Home advantage could prove decisive in SC Heerenveen - NEC battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 04.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

SC Heerenveen challenge NEC for fame and sporting success.

NEC could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eredivisie game only three sleeps ago. That game, against AZ, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for NEC.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for SC Heerenveen's two home games in the Eredivisie so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Abe Lenstra Stadion.

Heerenveen's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Fortuna Sittard (placed 18th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The attacker van Hooijdonk was announced as "man of the match" for SC Heerenveen with a rating of 7.83/10. Hooijdonk scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that match, a win away at Vitesse.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how SC Heerenveen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

SC Heerenveen has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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NEC form and stats

NEC are still undefeated on their travels in the Eredivisie. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

NEC are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at AZ (placed 4th). Cillessen had red hot gloves after the game against AZ, shaping the outcome of the game with eleven saves made.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting FC Groningen.

NEC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

NEC have the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

NEC have avoided defeat in the last 8 games (5-3-0) against SC Heerenveen.

Top Goalscorers

HeerenveenS. van Hooijdonk
S. van Hooijdonk
4 goals
SC HeerenveenM. van Ewijk
M. van Ewijk
1 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

NEC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Heerenveen NEC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
6 2 0 Scored S 1 5 6
1 1 0 Conceded C 1 2 4
50% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
75% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.2 5.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 5.5
5.5 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7 7.2
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.5 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 15.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9 10.5
4.5 5.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.5 4.5
33% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 56% 33%
 
10.8 10 12 Shots against (avg) S A 30 24 19
4 2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 13 9.5 7
SC Heerenveen Last season NEC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 34
12 7   Won W   7 10
8 3   Drew D   3 8
16 8   Lost L   7 16
40 26   Scored S   25 38
54 28   Conceded C   30 52
92% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 91%
75% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 68%
50% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 44%
28% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 26%
14% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 21%
56% 61%   BTTS BTTS   65% 50%
22% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
31% 28%   Failed to Score F T   12% 29%
 
4.9 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 4.2
5.8 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 6
1.2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
2 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 12.1
3.8 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.4
29% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 26%
 
13.6 13.1   Shots against (avg) S A   16.6 15
4.6 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 4 4 0 0 22 5 2 2 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 11 3 17 12
2 Ajax 4 4 0 0 12 3 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 6 2 9 12
3 Feyenoord 4 3 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 10
4 AZ 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 10
5 FC Twente 4 3 0 1 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 7 9
6 SC Heerenveen 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 5 8
7 Excelsior 4 2 0 2 6 11 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 -5 6
8 NEC 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 5
9 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -4 5
10 SC Cambuur 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 4
11 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4
12 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 5 11 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 -6 4
13 FC Volendam 4 1 1 2 5 13 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 9 -8 4
14 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 3
15 FC Utrecht 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -3 2
16 Vitesse 4 0 1 3 5 14 3 0 1 2 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 1
17 Go Ahead Eagles 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
18 Fortuna Sittard 4 0 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 -8 0
Last season 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 34 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

Table
  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 4 4 0 0 22 5 2 2 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 11 3 17 12
2 Ajax 4 4 0 0 12 3 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 6 2 9 12
3 Feyenoord 4 3 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 10
4 AZ 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 10
5 FC Twente 4 3 0 1 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 7 9
6 SC Heerenveen 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 5 8
7 Excelsior 4 2 0 2 6 11 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 -5 6
8 NEC 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 5
9 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -4 5
10 SC Cambuur 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 4
11 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4
12 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 5 11 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 -6 4
13 FC Volendam 4 1 1 2 5 13 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 9 -8 4
14 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 3
15 FC Utrecht 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -3 2
16 Vitesse 4 0 1 3 5 14 3 0 1 2 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 1
17 Go Ahead Eagles 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
18 Fortuna Sittard 4 0 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 -8 0

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