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).
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.
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 | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |