Heracles 1–2 Groningen – Netherlands Eredivisie, 17 May 2026

Match facts

Heracles Groningen

11 Shots 16

2 Shots on target 5

9 Corners 5

8 Fouls 5

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (297 league matches this season so far).

Result Groningen to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.58

Expected goals 1.43 – 1.78

Home / Draw / Away

31% 23% 46%

HeraclesDrawGroningen

Under / Over 2.5 goals

38% 62%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

37% 63%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

4% 0

13% 1

21% 2

22% 3

18% 4

22% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 10.3% 1–2 9.1% 2–1 7.3%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Heracles before this match, all matches

0.58points / match

1.03scored / match

2.52conceded / match

5 4 24

WonDrawnLost 33 played · 34:83

Groningen before this match, all matches

1.36points / match

1.42scored / match

1.33conceded / match

13 6 14

WonDrawnLost 33 played · 47:44

Heracles all matches all matches Groningen

Per match

1.03 Goals scored 1.42

2.52 Goals conceded 1.33

3.55 Total goals 2.76

11.09 Shots 15.91

3.70 Shots on target 5.82

16.79 Shots faced 11.73

4.36 Corners 6.27

6.03 Corners against 4.82

13.64 Fouls 10.88

2.06 Yellow cards 1.73

0.52 1st-half goals scored 0.61

1.12 1st-half goals conceded 0.52

How often Full Time

15% Wins 39%

12% Draws 18%

73% Losses 42%

97% Over 0.5 goals 94%

91% Over 1.5 goals 88%

70% Over 2.5 goals 55%

39% Over 3.5 goals 24%

24% Over 4.5 goals 12%

15% Over 5.5 goals 3%

48% Both teams scored 55%

6% Clean sheets 30%

48% Failed to score 21%

How often Half Time

18% Wins 27%

24% Draws 55%

58% Losses 18%

82% Over 0.5 goals 67%

42% Over 1.5 goals 33%

30% Over 2.5 goals 9%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Heracles all matches

4

L

1

3

L

D

4

L

1

D

1

4

L

3

L

2

L

1

L

3

L

Groningen all matches

1

2

L

2

3

L

3

1

W

1

D

3

W

2

W

D

1

3

L

2

3

L

2

1

W

Heracles before this match, at home

0.94points / match

1.38scored / match

2.13conceded / match

4 3 9

WonDrawnLost 16 played · 22:34

Groningen before this match, away

1.25points / match

1.25scored / match

1.63conceded / match

6 2 8

WonDrawnLost 16 played · 20:26

Heracles at home away Groningen

Per match

1.38 Goals scored 1.25

2.13 Goals conceded 1.63

3.50 Total goals 2.88

13.69 Shots 15.13

4.81 Shots on target 6.25

16.25 Shots faced 12.38

4.56 Corners 5.63

5.31 Corners against 4.63

12.81 Fouls 11.88

1.44 Yellow cards 2.06

0.69 1st-half goals scored 0.44

1.00 1st-half goals conceded 0.63

How often Full Time

25% Wins 38%

19% Draws 13%

56% Losses 50%

94% Over 0.5 goals 100%

88% Over 1.5 goals 94%

63% Over 2.5 goals 44%

31% Over 3.5 goals 25%

25% Over 4.5 goals 19%

19% Over 5.5 goals 6%

50% Both teams scored 56%

13% Clean sheets 25%

44% Failed to score 19%

How often Half Time

25% Wins 19%

44% Draws 56%

31% Losses 25%

69% Over 0.5 goals 63%

50% Over 1.5 goals 31%

31% Over 2.5 goals 6%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Heracles at home

1

D

3

L

2

L

2

1

W

1

L

1

3

L

D

1

D

3

L

2

L

Groningen away

2

L

2

W

1

D

2

W

2

L

1

2

L

2

3

L

1

D

2

W

1

3

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Heracles all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
10.05.26	Telstar – Heracles	3–0 (0–0)	1.36	5.25	7.50	1.40	2.88
03.05.26	Zwolle – Heracles	1–0 (1–0)	1.48	5.00	5.50	1.44	2.70
26.04.26	Heracles – Volendam	0–2 (0–0)	2.15	4.00	3.00	1.62	2.25
11.04.26	Heracles – Ajax	0–3 (0–2)	5.25	4.33	1.57	1.50	2.50
05.04.26	Heerenveen – Heracles	4–1 (2–1)	1.48	5.00	5.50	1.44	2.70
20.03.26	Heracles – Excelsior	1–1 (1–0)	2.70	3.30	2.70	1.73	2.08
15.03.26	AZ Alkmaar – Heracles	4–0 (2–0)	1.42	5.00	6.50	1.53	2.40
06.03.26	Heracles – Utrecht	0–0 (0–0)	3.00	3.60	2.20	1.83	1.98
28.02.26	Heracles – PSV Eindhoven	1–3 (0–3)	8.00	6.50	1.29	1.30	3.50
22.02.26	Go Ahead Eagles – Heracles	4–0 (1–0)	1.73	4.00	4.50	1.62	2.25

