SC Heerenveen have come here for an absorbing duel against the home team Vitesse. Read up on the fixture with this in-depth Eredivisie preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Vitesse form and stats
Vitesse's first Eredivisie home game here at GelreDome ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 17 matches.
Vitesse faced defeat in their previous match, away at Excelsior (1-3). Frederiksen, a striker, was the highest rated performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.65 (out of 10). Frederiksen scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Feyenoord (2-5).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vitesse have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 4.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vitesse at home in the league. 2 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
One match played away so far in the Eredivisie for SC Heerenveen and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from 17 games.
Heerenveen aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. Halilovic was the last player to find the net. The SC Heerenveen goalkeeper Andries Noppert is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 182 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Heerenveen has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Feyenoord for a 0-0 draw. Noppert had red hot gloves after the game against Feyenoord, shaping the outcome of the game with ten saves made. Goalkeeper Noppert got the top player rating of the team with 9.64/10. Noppert topped it up with a clean sheet.
A draw for SC Heerenveen before that, at their own venue hosting Sparta Rotterdam (0-0).We have checked recent matches where Heerenveen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
0 goals so far away for SC Heerenveen, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Vitesse victories, four draws and three SC Heerenveen wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Frederiksen 2 goals |  M. Manhoef 1 goals |
Vitesse missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Vitesse | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 3.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 13.5 | 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19 | 15.5 |
| 8 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 5.5 |
| Vitesse | Last season | SC Heerenveen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 40 | ||
| 61 | 30 | Conceded | C | 26 | 54 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 74% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 75% | ||
| 66% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 14% | ||
| 58% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 22% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 14.8 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 12.1 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | AZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FC Volendam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | NEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Vitesse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 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 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 79 | 83 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 44 | 81 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 42 | 71 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 68 |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 61 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -9 | 51 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -14 | 38 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 35 |
| 16 | Heracles | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -26 | 27 |
