scored | 1.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 42 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Luka Kulenović | 8 |
Jizz Hornkamp | 7 |
Brian De Keersmaecker | 5 |
Mario Engels | 3 |
Juho Talvitie | 3 |
Troy Parrott | 14 |
Mexx Meerdink | 7 |
Ibrahim Sadiq | 6 |
Zico Buurmeester | 4 |
Sven Mijnans | 4 |
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NAC Breda |
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FC Groningen |
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