In this 5th week match, on Sun Sep 4th, SC Heerenveen plays host to NEC in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 6th placed SC Heerenveen, recorded a 2-1 win against Fortuna Sittard. Sydney van Hooijdonk struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 22nd minute, then Milan van Ewijk added another in the 44th minute. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, NEC recorded a 1-1 draw against FC Groningen. Laros Duarte struck first for FC Groningen in the 75th minute, but Ibrahim Cissoko got the equalizer for NEC in the 88th minute squeezing out at least the one point for NEC. NEC is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season NEC won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Jordy Bruijn and Mikkel Duelund are the top scorers for NEC in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. SC Heerenveen is fortunate enough to have Sydney van Hooijdonk in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.