The Eredivisie season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between SC Heerenveen and FC Emmen promises to be an interesting one.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
SC Heerenveen form and stats
Perfect Eredivisie season at home so far for SC Heerenveen 2 wins from 2 appearances.
SC Heerenveen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ajax (1-5). 1-1 away at FC Utrecht before that.
Heerenveen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 Heerenveen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won one match, drawn zero and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Heerenveen as they have a new game in only three days, a KNVB Beker match thankfully also at home. FC Oss are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the SC Heerenveen at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
FC Emmen form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Eredivisie for FC Emmen with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. The last three matches for Emmen have all ended in a draw.
Emmen delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Fortuna Sittard (placed 17th) in their previous match; a Eredivisie game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to FC Twente.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in FC Emmen's duel with Fortuna Sittard. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Michael De Leeuw found the equalizer.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Emmen playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
A new game in only four days for Emmen, the KNVB Beker home match versus FC Eindhoven. Busy days.
FC Emmen have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - one - two (Heerenveen wins - draws - FC Emmen wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 3 goals |   M. de Leeuw 3 goals |  J. Veerman 2 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
FC Emmen missing players
| SC Heerenveen | FC Emmen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | 28 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 17 | 56 |
| 25 | 15 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 42% |
- All of FC Emmen's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Emmen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Emmen have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Emmen have yet to win a game.
- FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their matches so far.
- SC Heerenveen have won all their matches at home so far.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| SC Heerenveen | Last season | FC Emmen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Scored | S | 6 | 32 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 33 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 54% | ||
| 38% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 27% | ||
| 19% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 19% | ||
| 81% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 46% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 27% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 424 | 256 | Total Shots | T S | 112 | 308 | ||
| 144 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 98 | ||
| 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Ajax | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | AZ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Willem II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Heracles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |