Prediction FC Volendam vs Heracles Almelo 2025/2026 – Betting Tips for the Eredivisie on 25/10/2025

Match outlook: two strugglers collide at Kras Stadion

The Kras Stadion will stage a tense encounter on 25 October as FC Volendam welcome Heracles Almelo in a fixture that carries the heavy scent of desperation. Both clubs sit perilously low in the Eredivisie table: Volendam occupy 17th with seven points from nine matches while Heracles trail in 18th with just three points. Form lines tell a stark story — Volendam’s recent run reads as a handful of draws and too many defeats, while Heracles arrive bruised after a calamitous 0-7 loss to Feyenoord and a run that has yielded only two wins all season. The local crowd of 7,384 will expect a reaction from their side, and the home advantage at Kras Stadion could be decisive in a match where neither team enjoys much margin for error.

Tactical tendencies and recent signs

Statistically this promises to be an open game. Volendam have found the net ten times across nine matches but have conceded sixteen, and they have yet to keep a clean sheet at home this season. Heracles are leaking goals at an alarming rate — 27 conceded in nine fixtures — and their defensive fragility is the clearest concern. Both sides produce a healthy number of attacks and shots: Volendam average over eighty attacks per match and Heracles edge them slightly in attack volume, indicating neither will sit back and invite pressure. The head-to-head history includes a 1-1 draw last season when Heracles hosted Volendam, suggesting the teams know how to find the net against each other when opportunities present themselves.

Volendam’s recent defeat at FC Utrecht saw Henk Veerman emerge as a bright spot with the best rating on the night despite the loss, while Heracles’ heavy reverse against Feyenoord spotlighted the limitations across their backline even as Jizz Hornkamp received credit for his individual performance in that fixture. Those isolated positives do little to mask structural problems: a leaky defence on one side and a squad struggling to turn possession into consistent results on the other.

Given the patterns visible in both clubs’ matches to date, this promises to be a contest where chances will be created and defensive errors may be punished. Both sides have produced matches with multiple goals throughout the campaign, and clean sheets have been rare commodities.

Betting suggestion: Goal market — Over 2.5 goals. Based on Volendam’s tendency to concede at home and Heracles’ alarming goals-against record, coupled with high over-2.5 percentages in their recent fixtures, the data favors a match with multiple goals rather than a low-scoring stalemate.