SC Heerenveen vs Willem II in KNVB Beker preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Netherlands KNVB Beker
Date: Wed 22.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SC Heerenveen & Willem II 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.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

SC Heerenveen participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.

SC Heerenveen have collected 15 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 3-6-1.

SC Heerenveen are confident in defense, having played 232 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

SC Heerenveen lost their last game at Feyenoord after a 1-3 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Heracles that ended 1-1.

SC Heerenveen's goalkeeper Warner Hahn was extremely busy against Feyenoord, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 6 saves.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SC Heerenveen handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D5-L1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for SC Heerenveen as they have a new game in only three days, a Eredivisie match thankfully also at home. AZ Alkmaar are visiting.

SC Heerenveen has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, SC Heerenveen have conceded 10 goals.

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Willem II form and stats

Willem II was sent out of KNVB Beker in the final last season.

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, Willem II have produced an overall stat of 6-1-3 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Willem II on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Willem II goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 194 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's the second away game in a row for Willem II, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie last time out. Before that, Willem II secured a home win against Sparta Rotterdam with the score 3-0.

We have checked recent matches where Willem II have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W1-D1-L5.

A new game in only four days for Willem II, the Eredivisie home match versus PEC Zwolle. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Willem II's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Willem II have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 SC Heerenveen victories, 1 draw and 3 Willem II wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Willem IIV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
10 goals
SC HeerenveenJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
7 goals
SC HeerenveenC. Ejuke
C. Ejuke
6 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

Willem II missing players

SC Heerenveen Willem II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
11 4   Won W   7 14
8 7   Drew D   2 4
6 2   Lost L   3 7
42 16   Scored S   23 41
33 15   Conceded C   17 29
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
92% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 84%
56% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 56%
32% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 28%
20% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 12%
72% 77%   BTTS BTTS   58% 48%
24% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 32%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   17% 24%
 
5.8 6.2   Corners For (avg) C F   3.9 4
4.9 4.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.3 4.9
1 1.1   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.4
0 0   Red Cards R C   0 0
 
383 205   Total Shots T S   101 246
145 72   Shots on Target S O   43 99
29% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 36%

  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 18 14 2 2 58 16 9 8 0 1 34 5 9 6 2 1 24 11 42 44
2 AZ Alkmaar 19 13 2 4 40 14 10 7 1 2 22 8 9 6 1 2 18 6 26 41
3 Willem II 19 11 3 5 30 23 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 6 1 3 18 16 7 36
4 PSV 18 10 4 4 42 23 9 7 1 1 27 10 9 3 3 3 15 13 19 34
5 Feyenoord 19 9 7 3 35 28 10 6 3 1 22 14 9 3 4 2 13 14 7 34
6 Vitesse 19 10 3 6 35 25 9 5 2 2 17 10 10 5 1 4 18 15 10 33
7 FC Utrecht 19 9 3 7 36 28 9 5 0 4 19 10 10 4 3 3 17 18 8 30
8 SC Heerenveen 19 7 7 5 30 25 10 3 6 1 12 10 9 4 1 4 18 15 5 28
9 Heracles 18 7 5 6 31 26 9 5 1 3 22 12 9 2 4 3 9 14 5 26
10 FC Groningen 19 7 5 7 21 18 9 5 1 3 14 7 10 2 4 4 7 11 3 26
11 Sparta Rotterdam 18 6 5 7 27 30 9 5 2 2 19 10 9 1 3 5 8 20 -3 23
12 FC Twente 19 5 5 9 26 37 10 3 3 4 17 19 9 2 2 5 9 18 -11 20
13 Fortuna Sittard 19 5 4 10 24 45 10 5 2 3 19 15 9 0 2 7 5 30 -21 19
14 FC Emmen 18 5 3 10 20 34 9 5 2 2 16 10 9 0 1 8 4 24 -14 18
15 PEC Zwolle 19 5 2 12 28 45 9 3 2 4 20 23 10 2 0 8 8 22 -17 17
16 VVV-Venlo 18 5 0 13 17 44 9 4 0 5 11 19 9 1 0 8 6 25 -27 15
17 ADO Den Haag 18 3 4 11 19 37 9 1 4 4 9 14 9 2 0 7 10 23 -18 13
18 RKC Waalwijk 18 3 2 13 22 43 9 2 1 6 10 16 9 1 1 7 12 27 -21 11