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SC Heerenveen, Recent FormOn the back of a tough 3-0 away defeat by Excelsior, SC Heerenveen manager Kees van Wonderen will have some work to do to get his team in a confident mindset. In that game they had 58% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 1 on target, compared to Excelsior who had 14 attempts and 7 on target.
van Wonderen will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 9 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 9 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games.
Their current form can't be viewed positively, having clocked up 3 losses from their last 6 games and only 2 wins to speak of.
Ion Nicolăescu will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for SC Heerenveen.
AZ, Recent FormAZ manager Maarten Martens will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 2-2 draw in his team's last league outing against PEC Zwolle. Their share of possession in that meeting was 63%, while racking up 19 shots along the way, 8 of which were on target. PEC Zwolle had 8 shots on goal with 5 on target.
Martens will be shining a spotlight on his team's poor defensive record of late, having conceded 12 goals in their last 6 games, despite picking up a modest amount of points due in no small part to the 9 goals they managed at the other end. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games; however, overall they've scored in 16 of their 18 games this season.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
On an individual basis, Vangelis Pavlidis will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 19 goals in AZ's 18 league games this season.
SC Heerenveen will be looking to forget their last league encounter with AZ, when a slew of goals ended in a heavy 3-0 defeat.
Kaaskoppen will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against Heerenveen, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 18 meetings between the two. De Superfriezen have struggled for goals when AZ comes to visit Abe Lenstra Stadion, having scored just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings. Playing away from home, AZ have kept a clean sheet in 2 of their last 3 league games against Heerenveen. When AZ visit De Superfriezen in the league, goals tend to happen, with 8 from their previous 3 encounters and a scoring average of 2.67 goals per match.
Undefeated in their last 7 league encounters against Heerenveen at Abe Lenstra Stadion, AZ have dominated this fixture in recent times, winning on their last 7 visits in a row.
Dani de Wit has scored on each of AZ's last 0 visits to Heerenveen.
With only Daniel Karlsbakk (Unknown) and Ion Nicolăescu (Muscle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Kees van Wonderen will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Maarten Martens has a number of injury concerns in his AZ squad to contend with: Sven Mijnans (Knee), Hobie Verhulst (Unknown) and Sem Westerveld (Unknown)
SC Heerenveen Playing at home | AZ Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 34' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 38' | Time first goal conceded | 53' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.3 | Subs used | 4.6 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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