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Excelsior

Vs

Heracles

Since 22/11/2015

EXC wins

Draws

HER wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

20 Excelsior · 25 Heracles

Goals per game

3.75

both sides combined

Over 1.5

92%

of meetings

Over 2.5

83%

of meetings

BTTS

67%

of meetings

Last meeting

1-1

20 Mar 2026

Next game

–

none scheduled

Excelsior vs Heracles: the head-to-head

The 12 encounters since 2015 between Excelsior and Heracles have been a tight affair, with 92% of the matches producing two or more goals and 83% seeing three or more. The split is 3-4-5, a narrow margin that keeps the rivalry alive. Heracles edges ahead with five victories, while Excelsior has claimed three and four matches ended in a 1-1 draw, the most recent on 20 March 2026. Across all meetings the teams have scored 20 and 25 goals respectively, totalling 45 goals and averaging 3.75 per game. Both sides have managed to score in 67% of the fixtures. At home, Excelsior has won twice, drawn once and lost three times; away they have won once, drawn three times and lost twice. The next clash is yet to be scheduled.

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

01Head-to-head record⚖

Excelsior

Heracles

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 12 games between these two clubs

25%

win %

42%

3.75

avg goals

3.75

92%

over 1.5 %

92%

83%

over 2.5 %

83%

67%

over 3.5 %

67%

1.67

scored

2.08

conceded

1.67

67%

btts

67%

17%

clean sheet

25%

10.88

corners

10.88

3.62

cards

3.62

Top three rows are this fixture: 12 meetings, 3 to Excelsior, 4 drawn, 5 to Heracles, at 3.75 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Excelsior

Won at home

33%

2 of 6 home meetings

Won away

17%

1 of 6 away meetings

Drawn

33%

4 of 12 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Heracles

Won at home

33%

2 of 6 home meetings

Won away

50%

3 of 6 away meetings

Drawn

33%

4 of 12 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Excelsior
20 Mar 2026	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Heracles	1-1	Excelsior	D	view
08 Nov 2025	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	1-2	Heracles	L	view
12 May 2024	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	4-0	Heracles	W	view
02 Sep 2023	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Heracles	3-1	Excelsior	L	view
12 May 2019	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Heracles	4-5	Excelsior	W	view
22 Dec 2018	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	0-3	Heracles	L	view
18 Apr 2018	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	2-2	Heracles	D	view
26 Aug 2017	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Heracles	2-2	Excelsior	D	view
18 Feb 2017	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Heracles	4-0	Excelsior	L	view
10 Sep 2016	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	3-1	Heracles	W	view
09 Apr 2016	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	1-3	Heracles	L	view
22 Nov 2015	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Heracles	0-0	Excelsior	D	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Excelsior · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.5

Avg scored

2.2

Avg conceded

1.3

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.54 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.43	1.40	1.33	1.33	1.53	1.47
vs Stronger (10)	1.40	1.70	1.80	1.60	1.00	1.80
vs Similar (20)	1.45	1.25	1.10	1.20	1.80	1.30
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	23% (-1pp vs league)

Heracles · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

4.0

Avg scored

1.8

Avg conceded

2.2

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.54 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.67	2.17	1.67	1.73	1.67	2.60
vs Stronger (7)	0.86	2.86	0.25	2.00	1.67	4.00
vs Similar (23)	1.91	1.96	2.18	1.64	1.67	2.25
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	3% (-21pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Excelsior

DLDWWDWWLW

Last 10: 22 scored, 13 conceded.

Heracles

LLLLLLWWWW

Last 10: 18 scored, 22 conceded.

Excelsior

Home · last 10

DDLLLLWDLW

2 won · 15 scored, 15 conceded

Away · last 10

DDWLLDDWWW

4 won · 18 scored, 12 conceded

Heracles

Home · last 10

LWLLDDLLLW

2 won · 8 scored, 17 conceded

Away · last 10

LLLLLLLWWW

3 won · 17 scored, 29 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Excelsior

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored50% / 50%

Conceded33% / 67%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 2 games. Most goals land in 1-15'.

From this fixture only: 2 of 12 meetings have goal timings on record. See Excelsior's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Heracles

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored33% / 67%

Conceded50% / 50%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 2 games. Most goals land in 16-30'.

