This should be another intriguing run-in at Abe Lenstra Stadion in the Eredivisie. SC Heerenveen is in 11th position and receive Excelsior in 9th position. Learn more about the fixture here!
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their matches so far.
- Excelsior have scored in all their away matches so far.
SC Heerenveen's stadium, Abe Lenstra Stadion, has a grass surface. Excelsior have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Excelsior when playing on grass; 3 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses from 20 matches. They have scored {14 goals} in these games and conceded 50.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for SC Heerenveen's two home games in the Eredivisie so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Abe Lenstra Stadion.
In their previous game, the manager van Wonderen led his SC Heerenveen to a defeat away at Feyenoord. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Abe Lenstra Stadion. As you see from the result above, Heerenveen suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Olsson (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 6.85/10. Olsson scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Go Ahead Eagles.At Abe Lenstra Stadion, SC Heerenveen has the goal stats of 4-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Excelsior form and stats
Things could have gone better for Excelsior in their Eredivisie away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
There were no winners in Excelsior's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Almere City (placed 17th). van Gassel was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.45. The agile goalkeeper Gassel topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Excelsior manager Dijkhuizen faced defeat when travelling to Heracles and losing 1-3.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Excelsior has managed {5 goals} and let in 6 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Heerenveen have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Excelsior.Top Goalscorers
  N. Agrafiotis 4 goals |   O. Sahraoui 3 goals |  P. Bochniewicz 2 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Excelsior missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 6.6 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 0.2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 19 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.5 | 10 |
| 5.2 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 56% | 45% |
| 16.6 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.5 | 13.2 |
| 6.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
- All of Excelsior's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of SC Heerenveen's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Excelsior have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Excelsior have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their matches so far.
- SC Heerenveen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| SC Heerenveen | Last season | Excelsior | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Lost | L | 13 | 20 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 56 | 28 | Conceded | C | 45 | 71 | ||
| 83% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 75% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 38% | ||
| 19% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 35% | 41% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 59% | 47% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 28% | ||
| 13.5 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.1 | 17.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.4 | 7.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | AZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Heracles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | Almere City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
