National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SC Heerenveen W or Excelsior Rotterdam W that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for SC Heerenveen W and Excelsior Rotterdam W.
SC Heerenveen W form and stats
Last season their Women's Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The overall Eredivisie Women results at home this season for SC Heerenveen W are 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
SC Heerenveen W's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Excelsior Rotterdam W. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that game, the home loss against FC Twente with the scoreline 0-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for SC Heerenveen W as they are travelling to their away game against Alkmaar W in the Eredivisie Women. That match is three days after this one.
Heerenveen have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Excelsior Rotterdam W form and stats
Excelsior Rotterdam W's mission in Women's Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Excelsior Rotterdam W so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Excelsior Rotterdam W, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus SC Heerenveen W.
It was a Eredivisie Women defeat before that one as the away game against Feyenoord W wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Excelsior defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 29 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - zero (SC Heerenveen W wins - draws - Excelsior Rotterdam W wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ripa 7 goals |  S. Ellouzi 6 goals | Z. van de Ven 3 goals |
SC Heerenveen W missing players
Excelsior Rotterdam W missing players
| SC Heerenveen W | Excelsior Rotterdam W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 49 | 12 | Conceded | C | 40 | 73 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 13.2 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 16.1 | ||
| 6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.4 | 7.9 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 31 | 40 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 42 | 39 |
| 3 | PSV W | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Feyenoord W | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen W | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 14 |
| 8 | Alkmaar W | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 28 | -25 | 13 |
| 9 | Excelsior Rotterdam W | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 59 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 29 | -40 | 9 |
