Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SC Heerenveen & Feyenoord face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
SC Heerenveen form and stats
Heerenveen participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what SC Heerenveen have to build on here at Abe Lenstra Stadion in the Eredivisie. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Abe Lenstra Stadion.
SC Heerenveen are confident in defense, having played 271 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Heerenveen last time playing, versus Vitesse. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Henk Veerman scoring for the victors. Before that, Heerenveen played out a Eredivisie draw 0-0 when visiting FC Twente.
The manager J. Jansen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AZ in only three days.
Heerenveen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Abe Lenstra Stadion with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Heerenveen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Feyenoord form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the semi-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Feyenoord have lost on their last two travels.
Impressive finishing from Mark Diemers, Steven Berghuis and Bryan Linssen secured the home win 3-1 against PSV in their previous game. A 0-3 defeat away at SC Heerenveen before that.
A new game in only three days for Feyenoord, the Eredivisie home match versus Willem II. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Feyenoord's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Feyenoord have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Heerenveen victory, two draws and seven Feyenoord wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 12 goals |   S. Berghuis 11 goals |  J. Veerman 5 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 51 | 50 |
| 2 | PSV | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 46 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | AZ | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Heracles | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -15 | 22 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | Willem II | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 12 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 21 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -33 | 6 |