SC Heerenveen vs AFC Ajax, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
SC Heerenveen vs AFC Ajax — Eredivisie at Abe Lenstra Stadion.
- SC Heerenveen 34 games · 51 pts (2025/26)
- AFC Ajax 34 games · 56 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May AFC Ajax H 0–0 D 10 May NAC Breda A 0–2 L 03 May FC Volendam A 2–0 W 25 Apr Fortuna Sittard H 2–1 W 12 Apr AZ A 0–3 L 05 Apr Heracles Almelo H 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May SC Heerenveen A 0–0 D 10 May FC Utrecht H 1–2 L 02 May PSV H 2–2 D 25 Apr NAC Breda A 2–0 W 11 Apr Heracles Almelo A 3–0 W 04 Apr FC Twente '65 H 1–2 L Season Stats
SC Heerenveen AFC Ajax #8 Position #5 51 Points 56 34 Played 34 14 / 9 / 11 W / D / L 14 / 14 / 6 57 Scored 62 53 Conceded 41 +4 GD +21 1.50 PPG 1.65 41% Win % 41% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this season29% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this seasonSC Heerenveen are 8th (51 pts). AFC Ajax are 5th (56 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
SC Heerenveen0-151/316-301/131-452/146-601/–61-751/276+1/–■ Scored ■ ConcededAFC Ajax0-151/116-303/131-452/–46-601/–61-75–/–76+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. SC Heerenveen kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering SC Heerenveen that had 369 games and scored 356 goals.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' AFC Ajax looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 26' Jorthy Mokio was booked on 26.
- 31' The travelling AFC Ajax supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 36' It looks like no one’s ball. AFC Ajax is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 41' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with AFC Ajax winning 0% of all matches.
- 46' Lucas Rosa needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Joris van Overeem, as he is very good at scoring at Abe Lenstra Stadion with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 56' SC Heerenveen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 58' It’s a booking for AFC Ajax player. Lucas Rosa gets a card.
- 63' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 68' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ko Itakura made 275 appearances and scored 15 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 70' Youri Regeer was booked on 70.
- 75' SC Heerenveen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
- 80' Maas Willemsen has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 85' It looks surprising AFC Ajax does not make any changes. Ringo Meerveld has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 90' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AFC Ajax needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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SC Heerenveen Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 6
- 9
- 11
- 4
- 10
- 19
- 3
- 22
- 45
- 20
- 16
Bench
- 44
- 8
- 31
- 18
- 15
- 35
- 17
- 50
- 28
- 38
- 36
- 40
Coach Robin VeldmanAFC Ajax Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 18
- 26
- 23
- 25
- 4
- 15
- 2
- 11
- 3
- 24
- 48
Bench
- 9
- 32
- 6
- 10
- 7
- 19
- 52
- 30
- 43
- 45
- 50
- 58
Coach Óscar García -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Dusan Tadic 9 Mohammed Kudus 5 Chuba Akpom 4 Pelle van Amersfoort 4 Brian Brobbey 3 Sebastien Haller 3 Mitchell van Bergen 3 Nicolas Tagliafico 3 Head to Head
SC Heerenveen Form
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Prediction accuracy2 / 41.13 SC Heerenveen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.4 AFC Ajax xGI would bet for: SC Heerenveen or AFC Ajax 71%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.53Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
SC Heerenveen or Draw 62%Draw or AFC Ajax 66%SC Heerenveen or AFC Ajax 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.5%0 – 1 10.1%0 – 0 Actual1 – 2 8.5%1 – 0 7.9%0 – 2 7.6%2 – 1 6.9%2 – 0 5%2 – 2 4.9%1 – 3 4%0 – 3 3.5%3 – 1 2.6%Asian Handicap — SC Heerenveen
Handicap SC Heerenveen covers Push AFC Ajax covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 17% 71% -0.5 29% — 71% +0.5 59% — 41% +1 59% 21% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 13% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet 26% ✗AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet 33% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.