Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, SC Heerenveen in 10th and VVV-Venlo in 11th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This stadium uses grass, unlike VVV-Venlo's home stadium. The visitors last 27 games on grass have ended in 5 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
SC Heerenveen's struggle is real here at Abe Lenstra Stadion with only 15 points collected from 15 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-6-6.SC Heerenveen lost their last game at Heracles after a 1-2 scoreline. In the match before that, SC Heerenveen hosted FC Groningen and drew the game 1-1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from SC Heerenveen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 0 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from SC Heerenveen in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 15 matches. SC Heerenveen have conceded 32 goals in these home games, a significant number.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VVV-Venlo so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Visiting VVV-Venlo has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.VVV-Venlo are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Eredivisie against Graafschap. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Fortuna Sittard.
VVV-Venlo find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures. The VVV-Venlo manager M. Steijn has some worries about the defense as 34 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
VVV-Venlo - SC Heerenveen 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for SC Heerenveen, 5 draws and 0 wins for VVV-Venlo.Top Goalscorers
 
S. Lammers
15 goals / 5 assists
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M. Vlap
14 goals / 4 assists
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P. Mlapa
12 goals / 2 assists
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SC Heerenveen missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| SC Heerenveen | VVV-Venlo | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | Played | 15 | 31 |
| 59 | 23 | Scored | 16 | 40 |
| 67 | 32 | Conceded | 34 | 56 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 97% |
| 97% | 93% | Over 1.5 | 87% | 77% |
| 68% | 53% | Over 2.5 | 60% | 55% |
| 55% | 47% | Over 3.5 | 40% | 35% |
| 42% | 27% | Over 4.5 | 33% | 29% |
| 71% | 73% | Both teams to score | 67% | 55% |
| 6% | 7% | Clean Sheet | 7% | 19% |
| 23% | 20% | Failed To Score | 27% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 8 | 6.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 3 |
- SC Heerenveen hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- VVV-Venlo is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 31 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 107 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 79 | 77 |
| 2 | PSV | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 89 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 66 | 74 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 59 |
| 4 | AZ | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Heracles | 31 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 55 | 58 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | -3 | 48 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 47 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 47 |
| 8 | Willem II | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 53 | 59 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 32 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -3 | 42 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 35 | -8 | 37 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 56 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 34 | -16 | 37 |
| 12 | ADO Den Haag | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -11 | 36 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 35 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 69 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 38 | -32 | 32 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 70 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 49 | -24 | 31 |
| 16 | Graafschap | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 65 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 41 | -30 | 26 |
| 17 | Excelsior | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 69 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 36 | -34 | 26 |
| 18 | NAC Breda | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 40 | -39 | 22 |
