📊 Form Guide

SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen are hoping to win again following the 2-1 Eredivisie victory vs Almere City.

In that match, SC Heerenveen had 54% possession and 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for SC Heerenveen was Jacob Trenskow (14'). Almere City had 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Junior Kadile (9') and Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (36' Own goal) scored for Almere City.

It has not been often in recent games where SC Heerenveen have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that SC Heerenveen have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 10 goals on the way.

Looking at the pre-match facts, SC Heerenveen:

• have not registered a win against NEC in their previous 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.

NEC

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NEC come into this meeting after a 2-1 Eredivisie win with the defeat of RKC Waalwijk in their most recent outing.

In that match, NEC managed 43% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For NEC, the goalscorers were Kodai Sano (46') and Bryan Linssen (92'). For their opponents, RKC Waalwijk got 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Michiel Kramer (79') was the scorer for RKC Waalwijk.

Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Rogier Meijer's NEC have found the net 8 times, giving them the goals per game average of 1.33.

Leading up to this clash, NEC:

• haven't beaten SC Heerenveen when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• remain undefeated by SC Heerenveen when they've played them away from home in the last 9 league matches. Travelling fans must really look forward to this fixture.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 13/02/2022 tells us that SC Heerenveen have won 1 of these & NEC 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

A sum of 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 of them for De Superfriezen and 9 for NEC. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league match between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 9 on 19/10/2024 when it ended NEC 3-0 SC Heerenveen.

That day, NEC managed 44% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Vito van Crooij (3', 65') and Bram Nuytinck (53').

At the other end, SC Heerenveen got 8 shots on goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Marc Nagtegaal.

📋 Team News: SC Heerenveen

It seems likely that De Superfriezen will probably line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one and select Andries Noppert, Oliver Braude, Sam Kersten, Nikolai Hopland, Hristiyan Petrov, Marcus Linday, Luuk Brouwers, Jacob Trenskow, Levi Smans, Ilias Sebaoui and Ion Nicolaescu.

ℹ️ Team News: NEC

Thanks to a mainly available group of players, there is only the one fitness worry for the NEC boss Rogier Meijer to be concerned with. Başar Önal (unknown injury) misses out for this game.

We are inclined to think that NEC seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, starting the game with Robin Roefs, Lefteris Lyratzis, Philippe Sandler, Calvin Verdonk, Thomas Ouwejan, Dirk Proper, Vito van Crooij, Kodai Sano, Sami Ouaissa, Kento Shiogai and Sontje Hansen.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, NEC will really need to work well to hit the back of the net against this SC Heerenveen outfit who will likely do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’re therefore tipping a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning margin for SC Heerenveen when the full-time whistle blows.

It should be a good one.

Andre Moura, 12:05 27/04/2025