Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, FC Twente in 7th and SC Heerenveen in 9th place.
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SC Heerenveen has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eredivisie
It's no vacation for neither Twente nor SC Heerenveen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Twente form and stats
Overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for FC Twente are 3-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). It's been an uphill battle for Twente in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the PSV game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 248 minutes without scoring a league goal. T. van Leeuwen was the last player to find the net.
Twente shared the glory with Sparta Rotterdam in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, FC Twente lost 0-1 at home to VVV-Venlo.
The Twente fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Twente have conceded 15 from these games.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, SC Heerenveen, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eredivisie, have produced an overall stat of 2-5-3 so far.
Joey Veerman, Mitchell Van Bergen and Paweł Bochniewicz scored in Heerenveen's previous match, the home game against Feyenoord that ended 3-0. Prior to that match, the Heerenveen manager J. Jansen faced defeat when travelling to Heracles and losing 0-1.
Heerenveen find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, SC Heerenveen have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Twente victories, two draws and five SC Heerenveen wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 11 goals |   H. Veerman 11 goals |  V. Černý 6 goals |
FC Twente missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| FC Twente | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 25 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 90% | 89% |
| 58% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 53% |
| 37% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 32% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 11% |
| 68% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 80% | 63% |
| 16% | 10% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 21% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.1 | 12.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12 | 12.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 29% | 32% |
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SC Heerenveen has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eredivisie
- SC Heerenveen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- 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 | Ajax | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 48 | 47 |
| 2 | PSV | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | AZ Alkmaar | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 37 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Heracles | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -14 | 22 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 14 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 11 |
| 17 | Willem II | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -20 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -30 | 6 |