On Saturday Mar 5th, Willem II will play host to SC Heerenveen in a clash of the Eredivisie. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 15th placed Willem II is fresh off their 0-1 loss against FC Groningen. struck first for FC Groningen in the 14th minute on a feed from Bart Van Hintum, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Willem II was frustrated by FC Groningen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. FC Groningen ended the match with the shutout victory. Willem II looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 9 of their last 10, while in their last match, SC Heerenveen recorded a 1-2 loss against FC Utrecht. Bart Ramselaar struck first for FC Utrecht in the 58th minute on a feed from Quinten Maduro, then Mike Van der Hoorn added another in the 69th minute on a feed from Adam Maher. SC Heerenveen looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Sunday Nov 21st, SC Heerenveen hosted Willem II in their last match together. SC Heerenveen was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Che Nunnely scored the first goal for Willem II in the 69th minute, then Filip Stevanović tied it up for SC Heerenveen in the 70th minute on a feed from Joey Veerman But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 76th minute on a goal by Nick Bakker.
SC Heerenveen hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Tibor Halilović and Sydney van Hooijdonk, and they each have 1 goal. Willem II’s most prolific scorer has been Thijs Oosting. The Dutch midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Fred Grim’s Willem II squad will be without Pol Llonch, Mats Köhlert, Robbin Ruiter and , while Paweł Bochniewicz is unavailable to play for Ole Tobiasen’s team.