Wednesday , 30 September 2026

SC Heerenveen vs Willem II Tilburg, Eredivisie 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2024-25
SC Heerenveen
3 – 1
Full Time
Willem II Tilburg
Fri 4 Apr 2025 · 18:00 UTC Abe Lenstra Stadion 23,865 HT 45' · FT 45'
Ion Nicolaescu 11' 1–0
Sam Kersten 32' 2–0
Ilias Sebaoui 66' 3–0
3–1 75' Jesse Bosch
Y 88' Raffael Behounek

Overview

Match Preview

SC Heerenveen vs Willem II Tilburg — Eredivisie at Abe Lenstra Stadion.

Match Details

  • Referee Martin van den Kerkhof
  • Assistant 1 Franca Overtoom (Netherlands)
  • Assistant 2 Maarten Ketting
3 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

6
2
2
SC Heerenveen 10 games · Avg 3.5 goals Willem II Tilburg
Last 5 meetings
2025-04-04 SC Heerenveen 3–1 Willem II Tilburg 2024-12-08 Willem II Tilburg 1–2 SC Heerenveen 2022-03-05 Willem II Tilburg 0–0 SC Heerenveen 2021-11-21 SC Heerenveen 2–1 Willem II Tilburg 2021-03-13 Willem II Tilburg 3–1 SC Heerenveen

Recent Form

SC Heerenveen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Apr Willem II Tilburg H 3–1 W
30 Mar FC Utrecht A 0–2 L
15 Mar Heracles Almelo H 1–1 D
08 Mar PSV A 1–2 L
02 Mar AZ H 3–1 W
16 Feb PEC Zwolle A 1–1 D
Willem II Tilburg
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Apr SC Heerenveen A 1–3 L
29 Mar Almere City FC H 0–2 L
16 Mar Go Ahead Eagles A 0–1 L
09 Mar FC Utrecht H 2–3 L
02 Mar Sparta Rotterdam A 0–4 L
15 Feb FC Groningen H 1–3 L

Season Stats

SC Heerenveen Willem II Tilburg
#10 Position #18
9 Points 2
7 Played 7
2 / 3 / 2 W / D / L 0 / 2 / 5
11 Scored 6
9 Conceded 20
+2 GD -14
1.29 PPG 0.29
29% Win % 0%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this season
0% Clean Sheets
Willem II Tilburg this season

SC Heerenveen are 10th (9 pts). Willem II Tilburg are 18th (2 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

SC Heerenveen
0-15
–/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
2/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
2/3
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Willem II Tilburg
0-15
1/1
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/5
46-60
–/1
61-75
1/8
76+
4/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

SC Heerenveen
Jacob Trenskow 3 G 1 A
Maxence Rivera 2 G 1 A
Luca Oyen 1 G
Willem II Tilburg
Devin Haen 3 G 1 A
Thomas Verheydt 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — SC Heerenveen and Willem II Tilburg get this one started.
  • 5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 10' The 22-year-old Oliver Braude has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 11' Assisted by Luuk Brouwers with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ion Nicolaescu makes no mistake. 1-0!
  • 16' Willem II Tilburg fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 21' It looks surprising SC Heerenveen does not make any changes. Jeremy Bokila has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 26' Rob Nizet is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Willem II Tilburg so far.
  • 31' Willem II Tilburg seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 32' Sam Kersten is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 37' A quiet spell here at Abe Lenstra Stadion. Willem II Tilburg seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 42' Erik Schouten has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 46' The crowd applauds Luuk Brouwers as he leaves the pitch. Espen van Ee steps in for SC Heerenveen.
  • 51' 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.
  • 56' The travelling Willem II Tilburg supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 61' It is a cagey affair so far. SC Heerenveen in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Willem II Tilburg's compact 5-3-2.
  • 64' Rob Nizet has so much to prove this time. He replaces Runar THor Sigurgeirsson on 64 minute.
  • 66' Brilliant from the ! Ilias Sebaoui makes it 3-0 with a superb finish on 66.
  • 71' It’s high time Peter Maes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 72' A change in the SC Heerenveen ranks — Ion Nicolaescu exits the field as Dimitris Rallis enters on 72.
  • 75' Jesse Bosch has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 75 minutes.
  • 79' Jacob Trenskow has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ilias Sebaoui on 79 minute.
  • 81' Another change for Willem II Tilburg made on 81 minute. Amine Lachkar leaves to be changed by Youssuf Sylla.
  • 86' SC Heerenveen currently sit 11 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 88' That looks like a foul for a card for Raffael Behounek.
  • 89' SC Heerenveen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eser Gurbuz is hanging Alireza Jahanbakhsh on the field on 89 minute.
  • Full Time. SC Heerenveen beats Willem II Tilburg

Lineups

SC Heerenveen Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Robin Veldman

Willem II Tilburg Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Maes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Michel Vlap 2
Mitchell van Bergen 2
Che Nunnely 2
Sam Lammers 2
Vangelis Pavlidis 2
Ion Nicolaescu 2
Ben Rienstra 2
Pawel Bochniewicz 1

Head to Head

2025-04-04 SC Heerenveen 3–1 Willem II Tilburg 2024-12-08 Willem II Tilburg 1–2 SC Heerenveen 2022-03-05 Willem II Tilburg 0–0 SC Heerenveen 2021-11-21 SC Heerenveen 2–1 Willem II Tilburg 2021-03-13 Willem II Tilburg 3–1 SC Heerenveen

SC Heerenveen Form

2025-04-04 SC Heerenveen 3–1 Willem II Tilburg W 2025-03-30 FC Utrecht 2–0 SC Heerenveen L 2025-03-15 SC Heerenveen 1–1 Heracles Almelo D 2025-03-08 PSV 2–1 SC Heerenveen L 2025-03-02 SC Heerenveen 3–1 AZ W 2025-02-16 PEC Zwolle 1–1 SC Heerenveen D

Willem II Tilburg Form

2025-04-04 SC Heerenveen 3–1 Willem II Tilburg L 2025-03-29 Willem II Tilburg 0–2 Almere City FC L 2025-03-16 Go Ahead Eagles 1–0 Willem II Tilburg L 2025-03-09 Willem II Tilburg 2–3 FC Utrecht L 2025-03-02 Sparta Rotterdam 4–0 Willem II Tilburg L 2025-02-15 Willem II Tilburg 1–3 FC Groningen L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.47 SC Heerenveen xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.75 Willem II Tilburg xG
I would bet for: SC Heerenveen to win 71% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct
SC Heerenveen71% Draw18% Willem II Tilburg11%
Actual: SC Heerenveen win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes48% 0% No52%
Avg goals/match: 3.22
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 61%
39%
± 3.5 40%
60%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

SC Heerenveen or Draw
89%
Draw or Willem II Tilburg
29%
SC Heerenveen or Willem II Tilburg
82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
SC Heerenveen54% Draw37% Willem II Tilburg9%
Actual: SC Heerenveen win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
12.2%
3 – 0
9.7%
1 – 0
9.7%
2 – 1
8.8%
1 – 1
8.1%
3 – 1
Actual
4 – 0
6%
0 – 0
5.4%
4 – 1
4.5%
2 – 2
3.3%
5 – 0
3%
3 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — SC Heerenveen

Handicap SC Heerenveen covers Push Willem II Tilburg covers
-2.5 30% — 70%
-2 30% 21% 48%
-1.5 52% — 48%
-1 52% 22% 26%
-0.5 74% — 26%
+0.5 91% — 9%
+1 91% 6% 3%
+1.5 97% — 3%
+2 97% 2% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet
48% ✓
Willem II Tilburg keeps clean sheet
9% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.