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

📊 Form Guide

SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 3-1 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against Sparta Rotterdam.

In that match, SC Heerenveen had 58% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for SC Heerenveen was Alireza Jahanbakhsh (94'). Sparta Rotterdam got 15 attempts at goal with 7 of them 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 being defeated in their last game at the hands of PSV Eindhoven in Eredivisie action, Almere City and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Almere City managed 28% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, PSV got 34 attempts at goal with 17 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 previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Eredivisie match day 17 on 21/12/2024 and the score finished Almere City 3-0 SC Heerenveen.

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

On the other side, SC Heerenveen got 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Martijn Vos.

📋 Team News: SC Heerenveen

Jacob Trenskow (unknown injury) and Pawel Bochniewicz (Torn knee ligaments) won’t be playing for SC Heerenveen manager Robin Veldman.

📋 Team News: Almere City

Almere City boss Jeroen Rijsdijk has to choose a team with limited availability. Àlex Carbonell (Hamstring injury) and Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (Head injury) are not able to play.

⚡ 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, 01:04 18/04/2025