Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Feyenoord welcomes SC Heerenveen

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: De Kuip (51177 seats)

Feyenoord have performed better than SC Heerenveen so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

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Feyenoord form and stats

Feyenoord have performed here at De Kuip this season with 5 wins from 9 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Feyenoord are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Happy days for Feyenoord in their previous game, a Eredivisie match away at FC Utrecht (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting SC Cambuur and winning 2-1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Feyenoord's attacking play is working. Feyenoord have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.

SC Heerenveen's last game was the home draw against Heracles (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Roda JC Kerkrade.

A quick return to home after this game, as SC Heerenveen are hosting Willem II in the KNVB Beker only four days away.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, SC Heerenveen are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as SC Heerenveen have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was SC Heerenveen - Feyenoord 1-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 4 - 1 (Feyenoord wins - draws - SC Heerenveen wins). As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordS. Berghuis
S. Berghuis
11 goals
SC HeerenveenJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
7 goals
SC HeerenveenC. Ejuke
C. Ejuke
6 goals

Feyenoord missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

Feyenoord SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 3 8 18
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 7
7 3 3 Drew D 0 1 7
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
32 19 9 Scored S 6 17 29
27 13 5 Conceded C 8 12 22
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
61% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 50%
44% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 28%
28% 33% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 25% 17%
67% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 72%
22% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 11%
 
5.1 5.1 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 4.9 5.6
4.5 4.4 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.7 6.5 5.1
1.4 1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 0.9 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
261 150 63 Total Shots T S 32 113 280
100 64 27 Shots on Target S O 12 43 95
32% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 40% 31%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of SC Heerenveen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Feyenoord haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 18 14 2 2 58 16 9 8 0 1 34 5 9 6 2 1 24 11 42 44
2 AZ Alkmaar 18 13 2 3 39 11 9 7 1 1 21 5 9 6 1 2 18 6 28 41
3 PSV 18 10 4 4 42 23 9 7 1 1 27 10 9 3 3 3 15 13 19 34
4 Willem II 18 10 3 5 27 22 9 5 2 2 12 7 9 5 1 3 15 15 5 33
5 Feyenoord 18 8 7 3 32 27 9 5 3 1 19 13 9 3 4 2 13 14 5 31
6 Vitesse 18 9 3 6 32 24 9 5 2 2 17 10 9 4 1 4 15 14 8 30
7 FC Utrecht 18 9 2 7 33 25 9 5 0 4 19 10 9 4 2 3 14 15 8 29
8 SC Heerenveen 18 7 7 4 29 22 10 3 6 1 12 10 8 4 1 3 17 12 7 28
9 Heracles 18 7 5 6 31 26 9 5 1 3 22 12 9 2 4 3 9 14 5 26
10 FC Groningen 18 7 4 7 21 18 9 5 1 3 14 7 9 2 3 4 7 11 3 25
11 Sparta Rotterdam 18 6 5 7 27 30 9 5 2 2 19 10 9 1 3 5 8 20 -3 23
12 FC Twente 18 5 4 9 26 37 9 3 2 4 17 19 9 2 2 5 9 18 -11 19
13 Fortuna Sittard 18 5 4 9 23 42 9 5 2 2 18 12 9 0 2 7 5 30 -19 19
14 FC Emmen 18 5 3 10 20 34 9 5 2 2 16 10 9 0 1 8 4 24 -14 18
15 PEC Zwolle 18 5 1 12 25 42 8 3 1 4 17 20 10 2 0 8 8 22 -17 16
16 VVV-Venlo 18 5 0 13 17 44 9 4 0 5 11 19 9 1 0 8 6 25 -27 15
17 ADO Den Haag 18 3 4 11 19 37 9 1 4 4 9 14 9 2 0 7 10 23 -18 13
18 RKC Waalwijk 18 3 2 13 22 43 9 2 1 6 10 16 9 1 1 7 12 27 -21 11

Read more about Eredivisie

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.