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

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 13.November
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

With their 12 point lead in the league standings, SC Heerenveen regulars wish to see their team collect full points from this fixture versus SC Cambuur.

Insights:
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals (8) in Eredivisie

This football stadium has grass, which is not SC Cambuur's everyday surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass SC Cambuur have performed like this: Played 26 matches yielding 9 wins, 7 draws and 10 defeats with the goal numbers 33-40 (scored/conceded).

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

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for SC Heerenveen at their home stadium (Abe Lenstra Stadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for SC Heerenveen, their manager van Wonderen and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for Heerenveen, who won 1-0 against Excelsior (placed 12th). Defender van Ewijk got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Ewijk scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match, SC Heerenveen lost 1-2 at home to FC Utrecht.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Heerenveen handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

SC Heerenveen aren't scoring a lot here at Abe Lenstra Stadion in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. SC Heerenveen have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

SC Cambuur have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-2-3 (6 played). With the Cambuur losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

SC Cambuur are looking to quickly end their 450 minutes long goal drought in the Eredivisie.

There might be some fixture complaints from SC Cambuur as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Feyenoord. It's a concern for SC Cambuur that their goalie Virgínia managed six saves in the Feyenoord match, but still were unable to prevent a beating. Tol was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender Tol won 1 of 1 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus NEC.

We have checked recent matches where Cambuur have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Stats flash: 9 of the latest 10 league fixtures involving this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, SC Cambuur have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

SC Heerenveen have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing SC Cambuur.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenS. van Hooijdonk
S. van Hooijdonk
6 goals
HeerenveenM. van Ewijk
M. van Ewijk
3 goals
SC HeerenveenA. Sarr
A. Sarr
2 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

SC Heerenveen SC Cambuur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 3 6 13
5 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
5 2 0 Drew D 2 2 2
3 2 0 Lost L 1 3 9
14 5 2 Scored S 1 5 8
12 5 1 Conceded C 5 11 20
69% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 67% 85%
54% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 46%
46% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 38%
23% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 15%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 15%
46% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 23%
46% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 67% 77%
 
3.8 4.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 4.8
6.4 6.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 11.7 9.7 7
1.6 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
11.7 13.3 21 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.8 12.2
3.8 4.7 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 4.2
28% 18% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 19% 15%
 
12.9 12 8 Shots against (avg) S A 15 17 15.5
4.1 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.8 5.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SC Cambuur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals (8) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 PSV 13 10 0 3 42 19 6 6 0 0 25 6 7 4 0 3 17 13 23 30
2 Feyenoord 13 9 3 1 30 12 6 4 2 0 11 1 7 5 1 1 19 11 18 30
3 Ajax 13 9 2 2 41 14 7 4 2 1 26 7 6 5 0 1 15 7 27 29
4 FC Twente 13 8 2 3 23 8 7 6 1 0 19 2 6 2 1 3 4 6 15 26
5 AZ 13 8 2 3 24 16 6 3 2 1 9 7 7 5 0 2 15 9 8 26
6 Sparta Rotterdam 13 7 2 4 24 15 7 5 0 2 16 7 6 2 2 2 8 8 9 23
7 FC Utrecht 13 6 3 4 19 21 7 3 2 2 7 6 6 3 1 2 12 15 -2 21
8 SC Heerenveen 13 5 5 3 14 12 6 2 2 2 5 5 7 3 3 1 9 7 2 20
9 RKC Waalwijk 13 4 5 4 24 22 7 3 2 2 18 13 6 1 3 2 6 9 2 17
10 NEC 13 2 8 3 13 15 6 0 5 1 7 8 7 2 3 2 6 7 -2 14
11 Go Ahead Eagles 13 3 5 5 19 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 6 1 3 2 8 10 -3 14
12 Excelsior 13 4 1 8 15 32 6 3 0 3 8 11 7 1 1 5 7 21 -17 13
13 Fortuna Sittard 13 3 3 7 15 23 7 2 1 4 9 12 6 1 2 3 6 11 -8 12
14 FC Groningen 13 3 3 7 15 26 6 2 1 3 10 12 7 1 2 4 5 14 -11 12
15 Vitesse 13 3 3 7 15 28 7 1 2 4 8 19 6 2 1 3 7 9 -13 12
16 FC Emmen 13 2 4 7 10 24 6 1 4 1 5 7 7 1 0 6 5 17 -14 10
17 SC Cambuur 13 2 2 9 8 20 7 1 0 6 3 9 6 1 2 3 5 11 -12 8
18 FC Volendam 13 1 3 9 13 35 6 1 0 5 7 16 7 0 3 4 6 19 -22 6

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.