Season ticket holders at De Grolsch Veste haven’t seen too many victories this season, with FC Twente languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting SC Heerenveen will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
9-3-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for SC Heerenveen when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 14 matches are 35-18 (scored/conceded).
FC Twente form and stats
5-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for FC Twente so far this season. FC Twente has recorded two wins in a row here at De Grolsch Veste, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The fans are hoping that FC Twente will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eredivisie game against FC Utrecht (placed 6th). Ahead of that match, FC Twente won a home game hosting AZ Alkmaar (2-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with FC Twente perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Twente as a small favourite), we find six games. FC Twente has won one of these, drawn one and lost four.
FC Twente have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Grolsch Veste with 21 goals in 12 league matches. FC Twente have conceded 19 from these games.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. That’s the product of SC Heerenveen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Jansen, the SC Heerenveen manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
SC Heerenveen's last game was the home draw against ADO Den Haag (2-2). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vitesse wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against ADO Den Haag. SC Heerenveen were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Alen Halilović scoring the equalizer. The draw against ADO Den Haag came from a losing position. The SC Heerenveen manager J. Jansen brought on Alen Halilović as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by SC Heerenveen in our archives, and the results are: one win for SC Heerenveen, zero draws and two defeats.
SC Heerenveen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 11 games. SC Heerenveen have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the SC Heerenveen - FC Twente 0-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Twente four wins, two draws and SC Heerenveen four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Vučkič 10 goals |   C. Ejuke 8 goals |  A. Cantalapiedra Fernández 7 goals |
FC Twente missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| FC Twente | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 32 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | 37 |
| 42 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 36 |
| 88% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 83% | 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 62% | 58% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 82% | 58% |
| 33% | 42% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 55% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 58% | 58% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 73% | 79% |
| 21% | 25% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| 33% | 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 225 | 121 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 147 | 396 |
| 78 | 48 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 58 | 129 |
| 41% | 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 29% |
- All of SC Heerenveen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SC Heerenveen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 65 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 45 | 53 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 31 | 50 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | PSV | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 45 |
| 5 | Willem II | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 41 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 38 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Heracles | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 30 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -12 | 29 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 27 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -24 | 27 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 24 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -25 | 18 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 36 | -32 | 12 |