Heracles 1–4 NEC Nijmegen — Eredivisie 2025/26 Match Stats

Eredivisie · 2025Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 18:00 UTCErve Asito

Heracles

1–4Historical match

NEC Nijmegen

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

NEC Nijmegen won 1–4.

Shots: 1324
Shots on target: 611
Expected goals: 1.093.03
Possession: 18%82%

Full time

What the match recorded

NEC Nijmegen beat Heracles Almelo 4–1. Recorded in this match (Heracles Almelo – NEC Nijmegen): shots 13–24, shots on target 6–11, expected goals 1.09–3.03, possession 18%–82%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots24 shotsHeracles 13 shots, NEC Nijmegen 24 shots
Shots on target6 shots11 shotsHeracles 6 shots, NEC Nijmegen 11 shots
Expected goals1.09 xG3.03 xGHeracles 1.09 xG, NEC Nijmegen 3.03 xG
Possession18%82%Heracles 18%, NEC Nijmegen 82%
Corners3 corners7 cornersHeracles 3 corners, NEC Nijmegen 7 corners
Fouls9 fouls11 foulsHeracles 9 fouls, NEC Nijmegen 11 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Heracles Almelo: 13 shots, 6 on target, 1.33 xG. NEC Nijmegen: 24 shots, 11 on target, 3.10 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Heracles Almelo 1.33 xG · NEC Nijmegen 3.10 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Heracles

1Draws

2NEC Nijmegen

18 May 2025Heracles — NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie1–2

21 Sept 2024NEC Nijmegen — Heracles · Eredivisie1–2

3 Feb 2024NEC Nijmegen — Heracles · Eredivisie3–1

18 Aug 2023Heracles — NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie2–1

15 Jan 2022NEC Nijmegen — Heracles · Eredivisie0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

6.14 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.15 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 22:00 UTC · analysis-v4