Groningen all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
10.05.26	Groningen – Nijmegen	2–1 (1–0)	2.90	3.80	2.20	1.44	2.70
02.05.26	Groningen – Excelsior	2–3 (1–1)	1.70	4.10	4.50	1.50	2.50
25.04.26	Feyenoord – Groningen	3–1 (2–0)	1.62	4.50	4.33	1.48	2.60
11.04.26	Groningen – Go Ahead Eagles	0–0 (0–0)	1.85	4.00	3.80	1.53	2.40
04.04.26	Telstar – Groningen	0–2 (0–1)	2.63	3.60	2.55	1.57	2.35
22.03.26	Groningen – AZ Alkmaar	3–0 (1–0)	2.55	3.70	2.55	1.60	2.30
13.03.26	Zwolle – Groningen	1–1 (0–0)	2.70	3.60	2.50	1.62	2.25
07.03.26	Groningen – Ajax	3–1 (1–1)	2.80	3.60	2.45	1.62	2.25
01.03.26	Volendam – Groningen	3–2 (1–1)	3.75	3.60	1.95	1.70	2.10
22.02.26	Twente – Groningen	2–1 (1–1)	1.53	4.20	6.00	1.67	2.15

Heracles at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.04.26	Heracles – Volendam	0–2 (0–0)	2.15	4.00	3.00	1.62	2.25
11.04.26	Heracles – Ajax	0–3 (0–2)	5.25	4.33	1.57	1.50	2.50
20.03.26	Heracles – Excelsior	1–1 (1–0)	2.70	3.30	2.70	1.73	2.08
06.03.26	Heracles – Utrecht	0–0 (0–0)	3.00	3.60	2.20	1.83	1.98
28.02.26	Heracles – PSV Eindhoven	1–3 (0–3)	8.00	6.50	1.29	1.30	3.50
14.02.26	Heracles – NAC Breda	0–1 (0–0)	2.70	3.50	2.50	1.85	1.95
01.02.26	Heracles – For Sittard	2–1 (2–1)	2.35	3.50	2.90	1.75	2.05
18.01.26	Heracles – Twente	0–2 (0–1)	5.25	4.33	1.60	1.57	2.35
20.12.25	Heracles – Heerenveen	0–3 (0–0)	3.30	3.80	2.05	1.57	2.35
06.12.25	Heracles – Telstar	1–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.75	2.90	1.65	2.20

Groningen away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.04.26	Feyenoord – Groningen	3–1 (2–0)	1.62	4.50	4.33	1.48	2.60
04.04.26	Telstar – Groningen	0–2 (0–1)	2.63	3.60	2.55	1.57	2.35
13.03.26	Zwolle – Groningen	1–1 (0–0)	2.70	3.60	2.50	1.62	2.25
01.03.26	Volendam – Groningen	3–2 (1–1)	3.75	3.60	1.95	1.70	2.10
22.02.26	Twente – Groningen	2–1 (1–1)	1.53	4.20	6.00	1.67	2.15
31.01.26	Sparta Rotterdam – Groningen	2–0 (0–0)	2.63	3.50	2.55	1.80	2.00
18.01.26	Heerenveen – Groningen	0–2 (0–0)	2.20	3.30	3.30	1.70	2.10
21.12.25	Go Ahead Eagles – Groningen	1–1 (1–0)	3.30	3.50	2.15	1.73	2.08
05.12.25	Excelsior – Groningen	0–2 (0–0)	3.40	3.50	2.10	1.85	1.95
02.12.25	Ajax – Groningen	2–0 (1–0)	1.67	4.20	4.33	1.67	2.15

