SC Heerenveen vs FC Utrecht pre-match guide

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

Data, recent trends, recent fixtures, player info, head-2-head, team selections and a lot more: Here's all you need to know on SC Heerenveen - FC Utrecht!

Insights:
  • SC Heerenveen is in the worst form (0-0-6)

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. SC Heerenveen have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Abe Lenstra Stadion. It's trouble wherever Heerenveen are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

SC Heerenveen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus PSV. Halilović (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Halilović scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match, SC Heerenveen lost 0-1 at home to NEC.

Heerenveen have scored 11 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. SC Heerenveen have conceded 19 from these games.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

FC Utrecht have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 3-2-6 (11 played).

There were no winners in FC Utrecht's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Vitesse (placed 6th). der Hoorn was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.14. The defender Hoorn won 10 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Heracles's place.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FC Utrecht have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. Utrecht's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: FC Utrecht - SC Heerenveen 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SC Heerenveen one win, four draws and FC Utrecht five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
7 goals
FC UtrechtB. Ramselaar
B. Ramselaar
6 goals
FC UtrechtM. Sylla
M. Sylla
5 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

SC Heerenveen FC Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 1 Played P 4 11 23
7 3 0 Won W 1 3 10
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
12 7 1 Lost L 2 6 7
21 11 0 Scored S 4 13 40
34 19 1 Conceded C 3 17 30
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 91%
70% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 74%
43% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 65%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 39%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 22%
52% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 45% 57%
22% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 30%
30% 42% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 22%
 
4.6 4.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5 5.7
6.3 6.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 4
1.3 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 11.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.5 13.7
3.5 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 4.6
26% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 38%
 
14.7 15.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.2 10.8
4.8 5.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Heerenveen is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 23 18 3 2 70 5 12 9 1 2 46 3 11 9 2 0 24 2 65 57
2 PSV 23 17 1 5 57 29 12 9 0 3 32 17 11 8 1 2 25 12 28 52
3 Feyenoord 23 16 3 4 55 20 12 9 1 2 31 11 11 7 2 2 24 9 35 51
4 AZ 23 14 3 6 45 27 11 8 2 1 26 11 12 6 1 5 19 16 18 45
5 FC Twente 23 12 6 5 36 29 11 6 4 1 17 8 12 6 2 4 19 21 7 42
6 Vitesse 23 11 4 8 28 37 11 4 2 5 11 21 12 7 2 3 17 16 -9 37
7 FC Utrecht 23 10 6 7 40 30 12 7 4 1 27 13 11 3 2 6 13 17 10 36
8 NEC 23 8 7 8 28 32 11 2 4 5 11 15 12 6 3 3 17 17 -4 31
9 SC Cambuur 23 9 3 11 39 50 11 4 1 6 21 25 12 5 2 5 18 25 -11 30
10 FC Groningen 23 6 8 9 26 32 11 2 6 3 9 9 12 4 2 6 17 23 -6 26
11 SC Heerenveen 23 7 4 12 21 34 12 3 2 7 11 19 11 4 2 5 10 15 -13 25
12 Heracles 23 6 5 12 24 32 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 0 2 9 7 19 -8 23
13 RKC Waalwijk 23 5 8 10 25 37 11 4 1 6 10 19 12 1 7 4 15 18 -12 23
14 Go Ahead Eagles 23 6 5 12 24 40 11 4 0 7 14 19 12 2 5 5 10 21 -16 23
15 Willem II 23 6 3 14 21 42 12 4 1 7 10 18 11 2 2 7 11 24 -21 21
16 Fortuna Sittard 22 5 4 13 24 50 10 3 2 5 13 23 12 2 2 8 11 27 -26 19
17 Sparta Rotterdam 22 3 8 11 17 35 12 2 5 5 10 17 10 1 3 6 7 18 -18 17
18 PEC Zwolle 23 4 5 14 18 37 12 2 4 6 8 13 11 2 1 8 10 24 -19 17

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.