Heracles 1-4 NEC Nijmegen — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Netherlands - Eredivisie, 16 Aug 2025

📅16/08/2025 · 🕒21:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
37%
2.53
Draw
26%
3.28
Away
37%
2.39
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
2.03
Over 2.5
50%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.6
No
48%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
3.71
2-3 Goals
38%
1.79
4-5 Goals
25%
3.05
6+ Goals
10%
10.1
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
14%
3.88
1/2
6%
25.5
1/X
7%
12.2
X/1
16%
6.1
X/2
10%
5.66
X/X
11%
4.84
2/1
8%
27.0
2/2
20%
3.44
2/X
8%
12.05
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
37%
Home Win
36%
+2.0pp
26%
Draw
27%
-1.0pp
37%
Away Win
38%
-1.0pp
50%
Under 2.5
45%
+4.2pp
50%
Over 2.5
55%
-4.2pp
52%
BTTS Yes
58%
-5.9pp
48%
BTTS No
42%
+5.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Heracles EU Bookmakers 40%
Head to Head
AWAY NEC Nijmegen EU Bookmakers 42%
+5% / +6% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / -6%
1.51/1.24 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.62/1.45
+21% / -2% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -3% / +14%
53% Ball Possession 47%
12 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 5
374 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 327 · 79%
26.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 26.1
23.2 Crosses 20.6
1.4 Yellow Cards 1.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Heracles
3W-0D-3L
AWAY NEC Nijmegen
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.67
1.28 xG 1.75
46% Ball Possession 54%
14 Total Shots 17
4 Shots on Target 7
7 Corners 7
336 Passes 407
79% Pass Accuracy 82%
26 Box Touches 27
21 Crosses 26
2 Yellow Cards 2
18.05.2025 Heracles Heracles 1-2 HT 0-0 NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen HOL
18.12.2024 Heracles Heracles 1-0 HT 0-0 NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen HOK
21.09.2024 NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen 1-2 HT 1-2 Heracles Heracles HOL
03.02.2024 NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen 3-1 HT 0-1 Heracles Heracles HOL
18.08.2023 Heracles Heracles 2-1 HT 0-1 NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen HOL
29.07.2022 Heracles Heracles 1-3 HT 0-1 NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen HAZ
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Heracles
1-4
AWAY NEC Nijmegen
1.33 xG 3.05
18% Ball Possession 82%
13 Total Shots 24
6 Shots on Target 11
3 Corners 7
82 Passes 585
59% Pass Accuracy 90%
16 Box Touches 60
16 Crosses 36
2 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Heracles vs NEC Nijmegen
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

NEC Nijmegen ran out comfortable winners over Heracles 4-1 away from home. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

We called this one close before kick-off — 37% / 26% / 37% — and on the day NEC Nijmegen made the difference.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 52%.

On the day, Heracles had 18% of the ball to NEC Nijmegen's 82%, shots finished 13-24, expected goals 1.33 to 3.05.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 3 apiece. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Heracles and 1.67 for NEC Nijmegen.

What was the final score of Heracles vs NEC Nijmegen?

Heracles 1-4 NEC Nijmegen in the Netherlands - Eredivisie on 16/08/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Heracles vs NEC Nijmegen?

Before kick-off our model rated a Heracles win the most likely single outcome at about 37%, with the full match-result split Heracles 37%, draw 26%, NEC Nijmegen 37%. The final score 1-4 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

◐ Match Result — model had it level (37/26/37) ✓ BTTS Yes
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