National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SC Heerenveen or Feyenoord that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
SC Heerenveen participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the round of 16.SC Heerenveen have collected 14 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 4-2-6.
The Heerenveen fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Abe Lenstra Stadion: A 1-4 defeat against RKC Waalwijk. SC Heerenveen didn't have luck on their side in the loss against RKC Waalwijk as they hit the post three times. Haye (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Haye dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 68 successful passes (of 74 total).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting SC Cambuur.The manager van Wonderen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Twente in only three days.
SC Heerenveen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Feyenoord form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd round.Feyenoord have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 8-3-1 from 12 games.
Feyenoord play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Fortuna Sittard. A bonkers game with an abundance of goals last time out for Feyenoord, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as much fun? Midfielder Jahanbakhsh was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Jahanbakhsh served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against AZ in the Eredivisie.A new game in only three days for Feyenoord, the Eredivisie home match versus FC Groningen. Busy days.
Feyenoord have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 30 goals from 12 away matches. As opposed to that, Feyenoord have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Feyenoord have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Heerenveen.Top Goalscorers
  O. Kökçü 8 goals |  D. Pereira da Silva 8 goals |   S. van Hooijdonk 7 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 20 | 53 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.7 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.4 | 18.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 7.3 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 11.5 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Ajax | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 42 | 49 |
| 3 | AZ | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | PSV | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 32 | 46 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | NEC | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 20 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 36 | -34 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 18 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -26 | 13 |
