In a weekend match on Sun Oct 2nd, in week 8, FC Emmen will play host to SC Heerenveen in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 18th placed FC Emmen, recorded a 0-2 loss against Go Ahead Eagles. Oliver Valaker Edvardsen struck first for Go Ahead Eagles in the 31st minute, then Oliver Valaker Edvardsen added another in the 57th minute on a feed from Mats Deijl In the end, FC Emmen couldn’t muster any offence and Go Ahead Eagles ran away with the shutout win. FC Emmen looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, SC Heerenveen recorded a 2-1 win against FC Twente. Virgil Misidjan scored the first goal for FC Twente in the 2nd minute, but Milan van Ewijk got the equalizer for SC Heerenveen in the 28th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 36th minute on a goal by Paweł Bochniewicz to cap off a wild match. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
SC Heerenveen and FC Emmen last played eachother at the De Oude Meerdijk on Jan 20th. SC Heerenveen won by a score of 2 to 1. Sergio Peña struck first for FC Emmen in the 44th minute on a feed from Michael De Leeuw, but Benjamin Nygren got the equalizer for SC Heerenveen in the 72nd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 90th minute on a penalty goal by Joey Veerman.
SC Heerenveen is fortunate enough to have Sydney van Hooijdonk in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Ole Romeny has been the most prolific scorer on FC Emmen in his last five matches with two goals.