Saturday , 14 November 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
5 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 PSV 12 26
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 25
3 AFC Ajax 12 25
4 FC Twente '65 12 24
5 AZ 12 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 17
9 FC Groningen 12 15
10 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 12 15
11 NEC 12 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 12
15 SBV Excelsior 12 11
16 Telstar 1963 12 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 9
18 Willem II Tilburg 12 3

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
#6 Position #18
21 Points 3
12 Played 12
6 / 3 / 3 W / D / L 0 / 3 / 9
24 Scored 11
16 Conceded 40
+8 GD -29
1.75 PPG 0.25
50% Win % 0%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
42% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this season
0% Clean Sheets
Willem II Tilburg this season

SC Heerenveen are 6th (21 pts). Willem II Tilburg are 18th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

SC Heerenveen
0-15
1/1
16-30
4/2
31-45
3/2
46-60
5/2
61-75
5/5
76+
6/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Willem II Tilburg
0-15
2/4
16-30
1/3
31-45
–/7
46-60
1/7
61-75
2/11
76+
5/8
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

SC Heerenveen
Jacob Trenskow 6 G 3 A
Ringo Meerveld 5 G 1 A
Luca Oyen 2 G 1 A
Maxence Rivera 2 G 1 A
Willem II Tilburg
Devin Haen 3 G 2 A
Thomas Verheydt 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' SC Heerenveen have kicked off against Willem II Tilburg. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Willem II Tilburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
  • 10' Norway international Nikolai Hopland has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 11' Against the run of play, Ion Nicolaescu has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 16' Willem II Tilburg is showing some good football. However, Willem II Tilburg are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 21' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 26' 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.
  • 31' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Luuk Brouwers made 6 appearances and scored 21 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 32' Goal! Sam Kersten scores his 4 goal in 6 matches.
  • 37' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 42' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Willem II Tilburg winning 0% of all matches.
  • 46' The crowd applauds Luuk Brouwers as he leaves the pitch. Espen van Ee steps in for SC Heerenveen.
  • 51' The home supporters are growing impatient. SC Heerenveen must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 56' SC Heerenveen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 61' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering SC Heerenveen that had 379 games and scored 376 goals.
  • 64' The supporters are chanting for Rob Nizet. He replaces Runar THor Sigurgeirsson on 64 minute.
  • 66' The deadlock is broken! Ilias Sebaoui gets on the scoresheet on 66 minutes.
  • 71' 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.
  • 72' Another substitution for SC Heerenveen to replace Ion Nicolaescu by Dimitris Rallis on 72 minute.
  • 75' Jesse Bosch does the damage! The net is bulging and Willem II Tilburg surge ahead!
  • 79' Another change for SC Heerenveen made on 79 minute. Ilias Sebaoui leaves to be changed by Jacob Trenskow.
  • 81' Another substitution for Willem II Tilburg to replace Amine Lachkar by Youssuf Sylla on 81 minute.
  • 86' Willem II Tilburg fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 88' Raffael Behounek is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
  • 89' Eser Gurbuz has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alireza Jahanbakhsh on 89 minute.
  • The points are shared — SC Heerenveen 3-1 Willem II Tilburg. Honours even.

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
Ben Rienstra 2
Michel Vlap 2
Mitchell van Bergen 2
Che Nunnely 2
Sam Lammers 2
Vangelis Pavlidis 2
Ion Nicolaescu 2
Lucas Woudenberg 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
4 / 4
3.09 SC Heerenveen xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.77 Willem II Tilburg xG
I would bet for: SC Heerenveen to win 76% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct
SC Heerenveen76% Draw15% Willem II Tilburg9%
Actual: SC Heerenveen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 3.86
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 72%
28%
± 3.5 52%
48%
± 4.5 33%
67%

Double Chance

SC Heerenveen or Draw
91%
Draw or Willem II Tilburg
24%
SC Heerenveen or Willem II Tilburg
85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
SC Heerenveen62% Draw31% Willem II Tilburg7%
Actual: SC Heerenveen win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
10.3%
3 – 0
10.2%
4 – 0
7.8%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
7.7%
1 – 0
6.7%
4 – 1
6%
1 – 1
5.7%
5 – 0
4.8%
5 – 1
3.8%
0 – 0
3.1%
3 – 2
3%

Asian Handicap — SC Heerenveen

Handicap SC Heerenveen covers Push Willem II Tilburg covers
-2.5 42% — 58%
-2 42% 21% 37%
-1.5 63% — 37%
-1 63% 18% 19%
-0.5 81% — 19%
+0.5 94% — 6%
+1 94% 4% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 1% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet
47% ✓
Willem II Tilburg keeps clean sheet
5% ✓

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