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

2 1 2

Heracles winsDrawsGroningen wins

5matches

3.60goals / match

60%over 2.5

60%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.08.25N1	Groningen – Heracles	4–0 (3–0)	1.62	3.90	5.25	1.80	2.00
23.04.25N1	Groningen – Heracles	4–1 (2–1)	2.00	3.20	4.10	2.10	1.70
28.01.25N1	Heracles – Groningen	1–1 (1–0)	2.20	3.50	3.10	2.00	1.85
24.04.22N1	Groningen – Heracles	0–1 (0–1)	2.05	3.20	4.00	2.07	1.72
18.12.21N1	Heracles – Groningen	4–2 (2–1)	2.10	3.40	3.50	2.15	1.66

Netherlands Eredivisie table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	33	26	3	4	96	44	+52	81
2	Feyenoord	33	18	8	7	68	44	+24	62
3	Twente	33	15	13	5	58	35	+23	58
4	Nijmegen	33	15	11	7	75	52	+23	56
5	Ajax	33	14	13	6	62	41	+21	55
6	AZ Alkmaar	33	14	9	10	55	48	+7	51
7	Utrecht	33	14	8	11	53	42	+11	50
8	Heerenveen	33	14	8	11	57	53	+4	50
9	Groningen	33	13	6	14	47	44	+3	45
10	Sparta Rotterdam	33	12	7	14	38	59	-21	43
11	For Sittard	33	11	6	16	49	61	-12	39
12	Go Ahead Eagles	33	8	14	11	53	51	+2	38
13	Zwolle	33	9	10	14	44	69	-25	37
14	Excelsior	33	9	8	16	40	54	-14	35
15	Telstar	33	8	10	15	47	54	-7	34
16	Volendam	33	8	8	17	34	53	-19	32
17	NAC Breda	33	6	10	17	32	55	-23	28
18	Heracles	33	5	4	24	34	83	-49	19

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	16	12	2	2	53	25	+28	38
2	Feyenoord	17	11	3	3	39	23	+16	36
3	Twente	17	9	5	3	29	16	+13	32
4	Ajax	17	9	4	4	32	17	+15	31
5	Utrecht	16	9	3	4	29	13	+16	30
6	AZ Alkmaar	16	8	6	2	36	23	+13	30
7	Nijmegen	16	8	5	3	39	24	+15	29
8	Heerenveen	16	8	5	3	33	24	+9	29
9	Zwolle	16	8	4	4	21	19	+2	28
10	Go Ahead Eagles	17	6	7	4	34	24	+10	25
11	Groningen	17	7	4	6	27	18	+9	25
12	For Sittard	17	7	4	6	28	29	-1	25
13	Volendam	16	6	5	5	23	21	+2	23
14	Sparta Rotterdam	16	6	5	5	19	24	-5	23
15	Telstar	17	5	5	7	31	28	+3	20
16	NAC Breda	17	5	5	7	20	23	-3	20
17	Excelsior	17	5	3	9	20	22	-2	18
18	Heracles	16	4	3	9	22	34	-12	15

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	17	14	1	2	43	19	+24	43
2	Nijmegen	17	7	6	4	36	28	+8	27
3	Twente	16	6	8	2	29	19	+10	26
4	Feyenoord	16	7	5	4	29	21	+8	26
5	Ajax	16	5	9	2	30	24	+6	24
6	Heerenveen	17	6	3	8	24	29	-5	21
7	AZ Alkmaar	17	6	3	8	19	25	-6	21
8	Utrecht	17	5	5	7	24	29	-5	20
9	Groningen	16	6	2	8	20	26	-6	20
10	Sparta Rotterdam	17	6	2	9	19	35	-16	20
11	Excelsior	16	4	5	7	20	32	-12	17
12	Telstar	16	3	5	8	16	26	-10	14
13	For Sittard	16	4	2	10	21	32	-11	14
14	Go Ahead Eagles	16	2	7	7	19	27	-8	13
15	Volendam	17	2	3	12	11	32	-21	9
16	Zwolle	17	1	6	10	23	50	-27	9
17	NAC Breda	16	1	5	10	12	32	-20	8
18	Heracles	17	1	1	15	12	49	-37	4

