In this week 20 match on Jan 22nd, PEC Zwolle and SC Heerenveen will play a match in Heerenveen in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. SC Heerenveen is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Go Ahead Eagles. Íñigo Córdoba scored the first goal for Go Ahead Eagles in the 15th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, SC Heerenveen was frustrated by Go Ahead Eagles’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Go Ahead Eagles ended the match with the shutout victory. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 18th placed PEC Zwolle is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Willem II. van den Belt scored the first goal for PEC Zwolle in the 25th minute, then van den Belt added another in the 78th minute on a feed from Oussama Darfalou In the end, Willem II was frustrated by PEC Zwolle’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. PEC Zwolle ended the match with the shutout victory. PEC Zwolle looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Mac³park Stadion, SC Heerenveen took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Bram Van Polen struck first for SC Heerenveen on an own goal in the 63rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed PEC Zwolle couldn’t manage to score, and SC Heerenveen took the shutout win.
Thomas van den Belt has been the most prolific scorer on PEC Zwolle in his last 5 matches with two goals. SC Heerenveen’s most prolific scorer has been Henk Veerman. The Dutch attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Johnny Jansen’s SC Heerenveen squad will be without Nicolas Madsen, Arjen Van Der Heide, Hamdi Akujobi, Erwin Mulder and Paweł Bochniewicz, while PEC Zwolle will be without Sai Van Wermeskerken, Sam Kersten, Kenneth Paal, Dean Huiberts and Lagsir.