Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SC Heerenveen & Go Ahead Eagles face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the KNVB Beker.The story so far in the Eredivisie for SC Heerenveen at their home stadium (Abe Lenstra Stadion) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
SC Heerenveen are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 187 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Veerman).
Heerenveen lost their last game at FC Twente after a 0-2 scoreline. Kaib was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.25 out of 10. The defender Kaib hit one key pass and won 4 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was the home Eredivisie game against Feyenoord that was lost 0-3.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how SC Heerenveen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn five and lost three.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as PEC Zwolle are coming to town in four days.
The SC Heerenveen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Heerenveen have conceded 17 from these games.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Go Ahead Eagles was sent out of KNVB Beker in the 8th finals last season.Go Ahead Eagles have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Go Ahead Eagles have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 411 minutes ago. Cordoba was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for Go Ahead Eagles in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting RKC Waalwijk, 0-2. Brouwers got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Brouwers had 40 successful passes (of 45 total).
Prior to that match, the Eagles manager Wonderen faced defeat when travelling to PSV and losing 0-2.We have checked recent matches where Go Ahead Eagles have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, four draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous seven meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for SC Heerenveen, three draws and zero wins for Go Ahead Eagles. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 7 goals |   I. Córdoba Kerejeta 6 goals |  L. Brouwers 5 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 14 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.4 | 15.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Ajax | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 52 | 42 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | AZ | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 28 |
| 9 | NEC | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 21 |
| 12 | Heracles | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Willem II | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -27 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -21 | 9 |