Heracles Groningen

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	PSV Eindhoven	33	5	28	2.9	1.3	26	3	4	96	44	81
2	4	Nijmegen	33	9	24	2.3	1.6	15	11	7	75	52	56
3	8	Heerenveen	33	9	24	1.7	1.6	14	8	11	57	53	50
4	11	For Sittard	33	10	23	1.5	1.8	11	6	16	49	61	39
5	18	Heracles	33	10	23	1.0	2.5	5	4	24	34	83	19
6	6	AZ Alkmaar	33	12	21	1.7	1.5	14	9	10	55	48	51
7	13	Zwolle	33	12	21	1.3	2.1	9	10	14	44	69	37
8	2	Feyenoord	33	13	20	2.1	1.3	18	8	7	68	44	62
9	5	Ajax	33	13	20	1.9	1.2	14	13	6	62	41	55
10	12	Go Ahead Eagles	33	13	20	1.6	1.5	8	14	11	53	51	38
11	14	Excelsior	33	13	20	1.2	1.6	9	8	16	40	54	35
12	15	Telstar	33	14	19	1.4	1.6	8	10	15	47	54	34
13	16	Volendam	33	14	19	1.0	1.6	8	8	17	34	53	32
14	9	Groningen	33	15	18	1.4	1.3	13	6	14	47	44	45
15	7	Utrecht	33	16	17	1.6	1.3	14	8	11	53	42	50
16	10	Sparta Rotterdam	33	16	17	1.2	1.8	12	7	14	38	59	43
17	3	Twente	33	17	16	1.8	1.1	15	13	5	58	35	58
18	17	NAC Breda	33	17	16	1.0	1.7	6	10	17	32	55	28

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	PSV Eindhoven	16	1	15	3.3	1.6	12	2	2	53	25	38
2	4	Nijmegen	16	3	13	2.4	1.5	8	5	3	39	24	29
3	6	AZ Alkmaar	16	4	12	2.2	1.4	8	6	2	36	23	30
4	8	Heerenveen	16	4	12	2.1	1.5	8	5	3	33	24	29
5	11	For Sittard	17	5	12	1.6	1.7	7	4	6	28	29	25
6	12	Go Ahead Eagles	17	5	12	2.0	1.4	6	7	4	34	24	25
7	15	Telstar	17	5	12	1.8	1.6	5	5	7	31	28	20
8	9	Groningen	17	6	11	1.6	1.1	7	4	6	27	18	25
9	2	Feyenoord	17	7	10	2.3	1.4	11	3	3	39	23	36
10	16	Volendam	16	6	10	1.4	1.3	6	5	5	23	21	23
11	18	Heracles	16	6	10	1.4	2.1	4	3	9	22	34	15
12	5	Ajax	17	8	9	1.9	1.0	9	4	4	32	17	31
13	14	Excelsior	17	8	9	1.2	1.3	5	3	9	20	22	18
14	3	Twente	17	9	8	1.7	0.9	9	5	3	29	16	32
15	13	Zwolle	16	8	8	1.3	1.2	8	4	4	21	19	28
16	7	Utrecht	16	9	7	1.8	0.8	9	3	4	29	13	30
17	17	NAC Breda	17	10	7	1.2	1.4	5	5	7	20	23	20
18	10	Sparta Rotterdam	16	10	6	1.2	1.5	6	5	5	19	24	23

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	PSV Eindhoven	17	4	13	2.5	1.1	14	1	2	43	19	43
2	13	Zwolle	17	4	13	1.4	2.9	1	6	10	23	50	9
3	18	Heracles	17	4	13	0.7	2.9	1	1	15	12	49	4
4	8	Heerenveen	17	5	12	1.4	1.7	6	3	8	24	29	21
5	4	Nijmegen	17	6	11	2.1	1.6	7	6	4	36	28	27
6	5	Ajax	16	5	11	1.9	1.5	5	9	2	30	24	24
7	10	Sparta Rotterdam	17	6	11	1.1	2.1	6	2	9	19	35	20
8	11	For Sittard	16	5	11	1.3	2.0	4	2	10	21	32	14
9	14	Excelsior	16	5	11	1.2	2.0	4	5	7	20	32	17
10	2	Feyenoord	16	6	10	1.8	1.3	7	5	4	29	21	26
11	7	Utrecht	17	7	10	1.4	1.7	5	5	7	24	29	20
12	6	AZ Alkmaar	17	8	9	1.1	1.5	6	3	8	19	25	21
13	16	Volendam	17	8	9	0.6	1.9	2	3	12	11	32	9
14	17	NAC Breda	16	7	9	0.8	2.0	1	5	10	12	32	8
15	3	Twente	16	8	8	1.8	1.2	6	8	2	29	19	26
16	12	Go Ahead Eagles	16	8	8	1.2	1.7	2	7	7	19	27	13
17	9	Groningen	16	9	7	1.2	1.6	6	2	8	20	26	20
18	15	Telstar	16	9	7	1.0	1.6	3	5	8	16	26	14

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.