Heracles Almelo is currently 11th in the Eredivisie and started the calendar year with defeats against FC Groningen (4-1) and FC Twente (1-0). Meet today's opponent.
Little success against top 3
The defeat against FC Groningen was Heracles' only defeat in the last 6 home games. When the traditional top 3 visit the Polman Stadium this season the Almeloërs do not do as well. Heracles lost to Feyenoord (1-0) and Ajax (2-0). In the 2009-2010 season, Heracles last failed to pick up a single point in home matches against the traditional top three.
Corners
While PSV, along with Feyenoord and Heerenveen, scored most often from a corner this season (4 times), only Excelsior gave up more goals (5) from corners than Heracles Almelo (4). At the same time, Heracles did not score from any of its 101 corner kicks.
Top season for Armenteros
In terms of goals, Heracles is largely dependent on Samuel Armenteros. He has already scored 8 goals. Only in the 2012-2013 season did he score more often on behalf of Heracles (9 times). His most productive season ever was 2014-2015 in the service of Willem II: then he scored 11 times. Armenteros is, however, the only Heraclied with more than 2 goals this season.
Peterson
Perhaps no longer to depend solely on Armenteros, Heracles acquired striker Kristoffer Peterson from FC Utrecht this week. In three seasons, he played 44 premier league matches for FC Utrecht and Roda JC. He scored four goals and provided seven assists. He joined the Heracles selection on Friday.
