In this week 22 match on Feb 13th, SC Heerenveen hosts NEC in a Eredivisie match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. SC Heerenveen is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Fortuna Sittard. Zian Flemming scored the first goal for Fortuna Sittard in the 14th minute, then Zian Flemming added another in the 70th minute on a feed from Mats Seuntjens At the end of 90 a dissapointed SC Heerenveen couldn’t manage to score, and Fortuna Sittard took the shutout win. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed NEC, recorded a 1-1 draw against PEC Zwolle. Jordy Bruijn scored the first goal for NEC in the 26th minute, then in the 27th minute, Mustafa Saymak sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Daishawn Redan earning them at least the one point. NEC looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
SC Heerenveen and NEC last played eachother at the Sportpark De Weeren on Sat Nov 6th. NEC and SC Heerenveen battled to a 1-1 draw. Ali Akman struck first for NEC in the 53rd minute on a feed from Jordy Bruijn, then Joey Veerman tied it up for SC Heerenveen in the 72nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for SC Heerenveen.
NEC is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Magnus Elkjaer Mattsson and Mikkel Duelund each only have 1 goal in their last 5.
SC Heerenveen will be without Arjen Van Der Heide and Paweł Bochniewicz, while NEC will be without Okita, van Eijden, , Mathias De Wolf and Pedro Ruiz.