Opponent in the Spotlight: Heracles Almelo

Opponent in the Spotlight: Heracles Almelo

09/12/2014

Ajax will play against Heracles Almelo Saturday at 18:30.
Ajax and Heracles played a total of 43 official matches against eachother, from which 27 were won by Ajax, 10 draws, and 6 times Ajax lost.
In the previous season Ajax won at home against Heracles, while in the away game Ajax and Heracles drew.
In the seasons 1926-27 and 1933-34 Heracles and Ajax met in the champions competition. The first time Ajax was able to take points from Heracles via a draw, twice, while Heracles won the remainder of the games and became the new domestic champion. The second time Ajax became the domestic champion after first beating Heracles at home with 9-1 followed by a 2-1 loss in Almelo.
Gemiddeld scoort Ajax iets minder dan drie doelpunten per wedstrijd tegen Heracles, Heracles scoorde iets minder dan 1 doelpunt per wedstrijd. Opvallend dat er in totaal slechts 2 maal 0-0 is gespeeld.
On average Ajax scores a bit less than 3 goals per match against Heracles, Heracles scores a little less than 1 goal per match. Only 2 of the meetings ended in a goalless draw.
Marco van Basten and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored the most goals against Heracles with 8 (in only two matches) and 7 goals. From the current squad Lasse Schone scored 3 and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson 2 times against Heracles in the Ajax colors.
Milano Koenders from Heracles has been under contract at Ajax, but never played an official match for Ajax 1. Ajax took over Lerin Duarte from Heracles.
Rob Alflen, Frits Soetekouw and Bob Westra are some of the famous players that played for both Ajax and Heracles in the past.
Ajax lost 2 games in a row and a longer series is rare. In the season 1998-99 Ajax lost 4 Eredivisie matches in a row for the last time and we have to get back to pre-Eredivisie times to find even langer series of lost matches (with a maximum of 6). About the only positive series that is left is that Ajax was able to score at least one goal in the last 12 Eredivisie home games. However the record (94 Eredivisie home matches between December 1968 and April 1974) is still far away.

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