This has the potential to be an action-packed match as SC Heerenveen have their expected home advantage, while Vitesse lead them by 3 points in the Eredivisie table.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vitesse have the most points (12) away in Eredivisie
These are active days for the host team, as they had a match only three days ago in the KNVB Beker. That game was an away game at AFC, so at least Heerenveen are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
SC Heerenveen form and stats
2-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for SC Heerenveen so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for SC Heerenveen, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Happy days for Heerenveen in their previous game, a KNVB Beker match away at AFC that ended with a 2-1 victory. The victory against AFC came after F. Stevanović's winning goal. The SC Heerenveen manager J. Jansen was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 56th minute.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FC Utrecht (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Heerenveen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SC Heerenveen as a small favourite), we find three games. SC Heerenveen has won one of these, drawn one and lost one.
The Heerenveen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Heerenveen have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Vitesse form and stats
Playing away, Vitesse, who have the most points (12) away in Eredivisie, have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Eredivisie this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Vitesse on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Home advantage was not enough for Vitesse in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting Go Ahead Eagles, 1-2. Vitesse were so close to getting something from the game against Go Ahead Eagles, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime. Midfielder Eli Dasa was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.0. Dasa hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Tottenham Hotspur.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Vitesse in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Vitesse, zero draws and two defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vitesse have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. As opposed to that, Vitesse have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Heerenveen victories, four draws and four Vitesse wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 5 goals |  T. Halilović 3 goals |   L. Openda 3 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Vitesse missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 70% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 4.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 12.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.6 | 14.2 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 30% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 25% | 20% |
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vitesse have the most points (12) away in Eredivisie
- Vitesse have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 25 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Willem II | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | NEC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | AZ | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Heracles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 4 |