About Match
Excelsior go into the game 6th in the table on 10 points; SC Heerenveen sit 11th on 6 — a 4-point gap. Recent form tells a different story for SC Heerenveen: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 11th. Per game in the league, Excelsior score 2.17 and conceding 1.17, SC Heerenveen 1.17 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.95 goals per team per game. Victory would move Excelsior to 13 points and up to 4th, with other results unchanged.
A win has eluded SC Heerenveen for 5 matches.
The sides have met 20 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Excelsior, 3 draws and 11 for SC Heerenveen, at 3 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 65% of the meetings produced three or more.
The match takes place at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in Rotterdam (capacity 4,500).




