📏 Form Guide

SC Heerenveen

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SC Heerenveen will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-1 Eredivisie losing effort in their last game against PSV Eindhoven.

In that match, SC Heerenveen had 31% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for SC Heerenveen was Levi Smans (72'). PSV got 25 attempts on goal with 10 on target. Ismael Saibari (40') and Guus Til (57') scored for PSV Eindhoven.

Matches with SC Heerenveen have tended to be lively encounters of late with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past six games, the sum total of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 10 of those being chalked up by SC Heerenveen.

Coming into this clash, SC Heerenveen have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Heracles Almelo

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Fortuna Sittard in Eredivisie action, Heracles Almelo and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Heracles Almelo managed 53% possession and 5 shots at goal with 0 on target. At the other end, Fortuna Sittard had 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Kristoffer Peterson (66') was the scorer for Fortuna Sittard.

The numbers tell their own story, and Heracles Almelo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals overall. In defence, Heracles Almelo have been far from perfect. We shall soon see if that trend will be sustained here.

A look at their previous results shows us that Heracles Almelo:

• have not won against SC Heerenveen when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings going back to 23/01/2021 tells us that SC Heerenveen have won 4 of these & Heracles Almelo 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.

A combined total of 12 goals were scored between them in this period, with 9 from De Superfriezen and 3 being from Heraclieden. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The last league contest between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 7 on 27/09/2024 when it finished Heracles Almelo 2-1 SC Heerenveen.

That day, Heracles Almelo managed 37% possession and 16 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. The goalscorers were Damon Mirani (25') and Mario Engels (87').

SC Heerenveen got 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Dimitris Rallis (59') scored.

The match was refereed by Erwin Blank.

📰 Team News: SC Heerenveen

Jacob Trenskow (unknown injury), Luuk Brouwers (Muscle injury) and Pawel Bochniewicz (Torn knee ligaments) won’t be available for SC Heerenveen boss Henk Brugge.

It looks as if De Superfriezen look set to line up in a 4-3-3 formation this time, beginning the first half with Andries Noppert, Oliver Braude, Sam Kersten, Nikolai Hopland, Mats Koehlert, Levi Smans, Espen van Ee, Marcus Linday, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Milos Lukovic and Ilias Sebaoui.

📰 Team News: Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo boss Erwin van de Looi has not got a full squad to pick from. Nikolai Laursen (Cruciate ligament tear) and Sava-Arangel Cestic (Broken ankle) can’t be considered.

It’s our belief that Heraclieden seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Fabian de Keijzer, Jannes Wieckhoff, Damon Mirani, Justin Hoogma, Mats Rots, Sem Scheperman, B. De Keersmaecker, Juho Talvitie, Thomas Bruns, Suf Podgoreanu and Jizz Hornkamp.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Heracles Almelo have the firepower to put one past this SC Heerenveen side, although it is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our tip is for a narrow 2-1 winning margin for SC Heerenveen at full-time.

Andre Moura, 19:01 15/03/2025