Eredivisie preview: Can SC Heerenveen edge out victory against SC Cambuur?

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

SC Heerenveen have managed 5 home triumphs so far, SC Cambuur have won 5 away. Who boosts their standings in this meeting?

Insights:
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals (63) in Eredivisie

This field has grass, which is not SC Cambuur's familiar surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass SC Cambuur have performed like this: Played 21 matches yielding 9 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats with the goal production 30-31 (scored/conceded).

Both participants have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

5-2-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for SC Heerenveen so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for SC Heerenveen after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The followers are hoping that Heerenveen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against AZ (placed 5th). Mulder had a busy but productive day in the AZ match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfield player Haye got a match rating of 7.51 in that game, the max score being 10. Haye hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).

Ahead of that match, SC Heerenveen won a home game hosting FC Groningen (3-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SC Heerenveen handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and two defeats.

Heerenveen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, SC Heerenveen have conceded 22 goals.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

5-2-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SC Cambuur, who have the most conceded goals (63) in Eredivisie, in their Eredivisie matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for SC Cambuur who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Fortuna Sittard was the last time a defeat was avoided.

SC Cambuur's previous game was their home loss versus PSV (1-2).

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

The visiting Cambuur have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

SC Cambuur - SC Heerenveen 1-2 was the output when these two squads last played each other, earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Heerenveen victories, one draw and two SC Cambuur wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC CambuurT. Boere
T. Boere
6 goals
SC CambuurJ. Jacobs
J. Jacobs
5 goals
SC CambuurR. Uldriķis
R. Uldriķis
5 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Heerenveen SC Cambuur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
9 5 3 Won W 1 5 10
7 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
14 8 1 Lost L 2 8 17
29 17 6 Scored S 6 18 45
40 22 4 Conceded C 9 30 63
90% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
70% 73% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 83%
43% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 73%
20% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 47% 43%
7% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 30%
53% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 70%
27% 20% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 13%
30% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 20%
 
4.8 4.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.1 3.5
6.1 5.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 7.6 7.1
1.2 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.7 11 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.4 9.6
3.8 4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 3.9
25% 28% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 35% 38%
 
13.9 14 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 17.9 16.7
4.7 5 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.1 6.4
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals (63) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • 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 Ajax 30 24 3 3 86 15 15 12 1 2 54 8 15 12 2 1 32 7 71 75
2 PSV 30 23 2 5 75 35 15 12 0 3 42 18 15 11 2 2 33 17 40 71
3 Feyenoord 30 20 4 6 69 29 15 11 2 2 36 13 15 9 2 4 33 16 40 64
4 FC Twente 30 18 7 5 48 33 15 9 5 1 24 11 15 9 2 4 24 22 15 61
5 AZ 30 18 4 8 58 36 15 11 2 2 33 15 15 7 2 6 25 21 22 58
6 Vitesse 30 13 5 12 35 45 15 6 2 7 17 25 15 7 3 5 18 20 -10 44
7 FC Utrecht 30 11 9 10 47 40 15 7 5 3 29 18 15 4 4 7 18 22 7 42
8 FC Groningen 30 9 9 12 37 44 15 4 6 5 15 16 15 5 3 7 22 28 -7 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 30 10 6 14 35 44 15 7 1 7 24 21 15 3 5 7 11 23 -9 36
10 NEC 30 9 8 13 35 47 15 2 5 8 12 21 15 7 3 5 23 26 -12 35
11 SC Heerenveen 30 9 7 14 29 40 15 5 2 8 17 22 15 4 5 6 12 18 -11 34
12 Heracles Almelo 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 7 4 4 20 17 15 2 2 11 11 24 -10 33
13 SC Cambuur 30 10 3 17 45 63 15 5 1 9 27 33 15 5 2 8 18 30 -18 33
14 Fortuna Sittard 30 8 5 17 31 61 15 6 2 7 18 26 15 2 3 10 13 35 -30 29
15 RKC Waalwijk 30 6 10 14 31 48 15 4 3 8 12 24 15 2 7 6 19 24 -17 28
16 PEC Zwolle 30 7 5 18 24 44 15 3 4 8 11 17 15 4 1 10 13 27 -20 26
17 Willem II 30 7 5 18 24 52 15 5 3 7 13 20 15 2 2 11 11 32 -28 26
18 Sparta Rotterdam 30 5 10 15 22 45 15 3 6 6 13 20 15 2 4 9 9 25 -23 25

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 Ajax 30 24 3 3 86 15 15 12 1 2 54 8 15 12 2 1 32 7 71 75
2 PSV 30 23 2 5 75 35 15 12 0 3 42 18 15 11 2 2 33 17 40 71
3 Feyenoord 30 20 4 6 69 29 15 11 2 2 36 13 15 9 2 4 33 16 40 64
4 FC Twente 30 18 7 5 48 33 15 9 5 1 24 11 15 9 2 4 24 22 15 61
5 AZ 30 18 4 8 58 36 15 11 2 2 33 15 15 7 2 6 25 21 22 58
6 Vitesse 30 13 5 12 35 45 15 6 2 7 17 25 15 7 3 5 18 20 -10 44
7 FC Utrecht 30 11 9 10 47 40 15 7 5 3 29 18 15 4 4 7 18 22 7 42
8 FC Groningen 30 9 9 12 37 44 15 4 6 5 15 16 15 5 3 7 22 28 -7 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 30 10 6 14 35 44 15 7 1 7 24 21 15 3 5 7 11 23 -9 36
10 NEC 30 9 8 13 35 47 15 2 5 8 12 21 15 7 3 5 23 26 -12 35
11 SC Heerenveen 30 9 7 14 29 40 15 5 2 8 17 22 15 4 5 6 12 18 -11 34
12 Heracles Almelo 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 7 4 4 20 17 15 2 2 11 11 24 -10 33
13 SC Cambuur 30 10 3 17 45 63 15 5 1 9 27 33 15 5 2 8 18 30 -18 33
14 Fortuna Sittard 30 8 5 17 31 61 15 6 2 7 18 26 15 2 3 10 13 35 -30 29
15 RKC Waalwijk 30 6 10 14 31 48 15 4 3 8 12 24 15 2 7 6 19 24 -17 28
16 PEC Zwolle 30 7 5 18 24 44 15 3 4 8 11 17 15 4 1 10 13 27 -20 26
17 Willem II 30 7 5 18 24 52 15 5 3 7 13 20 15 2 2 11 11 32 -28 26
18 Sparta Rotterdam 30 5 10 15 22 45 15 3 6 6 13 20 15 2 4 9 9 25 -23 25

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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.