VVV Venlo vs SC Heerenveen, Eredivisie 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
VVV Venlo vs SC Heerenveen — Eredivisie at Seacon Stadion De Koel.
- VVV Venlo 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- SC Heerenveen 34 games · 51 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Joost van Zuilen
- Referee Erwin Blank
- Referee Mark Strijker
- Referee Sam Droge
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 Jan SC Heerenveen H 1–1 D 13 Jan ADO Den Haag A 4–1 W 10 Jan Willem II Tilburg H 2–1 W 22 Dec PSV A 1–4 L 19 Dec FC Twente '65 H 1–2 L 13 Dec Feyenoord Rotterdam H 0–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Jan VVV Venlo A 1–1 D 14 Jan RKC Waalwijk H 1–1 D 10 Jan Fortuna Sittard H 1–3 L 23 Dec Feyenoord Rotterdam A 0–3 L 20 Dec Heracles Almelo H 1–2 L 13 Dec SBV Vitesse A 1–1 D Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
SC Heerenveen0-151/316-301/131-452/146-601/–61-751/276+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. VVV Venlo is hosting SC Heerenveen for another epic battle.
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering VVV Venlo that had 171 games and scored 118 goals.
- 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' SC Heerenveen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 17' The referee calls foul for Joey Veerman. He receives a Yellow card.
- 22' Pawel Bochniewicz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 27' The travelling SC Heerenveen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 32' Thorsten Kirschbaum has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 37' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. VVV Venlo needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 42' 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.
- 45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Danny Post on 45.
- 50' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 55' It’s high time Hans de Koning made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 60' The SC Heerenveen manager makes a substitution. Arjen van der Heide departs to be replaced by Benjamin Nygren.
- 65' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Erwin Mulder made 374 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 70' It looks surprising VVV Venlo does not make any changes. Joshua John has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
- 78' Joshua John puts VVV Venlo on the lead.
- 83' Arjan Swinkels has so much to prove this time. He replaces Zinedine Machach on 83 minute.
- 84' The whistle greets Joey Veerman as he departs to be replaced by Oliver Batista-Meier.
- 88' Steffen Schafer has so much to prove this time. He replaces Simon Janssen on 88 minute.
- 89' GOAL! Benjamin Nygren scores on 89.
- 90' VVV Venlo receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
VVV Venlo Lineups
Starting XI
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- 6
- 19
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15
Simon Janssen ↓ Steffen Schafer 88'
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12
Joshua John ↓ Chris Kum 83'
- 38
- 1
- 8
- 11
- 4
- 44
Bench
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14
Chris Kum ↑ 83'
- 16
- 22
- 20
- 9
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5
Steffen Schafer ↑ 88'
- 25
- 7
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3
Arjan Swinkels ↑ 83'
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- 24
- 23
Coach Hans de KoningSC Heerenveen Lineups
Starting XI
- 1
- 5
- 11
- 2
- 9
- 6
- 25
- 14
- 16
- 44
- 20
Bench
- 21
- 23
- 22
- 3
- 15
- 17
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8
Benjamin Nygren ↑ 60'
- 18
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10
Oliver Batista-Meier ↑ 84'
- 4
- 42
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Michel Vlap 2 Chidera Ejuke 2 Sheral Floranus 1 Johnatan Opoku 1 Patrick Joosten 1 Joey Veerman 1 Sam Lammers 1 Benjamin Nygren 1 Head to Head
VVV Venlo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.24 VVV Venlo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.21 SC Heerenveen xGI would bet for: VVV Venlo or SC Heerenveen 71% + Under 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.45Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 44% 56% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
VVV Venlo or Draw 68%Draw or SC Heerenveen 62%VVV Venlo or SC Heerenveen 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 10.8%1 – 0 9.6%0 – 1 9.3%2 – 1 7.7%1 – 2 7.5%2 – 0 6.5%0 – 2 6.1%2 – 2 4.8%3 – 1 3.2%1 – 3 3.1%3 – 0 2.6%Asian Handicap — VVV Venlo
Handicap VVV Venlo covers Push SC Heerenveen covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 20% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 19% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 10% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
VVV Venlo keeps clean sheet 31% ✓SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.