Willem II have performed better than SC Heerenveen so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
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.
Willem II form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Willem II have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games. In general it's been a long time since Willem II tasted defeat here at Koning Willem II Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Willem II faced defeat in their previous match, away at Feyenoord (0-2). Ahead of that match, Willem II won a home game hosting FC Groningen (3-1).
Willem II has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Willem II are not conceding a lot of goals here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
5-1-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SC Heerenveen in their Eredivisie matches away.
SC Heerenveen failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs Ajax (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against FC Twente with the score of 3-2.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, SC Heerenveen are regular goalscorers on their travels. SC Heerenveen's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
SC Heerenveen - Willem II 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Willem II victories, one draw and six SC Heerenveen wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 V. Pavlidis 11 goals |  C. Ejuke 9 goals | J. Odgaard 7 goals |
Willem II missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Willem II | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 37 | 17 | 10 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | 41 |
| 34 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | 41 |
| 92% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 77% | 62% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 50% | 38% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 31% | 15% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 58% | 38% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 19% |
| 50% | 46% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 27% | 38% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 31% | 31% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 275 | 154 | 54 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 168 | 424 |
| 99 | 55 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 69 | 144 |
| 37% | 31% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | 28% |
- All of SC Heerenveen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 |