Perhaps a welcome break from league football as AFC & SC Heerenveen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting SC Heerenveen played their last game only four days ago, a Eredivisie match. That game was also an away game, at FC Utrecht. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
AFC form and stats
Last season, AFC's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 2nd preliminary round.AFC have played 5 Tweede Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The AFC fans got no joy from their last match, a Tweede Divisie game also here at Sportpark Goed Genoeg: A 1-3 defeat against Volendam II.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Jong Sparta and winning 4-1.AFC are traveling soon after this match as the Tweede Divisie match at Rijnsburgse Boys awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), AFC's attacking play is working. AFC have conceded 9 from these games.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the semi-finals.2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of SC Heerenveen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Heerenveen, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus FC Utrecht. Midfield player Joey Veerman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Veerman hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Ajax.A quick return to home after this game, as Heerenveen are hosting Vitesse in the Eredivisie only three days away.
Heerenveen have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, SC Heerenveen have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ignacio 8 goals |   H. Veerman 5 goals | S. de Mooij 4 goals |
AFC missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| AFC | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 58 | 30 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 3.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | ||
| 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 81% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Katwijk | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 2 | AFC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | De Treffers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Koninklijke HFC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Jong Sparta | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | HHC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Noordwijk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | TEC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Excelsior Maassluis | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | IJsselmeervogels | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Quick Boys | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Volendam II | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Scheveningen | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Spakenburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Kozakken Boys | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | ASWH | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | GVVV | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -17 | 1 |
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 22 |
| 2 | PSV | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Willem II | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | AZ | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | NEC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Heracles Almelo | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 4 |