📊 Form Guide

Go Ahead Eagles

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Go Ahead Eagles will play in this game following a 1-1 Eredivisie draw vs FC Zwolle.

In that match, Go Ahead Eagles had 49% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Go Ahead Eagles was Evert Linthorst (49'). On the other side, PEC Zwolle got 21 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Younes Namli (64') was the scorer for FC Zwolle.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Go Ahead Eagles have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Go Ahead Eagles have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals in the process.

Heading into this contest, Go Ahead Eagles are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

SC Heerenveen

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against RKC Waalwijk in Eredivisie competition, SC Heerenveen and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, SC Heerenveen had 50% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for SC Heerenveen was Ion Nicolăescu (36'). At the other end, RKC Waalwijk had 18 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Richonell Margaret (10'), Yassin Oukili (75') and Chris Lokesa (79') scored for RKC Waalwijk.

The stats tell the story, and SC Heerenveen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 10 goals in all. In defence, SC Heerenveen just haven’t been too solid at all. With no two games being the same, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern shall be maintained here in this game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, SC Heerenveen:

• have left without a victory over Go Ahead Eagles when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes going back to 15/05/2022 shows us that Go Ahead Eagles have won 2 of these games and SC Heerenveen 3, with the tally of draws being 1.

A combined sum of 16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 of them from Trots aan de IJssel and 9 coming from De Superfriezen. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 12 on 10/11/2024 when it ended SC Heerenveen 1-0 Go Ahead Eagles.

On that occasion, SC Heerenveen managed 49% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer was Jacob Trenskow (36').

On the other side, Go Ahead Eagles had 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük.

🗞️ Team News: Go Ahead Eagles

Dean James (Hamstring injury), Søren Tengstedt (Broken foot) and Jakob Breum (Foot injury) will not be able to play for Go Ahead Eagles manager Paul Simonis.

In our view, Trots aan de IJssel should opt for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match featuring Jari De Busser, Mats Deijl, Gerrit Nauber, Joris Kramer, Aske Adelgaard, Robbin Weijenberg, Evert Linthorst, Oliver Antman, Mathis Suray, Victor Edvardsen and Milan Smit.

🗞️ Team News: SC Heerenveen

It’s our belief that De Superfriezen could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, going with Andries Noppert, Oliver Braude, Sam Kersten, Hristiyan Petrov, Mats Koehlert, Espen van Ee, Luuk Brouwers, Jacob Trenskow, Levi Smans, Eser Gurbuz and Ion Nicolaescu.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that SC Heerenveen and Go Ahead Eagles should both be able to find the back of the net at least once here although it’s difficult at this stage to select a clear winner.

There shouldn’t be much in it, and a high-scoring draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We therefore see a very competitive game with a 2-2 scoreline when the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 17:03 14/05/2025