The Eredivisie meeting at Abe Lenstra Stadion on Friday will see home side SC Heerenveen welcome Willem II.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for SC Heerenveen v Willem II can be seen below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
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SC Heerenveen
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SC Heerenveen will be hoping for a better result after a 2-0 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Utrecht.
In that game, SC Heerenveen managed 53% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for SC Heerenveen was Nikolai Hopland (58' Own goal). FC Utrecht had 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Miguel Rodríguez (22') scored for FC Utrecht.
SC Heerenveen have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they have also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, SC Heerenveen have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.
Leading up to this clash, SC Heerenveen:
- have not lost a league tie with Willem II in their last 3 games.
- are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.
Willem II
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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Almere City in Eredivisie competition, Willem II will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Willem II had 52% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. On the other side, Almere City had 19 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Charles-Andreas Brym (12') and Marvin Martins (49') scored for Almere City.
Looking at their form, and Willem II have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 14 goals in all. In defence, Willem II seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Willem II:
- haven't won against SC Heerenveen when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
- are without a win away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.
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Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 22/01/2020 shows us that SC Heerenveen have won 3 of these and Willem II 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.
In all, 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 9 from De Superfriezen and 7 being from Tricolores. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The last league fixture between the two was Eredivisie match day 15 on 08/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Willem II 1-2 SC Heerenveen.
In that match, Willem II had 41% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.
For their opponents, SC Heerenveen got 19 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Ion Nicolăescu (85'), Mickey van der Hart (89' Own goal) and Luuk Brouwers (93') scored.
The match was refereed by Robin Hensgens.
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Team News: SC Heerenveen
Jacob Trenskow (unknown injury) and Pawel Bochniewicz (Torn knee ligaments) won’t be playing for SC Heerenveen gaffer Robin Veldman.
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Team News: Willem II
Willem II boss Peter Maes has a number of players out of action. Amine Lachkar (Groin surgery) and Dani Mathieu (Knee injury) can’t be considered.
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Prediction
We’re inclined to think that SC Heerenveen will most probably score more than once when they line up against Willem II, who won’t find it easy to score.
We can therefore see a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning margin for SC Heerenveen when the full-time whistle blows.
Victor Martins,
12:07 02/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
SC Heerenveen
Formed: 1920
Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion (27,224)
Captain: Paweł Bochniewicz
Chairman: Cees Roozemond
Manager: Henk Brugge
Competitions: Eredivisie position 10
⭐ Key Player: Jacob Trenskow
Normally used in the Right Wing position, Jacob Trenskow was born in Denmark. After having made a senior debut playing for NSÍ Runavík in the 2021 season, the gifted Forward has hit 5 league goals in this Eredivisie 2024 - 2025 campaign so far from a total of 18 appearances.