Dec 4th features a match where Heracles will host SC Heerenveen at Polman Stadion in a meeting of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. In their last match, Heracles recorded a 0-1 loss against FC Utrecht. Mats Knoester scored the first goal for FC Utrecht on an own goal in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Heracles couldn’t muster any offence and FC Utrecht ran away with the shutout win. Heracles is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed SC Heerenveen is fresh off their 1-1 draw against PSV. Carlos Vinícius struck first for PSV in the 13th minute on a feed from Bruma, then Rami Hajal tied it up for SC Heerenveen in the 73rd minute earning SC Heerenveen a comeback draw. SC Heerenveen 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 Heracles won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
SC Heerenveen’s most prolific scorer has been Filip Stevanović. The Serbian attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. For Heracles, their top scorers are Rai Vloet and Ismail Azzaoui, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Frank Wormuth’s Heracles squad will be without Kasper Lunding, Adrián Szőke and Sven Sonnenberg, while SC Heerenveen will be without Sven van Beek, Siem de Jong, Arjen Van Der Heide, Erwin Mulder and Paweł Bochniewicz.