Both these sides are in good shape, FC Twente enjoying a 0 point edge on SC Heerenveen in the standings. Game on!
- SC Heerenveen have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Eredivisie
- All of FC Twente's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
It's no vacation for neither SC Heerenveen nor FC Twente as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
SC Heerenveen must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Eredivisie games here at Abe Lenstra Stadion.
No payout for Heerenveen in their previous match, an away game at Feyenoord that ended in defeat 1-3. Heerenveen's goalkeeper Erwin Mulder was extremely busy against Feyenoord, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfielder Joey Veerman was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Veerman scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Fortuna Sittard.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Heerenveen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost zero.
Heerenveen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Abe Lenstra Stadion with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Heerenveen have conceded 5 from these games.
FC Twente form and stats
Things could have gone better for FC Twente in their Eredivisie away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Daan Rots, Dimitris Limnios and Ricky van Wolfswinkel secured the home win 3-1 against AZ Alkmaar in their previous game. Dimitris Limnios, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.55. Limnios scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Vitesse with the score of 4-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Twente playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were one Twente win, three draws and four defeats.
Twente are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Twente struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Heerenveen-FC Twente H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: SC Heerenveen four wins, FC Twente two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 4 goals |   R. Pröpper 4 goals |  T. Halilović 3 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
FC Twente missing players
| SC Heerenveen | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 50% | 42% |
- All of FC Twente's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their matches so far.
- SC Heerenveen have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Eredivisie
- 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 16 |
| 2 | PSV | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Willem II | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | FC Utrecht | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 9 | Vitesse | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | NEC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Heracles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 17 | AZ Alkmaar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 1 |