FC Emmen and SC Heerenveen spectators can't wait for Eredivisie clash at De Oude Meerdijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Thu 13.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Oude Meerdijk (8600 seats)

FC Emmen hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 16th position in the Eredivisie table. Visiting SC Heerenveen holds 11th place with 39 pts.

Insights:
  • FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eredivisie. This match was also played here at De Oude Meerdijk. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, SC Heerenveen have had more rest.

FC Emmen are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. SC Heerenveen are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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FC Emmen form and stats

FC Emmen's struggle is real here at De Oude Meerdijk with only 13 points collected from 16 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-9.

Stress levels are on the rise for Emmen's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. de Leeuw was their last goal scorer.

The Emmen fans got no joy from their last match, a Eredivisie game also here at De Oude Meerdijk: A 0-4 defeat against FC Groningen (placed 7th). Heartbreak before that as Emmen lost 0-4 at Ajax's place.

FC Emmen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Emmen handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and one defeat.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Emmen as they are travelling to their away game against VVV-Venlo in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.

Emmen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 16 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as FC Emmen have allowed the opposition to score 40 goals here at De Oude Meerdijk.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

SC Heerenveen have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 3-7-6 (16 played).

Heerenveen's last game was the home draw against FC Utrecht (0-0). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to PSV.

Heerenveen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

A new game in only three days for Heerenveen, the Eredivisie home match versus Sparta Rotterdam. Busy days.

Heerenveen find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Heerenveen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: SC Heerenveen - Emmen 4-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - one - five (Emmen wins - draws - SC Heerenveen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenH. Veerman
H. Veerman
14 goals
EmmenM. de Leeuw
M. de Leeuw
12 goals
SC HeerenveenJ. Veerman
J. Veerman
7 goals

FC Emmen missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Emmen SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
5 3 1 Won W 0 3 9
9 4 2 Drew D 3 7 12
18 9 2 Lost L 2 6 11
33 23 7 Scored S 5 20 41
67 40 12 Conceded C 10 28 44
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
81% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
56% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 50%
50% 69% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 44% 31%
22% 44% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 9%
59% 75% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 56%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 31%
38% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.6 11.4 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.2 11.2
3.5 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.5 4.2
29% 39% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 28% 31%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Emmen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • FC Emmen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 32 26 4 2 96 21 16 13 2 1 50 13 16 13 2 1 46 8 75 82
2 PSV 32 20 8 4 69 32 16 12 3 1 35 11 16 8 5 3 34 21 37 68
3 AZ Alkmaar 32 20 7 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 29 67
4 Vitesse 32 18 6 8 48 32 16 11 4 1 25 9 16 7 2 7 23 23 16 60
5 Feyenoord 32 15 10 7 60 35 16 8 6 2 32 13 16 7 4 5 28 22 25 55
6 FC Utrecht 32 13 12 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 16 7 6 3 25 16 11 51
7 FC Groningen 32 14 7 11 40 36 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 49
8 Sparta Rotterdam 32 12 7 13 47 47 16 6 3 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 43
9 Heracles 32 12 7 13 41 47 16 8 3 5 28 15 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 43
10 Fortuna Sittard 32 12 4 16 46 53 16 5 2 9 24 30 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 40
11 SC Heerenveen 32 9 12 11 41 44 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 3 7 6 20 28 -3 39
12 FC Twente 32 9 11 12 44 46 16 3 6 7 20 23 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 38
13 PEC Zwolle 32 8 11 13 41 49 16 5 6 5 18 18 16 3 5 8 23 31 -8 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 6 9 17 31 51 16 4 4 8 19 24 16 2 5 9 12 27 -20 27
15 Willem II 32 6 7 19 34 66 16 5 2 9 20 32 16 1 5 10 14 34 -32 25
16 FC Emmen 32 5 9 18 33 67 16 3 4 9 23 40 16 2 5 9 10 27 -34 24
17 VVV-Venlo 32 6 5 21 42 84 16 3 4 9 20 42 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 23
18 ADO Den Haag 32 4 10 18 26 69 16 1 6 9 16 34 16 3 4 9 10 35 -43 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 32 26 4 2 96 21 16 13 2 1 50 13 16 13 2 1 46 8 75 82
2 PSV 32 20 8 4 69 32 16 12 3 1 35 11 16 8 5 3 34 21 37 68
3 AZ Alkmaar 32 20 7 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 29 67
4 Vitesse 32 18 6 8 48 32 16 11 4 1 25 9 16 7 2 7 23 23 16 60
5 Feyenoord 32 15 10 7 60 35 16 8 6 2 32 13 16 7 4 5 28 22 25 55
6 FC Utrecht 32 13 12 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 16 7 6 3 25 16 11 51
7 FC Groningen 32 14 7 11 40 36 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 49
8 Sparta Rotterdam 32 12 7 13 47 47 16 6 3 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 43
9 Heracles 32 12 7 13 41 47 16 8 3 5 28 15 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 43
10 Fortuna Sittard 32 12 4 16 46 53 16 5 2 9 24 30 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 40
11 SC Heerenveen 32 9 12 11 41 44 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 3 7 6 20 28 -3 39
12 FC Twente 32 9 11 12 44 46 16 3 6 7 20 23 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 38
13 PEC Zwolle 32 8 11 13 41 49 16 5 6 5 18 18 16 3 5 8 23 31 -8 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 6 9 17 31 51 16 4 4 8 19 24 16 2 5 9 12 27 -20 27
15 Willem II 32 6 7 19 34 66 16 5 2 9 20 32 16 1 5 10 14 34 -32 25
16 FC Emmen 32 5 9 18 33 67 16 3 4 9 23 40 16 2 5 9 10 27 -34 24
17 VVV-Venlo 32 6 5 21 42 84 16 3 4 9 20 42 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 23
18 ADO Den Haag 32 4 10 18 26 69 16 1 6 9 16 34 16 3 4 9 10 35 -43 22

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.