SC Heerenveen hope to get a lot of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been gruelling so far with 6 points and a 13th place in the Eredivisie table. Opponents NEC hold 10th place with 7 pts.
- All of SC Heerenveen's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eredivisie
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
SC Heerenveen have played three Eredivisie home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
SC Heerenveen are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 245 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Olsson).
The followers are hoping that SC Heerenveen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against FC Twente (placed 2nd). Defender Köhlert got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.55/10. Köhlert hit two key passes and won 10 of 15 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Excelsior with the scoreline 0-3.This is expected to be a close game, with SC Heerenveen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SC Heerenveen as a small favourite), we find 10 games. SC Heerenveen has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 8.
Heerenveen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. SC Heerenveen are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
NEC form and stats
The Eredivisie season is young and NEC have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
NEC failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Vitesse (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Midfielder Mattsson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.92. Mattsson scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, NEC secured a home win against FC Utrecht with the score 3-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with NEC playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 6 NEC wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting NEC as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. The NEC manager Meijer has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heerenveen one win, five draws and NEC four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mattsson 4 goals |   O. Sahraoui 3 goals |  P. Bochniewicz 2 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
NEC missing players
| SC Heerenveen | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 6.1 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.7 | 6.1 |
| 0.9 | 1.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 15.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 10.3 |
| 4.1 | 5.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 31% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 32% |
| 14.4 | 12 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19.7 | 14.7 |
| 5.9 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8.3 | 5.9 |
- All of NEC's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of SC Heerenveen's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eredivisie
- NEC have yet to win a game away.
- NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | AZ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Heracles Almelo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | NEC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Ajax | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Almere City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | FC Utrecht | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -12 | 3 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 1 |
