Match Report
The table gap was wide: 31 points between SC Heerenveen (11th, 37 pts) and Vitesse (18th, 6 pts). Recent form flatters Vitesse's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 18th. In league terms the two rates read 1.56/2.06 for SC Heerenveen and 0.88/2.18 for Vitesse (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.62.
GioScore's database holds 32 meetings between the two: 10 for SC Heerenveen, 9 for Vitesse and 13 drawn, at 3.22 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 34% of the wins in this matchup. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 75% of the meetings.
The match was played at Abe Lenstra Stadion in Heerenveen (capacity 26,100). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-3.