On the 11th of February, FC Utrecht will travel to Almelo to battle Heracles in a Eredivisie match. 15th placed Heracles is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Ajax. Davy Klaassen scored the first goal for Ajax in the 22nd minute, then Sébastien Haller added another in the 55th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Heracles couldn’t manage to score, and Ajax took the shutout win. Heracles looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while fC Utrecht is fresh off their 3-2 win against SC Cambuur. Schouten struck first for SC Cambuur in the 8th minute, then Schouten added another in the 12th minute on a feed from Hoedemakers But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 64th minute on a goal by Henk Veerman. FC Utrecht is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 28th of November, FC Utrecht won by a score of 1 to 0. Mats Knoester struck first for FC Utrecht on an own goal in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Heracles was frustrated by FC Utrecht’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. FC Utrecht ended the match with the shutout victory.
FC Utrecht is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Mimoun Mahi and Douvikas each having 3 goals in their last 5. Heracles’s most prolific scorer has been Orestis Kiomourtzoglou. The German midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Frank Wormuth’s squad will be without Kasper Lunding, while Sander van de Streek and Naoki Maeda are unavailable to play for René Hake’s team.