From this fixture only: 2 of 12 meetings have goal timings on record. See Heracles's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	AZ Alkmaar	4	12	100%	3.0	13	3	+10	4.0	100%	50%	50%	14.0	100%	2.2	25%	23.8	50%	136	61	21	54	3.2	0.8	53%
2	PSV Eindhoven	4	10	75%	2.5	15	5	+10	5.0	100%	100%	75%	10.8	50%	2.8	25%	17.5	25%	280	106	60	115	3.8	1.2	61%
3	Feyenoord	4	8	50%	2.0	10	6	+4	4.0	75%	75%	75%	11.8	75%	2.3	0%	17.8	25%	229	93	43	93	2.5	1.5	53%
4	Ajax	3	7	67%	2.3	8	2	+6	3.3	100%	67%	67%	10.0	33%	4.5	100%	21.3	67%	173	95	15	63	2.7	0.7	56%
5	GO Ahead Eagles	4	7	50%	1.8	11	9	+2	5.0	100%	100%	100%	10.0	50%	2.0	0%	17.2	25%	22	9	4	8	2.8	2.2	49%
6	Fortuna Sittard	4	7	50%	1.8	8	7	+1	3.8	100%	75%	75%	11.8	50%	3.0	25%	17.0	0%	17	6	4	7	2.0	1.8	45%
7	NEC Nijmegen	3	6	67%	2.0	8	4	+4	4.0	100%	100%	67%	10.7	67%	3.0	67%	26.3	100%	54	22	5	26	2.7	1.3	57%
8	Twente	3	6	67%	2.0	7	3	+4	3.3	67%	67%	67%	10.7	67%	2.5	0%	16.7	0%	87	34	13	39	2.3	1.0	54%
9	Excelsior	3	6	67%	2.0	7	3	+4	3.3	100%	100%	33%	10.3	67%	2.0	0%	16.3	0%	16	7	3	6	2.3	1.0	48%
10	Groningen	4	6	50%	1.5	9	10	-1	4.8	100%	100%	75%	8.8	25%	2.8	25%	19.8	50%	32	12	6	14	2.2	2.5	50%
11	Heerenveen	4	5	25%	1.2	5	6	-1	2.8	75%	50%	50%	10.5	50%	2.7	33%	14.5	0%	50	24	6	20	1.2	1.5	51%
12	Sparta Rotterdam	4	4	25%	1.0	7	7	+0	3.5	75%	75%	50%	12.2	100%	2.7	0%	23.0	50%	28	14	2	12	1.8	1.8	47%
13	PEC Zwolle	4	3	25%	0.8	4	8	-4	3.0	100%	50%	50%	9.8	50%	3.3	67%	20.0	50%	21	8	4	10	1.0	2.0	45%
14	Telstar	3	3	33%	1.0	3	8	-5	3.7	100%	100%	67%	12.3	67%	3.0	50%	26.7	100%	8	3	2	3	1.0	2.7	45%
15	Willem II	3	1	0%	0.3	4	10	-6	4.7	100%	100%	100%	9.0	33%	2.0	0%	19.3	33%	13	4	4	5	1.3	3.3	-
16	ADO Den Haag	4	1	0%	0.2	4	11	-7	3.8	100%	75%	75%	11.2	50%	2.0	0%	20.5	75%	13	7	1	5	1.0	2.8	-
17	Utrecht	4	1	0%	0.2	6	15	-9	5.2	100%	100%	75%	10.8	75%	4.7	67%	29.5	100%	61	33	14	15	1.5	3.8	47%
18	Cambuur	4	0	0%	0.0	4	16	-12	5.0	100%	100%	100%	10.8	75%	1.7	0%	20.5	25%	12	3	1	8	1.0	4.0	-

Netherlands - Eredivisie 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full Netherlands - Eredivisie stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

ExcelsiorHeracles

€16.3m

squad value

€8.6m

€22.9m

attack

€19.2m

€4.9m

midfield

€1.9m

€24.0m

defence

€22.7m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Excelsior carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Excelsior

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
20 Mar	@ Heracles	1-1	D
04 Apr	vs NEC Nijmegen	0-2	L
12 Apr	@ PEC Zwolle	2-2	D
26 Apr	vs Utrecht	5-0	W
02 May	@ Groningen	3-2	W
10 May	vs FC Volendam	1-1	D
17 May	@ Sparta Rotterdam	3-2	W
07 Aug	@ Cambuur	4-0	W
15 Aug	vs PSV Eindhoven	1-2	L
29 Aug	vs Sparta Rotterdam	2-1	W

Heracles

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
05 Apr	@ Heerenveen	1-4	L
11 Apr	vs Ajax	0-3	L
26 Apr	vs FC Volendam	0-2	L
03 May	@ PEC Zwolle	0-1	L
10 May	@ Telstar	0-3	L
17 May	vs Groningen	1-2	L
07 Aug	@ VVV Venlo	4-3	W
14 Aug	vs Den Bosch	3-2	W
24 Aug	@ Jong Utrecht	6-1	W
30 Aug	@ FC Eindhoven	3-1	W