Game preview for Eredivisie: FC Utrecht - SC Heerenveen at Stadion Galgenwaard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

It's game day two of the Eredivisie season and everything to play for. Read our exhaustive preview of FC Utrecht-SC Heerenveen!

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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FC Utrecht form and stats

In the previous season, FC Utrecht's league statistics were 15 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, providing 7th spot in the Eredivisie. In these 34 matches they scored {55 goals} and gave away 50. Performing as the home side in the last season FC Utrecht delivered 8-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 15 conceded.

No payout for FC Utrecht in their previous match, an away game at PSV that ended in defeat 0-2. Utrecht's goalkeeper Barkas was extremely busy against PSV, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sparta Rotterdam (after extra-time).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier FC Utrecht matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

Let's have a look at how SC Heerenveen performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 7 and lost 4 with 23/24 goals scored/conceded.

The fans enjoyed Heerenveen's previous match versus RKC Waalwijk (placed 14th), a 3-1 win played at home. Midfield player Haye was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Haye served one assist, hit six key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).

Prior to that match, the SC Heerenveen manager van Wonderen faced defeat when travelling to FC Twente and losing 0-4.

Head 2 Head

FC Utrecht have been victorious in all of the 4 latest fixtures versus this team. Something to take note of?

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenP. Bochniewicz
P. Bochniewicz
1 goals
SC HeerenveenO. Sahraoui
O. Sahraoui
1 goals
SC HeerenveenI. Nicolăescu
I. Nicolăescu
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 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 19
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 9
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
23 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 13
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
FC Utrecht Last season SC Heerenveen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
16 8   Won W   6 12
9 5   Drew D   7 10
11 5   Lost L   5 14
57 21   Scored S   23 45
52 17   Conceded C   28 56
92% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 83%
75% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 75%
61% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 58%
36% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 36%
14% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 19%
56% 50%   BTTS BTTS   39% 53%
36% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
17% 22%   Failed to Score F T   44% 36%
 
5.6 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.6
4.6 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.4
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.9
5.1 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.5
31% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 28%
 
12.9 11.9   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 13.5
4.8 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AZ 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Feyenoord 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 NEC 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 FC Volendam 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 FC Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Heracles Almelo 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 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 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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 AZ 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Feyenoord 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 NEC 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 FC Volendam 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 FC Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Heracles Almelo 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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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.