SC Heerenveen vs Vitesse Live Stream, Predictions

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SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen will be hoping to bounce back here following the 2-0 Eredivisie loss in their previous game against Fortuna Sittard.

Úmaro Embaló (58') and Burak Yılmaz (98') scored for Fortuna Sittard.

In their preceding 6 games, Kees van Wonderen's SC Heerenveen have scored a combined total of 7 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 1.17.

Ahead of this meeting, SC Heerenveen are unbeaten in the league by Vitesse in their last 2 matches.

Vitesse

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Previously, Vitesse drew 2-2 in the Eredivisie match with FC Twente.

For Vitesse, the goals were scored by Gabriel Vidović (44') and Matúš Bero (52'). Ricky van Wolfswinkel (33') and Václav Černý (59') scored for FC Twente.

The stats tell the story, and Vitesse have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 8 goals in all. At the back, Vitesse have not been doing too well.

Coming into this fixture, Vitesse haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 16/02/2020 shows that SC Heerenveen have won 3 of these and Vitesse 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

An aggregate of 19 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 11 of them for De Superfriezen and 8 for Vitas. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Eredivisie match day 3 on 20/08/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Vitesse 0-4 SC Heerenveen.

The match was refereed by Joey Kooij.

🗞️ Team News: SC Heerenveen

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the SC Heerenveen gaffer Kees van Wonderen to contend with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Sven van Beek (Achilles tendon problems) misses out.

ℹ️ Team News: Vitesse

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Vitesse manager Phillip Cocu has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash.

🔮 Prediction

We think that Vitesse will have to perform well to break down this SC Heerenveen side who we think will likely get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore anticipating a narrow 1-0 victory for SC Heerenveen at full-time.

There should be little in it.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 02:00 24/01/2023