5th spot in the Eredivisie table for FC Twente at present, a competent campaign. The match-going followers pray for more glory as 10th-placed SC Heerenveen visit De Grolsch Veste.
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SC Heerenveen have scored away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a KNVB Beker game only three days ago.
FC Twente form and stats
Home games in the Eredivisie have been a walk in the park for FC Twente so far, with 29 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The regulars are hoping that FC Twente will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against PSV (placed 4th). Unnerstall had a busy but productive day in the PSV match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder Salah-Eddine was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Salah-Eddine hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Go Ahead Eagles.Goals decide football matches and FC Twente are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 11 league matches. Defensively Twente have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a KNVB Beker home loss versus Feyenoord with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A loss against RKC Waalwijk was the result prior to that, in a Eredivisie home game.SC Heerenveen have the goal stats of 11-11 (for/against) from 11 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; SC Heerenveen - FC Twente 2-1. Twente-SC Heerenveen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Twente two wins, SC Heerenveen four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  V. Černý 7 goals |  R. van Wolfswinkel 7 goals |   S. van Hooijdonk 7 goals |
FC Twente missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| FC Twente | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 36 | 27 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 73% | 78% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | 65% |
| 43% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 52% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 26% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 9% | 9% |
| 39% | 27% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 48% |
| 48% | 73% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 30% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 55% | 43% |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 17.6 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 11.5 | 13.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 42% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 11 | 8.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 12.7 | 12.3 |
| 3.8 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
- All of FC Twente's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SC Heerenveen have scored away.
- FC Twente have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the most clean sheets (11) in Eredivisie
- FC Twente have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Eredivisie
- FC Twente 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 | Feyenoord | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Ajax | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 42 | 49 |
| 3 | AZ | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | PSV | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 32 | 46 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | NEC | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 20 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 36 | -34 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 18 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -26 | 13 |
