SC Heerenveen supporters expect points in home game versus VVV-Venlo

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

After two games we know a little more about the qualities of SC Heerenveen and VVV-Venlo in this fresh Eredivisie season. Read our match preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has grass, which is not VVV-Venlo's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass VVV-Venlo have performed like this: Played 29 matches resulting in 5 wins, 8 draws and 16 defeats with the goal stats 28-67 (scored/conceded).

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

The hosts won their first Eredivisie game here at Abe Lenstra Stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for SC Heerenveen last season were 3 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses from 14 games.

Heerenveen are returning here after visiting Fortuna Sittard in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Joey Veerman, Henk Veerman and Oliver Batista Meier scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Heerenveen won a home game hosting Willem II (2-0).

Early season league goal statistics from SC Heerenveen's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eredivisie, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats from 13 matches.

VVV-Venlo's last game was the home draw against FC Utrecht (1-1). Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Emmen at their stadium, the result 5-3.

Thorsten Kirschbaum had red hot gloves after the game against FC Utrecht, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

5 goals so far away for VVV-Venlo, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heerenveen four wins, six draws and VVV-Venlo zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

SC Heerenveen missing players

VVV-Venlo missing players

SC Heerenveen VVV-Venlo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 2 0 Scored S 0 5 6
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
22 13 0 Total Shots T S 0 15 24
9 7 0 Shots on Target S O 0 9 11
56% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 55%
SC Heerenveen Last season VVV-Venlo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 14   Played P   13 26
8 3   Won W   3 8
9 8   Drew D   1 4
9 3   Lost L   9 14
41 17   Scored S   10 24
41 18   Conceded C   30 51
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
92% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 77%
62% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 62%
38% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 27%
19% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 19%
81% 86%   BTTS BTTS   54% 54%
15% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 15%
8% 7%   Failed to Score F T   38% 35%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
424 256   Total Shots T S   110 259
144 75   Shots on Target S O   33 84
28% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Heerenveen 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Ajax 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
4 Vitesse 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
5 VVV-Venlo 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 4
6 FC Twente 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
7 Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
8 Willem II 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
9 FC Groningen 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
10 Heracles 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
11 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 PEC Zwolle 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
14 FC Emmen 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
15 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Fortuna Sittard 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 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 25 18 2 5 68 23 13 11 0 2 40 8 12 7 2 3 28 15 45 56
2 AZ Alkmaar 25 18 2 5 54 17 13 10 1 2 32 8 12 8 1 3 22 9 37 56
3 Feyenoord 25 14 8 3 50 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 12 5 5 2 21 20 15 50
4 PSV 26 14 7 5 54 28 12 8 3 1 32 12 14 6 4 4 22 16 26 49
5 Willem II 26 13 5 8 37 34 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 6 1 6 20 25 3 44
6 FC Utrecht 25 12 5 8 50 34 12 8 0 4 30 12 13 4 5 4 20 22 16 41
7 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 45 35 13 7 3 3 24 15 13 5 2 6 21 20 10 41
8 Heracles 26 10 6 10 40 34 13 8 1 4 31 17 13 2 5 6 9 17 6 36
9 FC Groningen 26 10 5 11 27 26 13 7 1 5 17 10 13 3 4 6 10 16 1 35
10 SC Heerenveen 26 8 9 9 41 41 14 3 8 3 17 18 12 5 1 6 24 23 0 33
11 Sparta Rotterdam 26 9 6 11 41 45 13 7 3 3 30 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -4 33
12 FC Emmen 26 9 5 12 32 45 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 0 3 10 6 33 -13 32
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 13 5 3 5 14 21 13 3 1 9 10 30 -27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 13 5 3 5 23 22 13 2 3 8 11 24 -12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 12 5 2 5 28 30 14 2 3 9 9 25 -18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 13 6 4 3 22 17 13 0 4 9 7 35 -23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 13 2 6 5 11 17 13 2 1 10 14 37 -29 19
18 RKC Waalwijk 26 4 3 19 27 60 13 3 2 8 13 20 13 1 1 11 14 40 -33 15

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.