A look at the Eredivisie table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Read our FC Utrecht - SC Heerenveen match guide!
- FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SC Heerenveen have scored away.
Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an active game!
FC Utrecht form and stats
FC Utrecht have played 4 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager R. Hake led his FC Utrecht to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at AZ. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Galgenwaard. Utrecht were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Quinten Timber (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Timber scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting PEC Zwolle in a game that was won 5-1.There will be little rest for Utrecht after this match as they are travelling to SteDoCo for a KNVB Beker game in only three days.
Utrecht always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadion Galgenwaard with 14 goals in 4 league games. FC Utrecht have conceded 4 in these home matches.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SC Heerenveen in their Eredivisie matches away.
The manager J. Jansen was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Abe Lenstra Stadion. SC Heerenveen suffered a 0-2 loss to Ajax (placed 1st). Tibor Halilović, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Halilović hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against PEC Zwolle with the score of 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Heerenveen manager J. Jansen as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against AFC.
The visiting Heerenveen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, Heerenveen have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Utrecht five wins, four draws and SC Heerenveen one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 5 goals |   A. Douvikas 4 goals |  S. Gustafson 3 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| FC Utrecht | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 56% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 44% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 5.8 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 1.8 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 19.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 11.2 | 11.8 |
| 4.7 | 7.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 45% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 36% | 33% |
- All of FC Utrecht's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SC Heerenveen have scored away.
- FC Utrecht have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Utrecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Utrecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 22 |
| 2 | PSV | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Willem II | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | AZ | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | NEC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Heracles | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -14 | 1 |