SC Heerenveen vs Almere City Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 19)

📊 Form Guide

SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen will be wanting a better result here following a 3-1 Eredivisie losing effort in their last game against Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, SC Heerenveen managed 58% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for SC Heerenveen was Alireza Jahanbakhsh (94'). On the other side, Sparta Rotterdam got 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. Mitchell van Bergen (29'), Tobias Lauritsen (69') and Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson (84') scored for Sparta Rotterdam.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where SC Heerenveen have shown defensive steel. In fact, SC Heerenveen have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals during that time. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this match, though.

Analysis of their past results shows that SC Heerenveen:

• are winless against Almere City in their previous 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 home league matches.

Almere City

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After tasting defeat last time out to PSV Eindhoven in Eredivisie competition, Almere City will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Almere City had 28% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, PSV got 34 attempts on goal with 17 of them on target. Ismael Saibari (5', 68'), Johan Bakayoko (22'), Noa Lang (26') and Malik Tillman (41') scored for PSV Eindhoven.

The stats tell the story, and Almere City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 10 goals overall. In defence, Almere City could really do with shoring things up.

↔️ Head to head

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Eredivisie match day 17 on 21/12/2024 when it finished Almere City 3-0 SC Heerenveen.

On that occasion, Almere City had 36% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Adi Nalić (52'), Joey Jacobs (56') and Álex Balboa (92').

SC Heerenveen got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Martijn Vos.

📰 Team News: SC Heerenveen

Jacob Trenskow (unknown injury) and Pawel Bochniewicz (Torn knee ligaments) are not available for SC Heerenveen manager Robin Veldman.

📋 Team News: Almere City

Almere City manager Jeroen Rijsdijk has multiple availability issues to deal with. Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (Head injury) and Àlex Carbonell (Hamstring injury) are those who can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Almere City have the firepower to score a goal against this SC Heerenveen lineup, but that possibly won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for SC Heerenveen by the conclusion of the game. Let’s just see how this one goes.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at the betting prices for the match on the win-draw-win market, putting your money on SC Heerenveen can be had for 1.65, betting on the draw is 4 and taking a punt on a victory for Almere City can be had at 4.75. They’re the most competitive market prices available at the current time.

Lucas Pereira, 00:03 18/04/2025