National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SC Heerenveen or FC Volendam that keep their silverware dream alive.
This football stadium uses grass, unlike FC Volendam's home stadium. The last 19 games by the away team on grass have produced 6 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses.
It's no vacation for neither SC Heerenveen nor FC Volendam as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
Action has already taken place for Heerenveen in KNVB Beker as they have defeated HSV Hoek to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, SC Heerenveen's KNVB Beker journey ended in the round of 16.SC Heerenveen have played 7 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
SC Heerenveen drew their last game, 0-0 away at RKC Waalwijk. Bochniewicz, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Bochniewicz won 7 of 8 duels.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Excelsior.The match schedule is unforgiving for Heerenveen as they have a new game in only three days, a Eredivisie match thankfully also at home. AZ are visiting.
SC Heerenveen have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Volendam form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Harkemase Boys in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 1st round.FC Volendam have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 0-3-4 (7 played).
It's the second away game in a row for FC Volendam, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus SC Cambuur last time out. Defender Mbuyamba was the best team player with a rating of 7.73. Mbuyamba served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 10 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Feyenoord.After this away game Volendam return home for a Eredivisie game against RKC Waalwijk. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of FC Volendam when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Volendam are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures featuring these opponents have all ended as SC Heerenveen victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.Top Goalscorers
  S. van Hooijdonk 6 goals |   R. Mühren 4 goals |  M. van Ewijk 3 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
FC Volendam missing players
| SC Heerenveen | FC Volendam | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 39 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 31 | 58 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 27% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 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 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | PSV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 3 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 6 |
