FC Utrecht favourites for feisty fight facing SC Heerenveen

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 02.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

FC Utrecht will battle it out with SC Heerenveen in this Eredivisie game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

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!

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FC Utrecht form and stats

Utrecht manager J. van den Brom and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus VVV-Venlo (placed 8th) in the Eredivisie. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sparta Rotterdam in a game that was won 5-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Utrecht's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost one.

Last season, FC Utrecht's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Eredivisie. Over these 25 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season FC Utrecht managed 8-0-4 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 12 conceded.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eredivisie, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from 12 matches.

Impressive finishing from Joey Veerman secured the home win 1-0 against VVV-Venlo in their previous game. Prior to that result SC Heerenveen won their away game at Fortuna Sittard. The scoreline was 3-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Heerenveen when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing one and winning zero games.

3 goals so far away for SC Heerenveen, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Utrecht victories, two draws and one SC Heerenveen win. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenJ. Veerman
J. Veerman
2 goals
FC UtrechtS. Klaiber
S. Klaiber
1 goals
SC HeerenveenL. Woudenberg
L. Woudenberg
1 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 3 3 6
1 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Total Shots T S 9 9 37
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 2 2 17
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 150% 150% 35%
FC Utrecht Last season SC Heerenveen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 26
12 8   Won W   5 8
5 0   Drew D   1 9
8 4   Lost L   6 9
50 30   Scored S   24 41
34 12   Conceded C   23 41
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 92%
72% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 62%
40% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   58% 38%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 19%
68% 50%   BTTS BTTS   75% 81%
20% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 15%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
368 193   Total Shots T S   168 424
118 58   Shots on Target S O   69 144
42% 52%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 28%

  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 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 9
2 SC Heerenveen 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 9
3 FC Twente 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
5 Vitesse 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
6 PEC Zwolle 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
8 VVV-Venlo 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4
9 Willem II 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
10 Heracles 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 FC Groningen 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
12 AZ 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
13 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Fortuna Sittard 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 1
15 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
16 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
18 Sparta Rotterdam 3 0 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 0
Last season 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 25 18 2 5 68 23 13 11 0 2 40 8 12 7 2 3 28 15 45 56
2 AZ 25 18 2 5 54 17 13 10 1 2 32 8 12 8 1 3 22 9 37 56
3 Feyenoord 25 14 8 3 50 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 12 5 5 2 21 20 15 50
4 PSV 26 14 7 5 54 28 12 8 3 1 32 12 14 6 4 4 22 16 26 49
5 Willem II 26 13 5 8 37 34 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 6 1 6 20 25 3 44
6 FC Utrecht 25 12 5 8 50 34 12 8 0 4 30 12 13 4 5 4 20 22 16 41
7 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 45 35 13 7 3 3 24 15 13 5 2 6 21 20 10 41
8 Heracles 26 10 6 10 40 34 13 8 1 4 31 17 13 2 5 6 9 17 6 36
9 FC Groningen 26 10 5 11 27 26 13 7 1 5 17 10 13 3 4 6 10 16 1 35
10 SC Heerenveen 26 8 9 9 41 41 14 3 8 3 17 18 12 5 1 6 24 23 0 33
11 Sparta Rotterdam 26 9 6 11 41 45 13 7 3 3 30 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -4 33
12 FC Emmen 26 9 5 12 32 45 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 0 3 10 6 33 -13 32
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 13 5 3 5 14 21 13 3 1 9 10 30 -27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 13 5 3 5 23 22 13 2 3 8 11 24 -12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 12 5 2 5 28 30 14 2 3 9 9 25 -18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 13 6 4 3 22 17 13 0 4 9 7 35 -23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 13 2 6 5 11 17 13 2 1 10 14 37 -29 19
18 RKC Waalwijk 26 4 3 19 27 60 13 3 2 8 13 20 13 1 1 11 14 40 -33 15

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 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 9
2 SC Heerenveen 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 9
3 FC Twente 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
5 Vitesse 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
6 PEC Zwolle 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
8 VVV-Venlo 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4
9 Willem II 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
10 Heracles 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 FC Groningen 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
12 AZ 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
13 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Fortuna Sittard 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 1
15 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
16 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
18 Sparta Rotterdam 3 0 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 0

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