Excelsior are slightly favourites to beat Heracles in this fixture, the hosts are valued at 2.95 odds to win, but a home win or draw (+0.5) at 1.55 odds is a better option to bet on as it carries lesser risk.

Heracles visit Excelsior at the Van Donge and De Roo stadium on Wednesday for the Semi finals of the Eredivisie promotion playoffs.

Excelsior beat Roda JC Kerkrade 4-2 on aggregate over two legs in the quarter finals to reach the Semi finals and they need to eliminate Roda JC Kerkrade to reach the finals.

The hosts have delivered good performances recently as they bid for a return to the Eredivisie league, they are currently unbeaten in their last six games, scoring in all those games with a total of twelve goals in that period, and scoring two or more goals in five games.

Heracles finished 16th in the Eredivisie and they now face a real probability of getting relegated, the visitors come into this fixture with three consecutive losses, conceding two or more goals in each of their last three games.

Frank Wormuth's team are very poor defensively with only two clean sheets in their last ten games, the hosts are going to have a field day against them.

More worrisome is the fact that Heracles won only two out of seventeen away games in the league this season, the worst record in the Eredivisie. Excelsior would be eager to take an advantage going into the second leg, and it should be very easy against a team that is poor on the road.

Excelsior have won the last two meetings against Heracles, a 5-4 win followed by a 2-0 win in the last meeting, the hosts would be looking to make it three on the bounce.

The best bet anyone can place on this game is a home win or draw (+0.5), there's no way Excelsior loses this game, they are guaranteed a draw at least.

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Excelsior稍微有希望在这场比赛中击败赫拉克勒斯，主队获胜的赔率为2.95，但押注主场获胜或平局(+0.5)的赔率为1.55是更好的选择，因为风险较小。

赫拉克勒斯将于周三在范东热和德罗球场做客埃克塞尔西奥，备战联赛晋级季后赛的半决赛。

Excelsior在四分之一决赛的两回合中以总比分4-2击败Roda JC Kerkrade，进入半决赛，他们需要淘汰Roda JC Kerkrade才能进入决赛。

主队在争取重返甲级联赛的征战中表现出色，他们在过去的六场比赛中保持不败，在所有这些比赛中共打入12球，在五场比赛中打进2球或2球以上。

赫拉克勒斯在联赛中排名第16，他们现在面临降级的可能性，客队在这场比赛中连续三场失利，最近三场比赛都丢了两个或两个以上的球。

弗兰克沃穆斯的球队防守很差，在过去的十场比赛中只有两场不失球，东道主将会有一个大日子来对付他们。

更令人担忧的是，在本赛季联赛的17场客场比赛中，赫拉克勒斯只赢了2场，这是联赛中最糟糕的记录。埃克塞西奥会渴望在第二回合取得优势，面对一支客场表现不佳的球队应该很容易。

在过去的两场对阵赫拉克勒斯的比赛中，埃克塞西奥都取得了胜利，先是5-4，然后是2-0，东道主希望能在这轮比赛中取得三连胜。

最好的注是主场赢或者和局(+0.5)，Excelsior绝对不会输，他们至少会得到一个和局。