This has the potential to be an action-packed match as SC Heerenveen have their supposed home advantage, while Feyenoord are ahead 16 points in the Eredivisie standings.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (15) in Eredivisie
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a KNVB Beker game only four days ago.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
SC Heerenveen have collected 14 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 4-2-4. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Heerenveen to get some points in this home game.
SC Heerenveen are returning here after visiting NAC Breda in a KNVB Beker match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. The striker van Hooijdonk was named "man of the match" for SC Heerenveen with a rating of 8.3/10. Hooijdonk scored two goals and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie.SC Heerenveen has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Feyenoord form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Eredivisie. In general it has been a productive period now for Feyenoord as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Feyenoord delivered a 4-4 draw playing at home against NEC in their previous game; a KNVB Beker duel. Midfield player Kökçü was the top player of the team with a match rating of 10.0/10. Kökçü scored one goal, hit nine key passes and had 127 successful passes (of 139 total).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting PSV in the Eredivisie.The Feyenoord manager Slot has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 10 league matches. As opposed to that, Feyenoord have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As it happens, Feyenoord have found the net in every league match they've featured in since failing to score against today's opposition; the Feyenoord - SC Heerenveen 0-0 game 19 game weeks ago. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SC Heerenveen two wins, two draws and Feyenoord six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Kökçü 8 goals |  D. Pereira da Silva 8 goals |   S. van Hooijdonk 6 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | 45 |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 75% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 60% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 90% | 85% |
| 45% | 60% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 45% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 30% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 55% |
| 35% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 45% |
| 50% | 40% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.8 | 8 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5 | 4 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 14.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 17.2 | 19.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| 24% | 24% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 33% | 30% |
| 12.6 | 12.2 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 11.1 | 8.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3 |
- Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Feyenoord have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of SC Heerenveen.
- Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (15) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Feyenoord haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Feyenoord | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | AZ | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Ajax | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 40 |
| 4 | PSV | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | NEC | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 12 |
