Fixate on their own tactics or focus more on the opposing team? Both Willem II and SC Heerenveen have to try something separate than what they have done uptil now. Read more!
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- SC Heerenveen is in the worst form (0-0-6)
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!
Willem II form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Willem II at their home stadium (Koning Willem II Stadion) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. When Willem II hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like RKC Waalwijk, Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle and Willem II), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Willem has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Grim and the players.
Willem II haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 317 minutes ago. Hornkamp scored that one.
Willem faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Groningen (0-1). Crowley (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Crowley dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).
Ahead of that match, Willem II lost 0-1 at home to Ajax.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Willem II have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost six.
Willem have scored 10 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Willem II have conceded 18 from these games.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of SC Heerenveen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. SC Heerenveen are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 10 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The SC Cambuur game.)
SC Heerenveen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FC Utrecht proved too strong as Heerenveen slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Abe Lenstra Stadion. Midfielder Halilović was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.52. Halilović hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against PSV wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by SC Heerenveen in our archives, and the results are: six wins for SC Heerenveen, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Heerenveen have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled earlier this season: SC Heerenveen - Willem II 2-1. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: three wins for Willem II, one draw and six wins for SC Heerenveen. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Nunnely 4 goals |   T. Halilović 4 goals |  M. Köhlert 3 goals |
Willem II missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Willem II | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 43 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 36 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 67% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 71% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 46% |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 54% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 21% |
| 46% | 50% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 29% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.5 | 9.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.8 | 11.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 33% | 30% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 24% | 25% |
| 14.8 | 14.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.1 | 14.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- SC Heerenveen is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 64 | 57 |
| 2 | PSV | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 29 | 55 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 51 |
| 4 | AZ | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 48 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 40 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 39 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | NEC | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -7 | 31 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -5 | 29 |
| 11 | Heracles | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 25 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -22 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -27 | 19 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 17 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -21 | 17 |
