On the 20th of February, in this week 23 match, SC Heerenveen and PSV will play a match in Eindhoven in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 2nd placed PSV, recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Vitesse. Eran Zahavi scored the first goal for PSV in the 4th minute, then Mauro Júnior added another in the 24th minute on a feed from Cody Gakpo In the end, Vitesse couldn’t muster any offence and PSV ran away with the shutout win. PSV looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, SC Heerenveen recorded a 0-1 loss against NEC. Tavsan struck first for NEC in the 41st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, SC Heerenveen couldn’t muster any offence and NEC ran away with the shutout win. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 28th of November, SC Heerenveen hosted PSV at the Abe Lenstra Stadion in their last match together. SC Heerenveen and PSV battled to a 1-1 draw. Carlos Vinícius struck first for PSV in the 13th minute on a feed from Bruma, but Rami Hajal got the equalizer for SC Heerenveen in the 73rd minute earning them at least the one point. Mario Götze has been the most prolific scorer on PSV in his last 5 matches with three goals
PSV will be without Carlos Vinícius, Ryan Thomas, Noni Madueke and Maximiliano Romero, while SC Heerenveen will be without Paweł Bochniewicz.