HEERENVEEN. SC Heerenveen and NEC draw 1-1. P. Wålemark scored the first goal (6′) for SC Heerenveen. B. Dost settled the score (45′).

The match was played at the Abe Lenstra Stadion stadium in Heerenveen on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Marc Nagtegaal with the collaboration of Rob van de Ven and Erik Koopman. The 4th official was Robin Vereijken. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.49 degrees Celsius or 63.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. SC Heerenveen was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. NEC that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

SC Heerenveen was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough SC Heerenveen to win the match​.

SC Heerenveen shot 18 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, NEC shot 9 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (Mats Köhlert). On the other side, NEC didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, SC Heerenveen will have 7 points like PEC Zwolle, Vitesse and Almere City to remain in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, NEC will have 8 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen will play away with Sparta Rotterdam on the 19th of May with a 9-6 head to head record in favor of SC Heerenveen (7 draws).

NEC will play away agasint FC Utrecht on the 17th of March with a 10-9 head to head record in favor of FC Utrecht (9 draws).

SC Heerenveen – Formation

SC Heerenveen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Kees van Wonderen decided to play with the following team: Hussein Ali, Andries Noppert (6.8), Denzel Hall (7.0), Sven van Beek (7.3), Pawel Bochniewicz (7.1), Mats Köhlert (7.1), Luuk Brouwers (7.3), Thom Haye (7.8), Simon Olsson (7.5), Patrik Wålemark (7.5), Pelle van Amersfoort  (7.1) and Osame Sahraoui (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Syb van Ottele, Daniel Karlsbakk, Mickey van der Hart, Charlie Webster, Ion Nicolaescu (6.8), Djenahro Nunumete, Jan Bekkema, Anas Tahiri (7.1), Melle Witteveen, Roan van der Plaat and Oliver Braude (7.0).

SC Heerenveen could not rely on the presence of Ion Nicolaescu (injured).

Substitutions

SC Heerenveen made 3 changes: Patrik Wålemark for Anas Tahiri (63′), Denzel Hall for Oliver Braude (75′) and Pelle van Amersfoort  for Ion Nicolaescu (75′).

Best player: Thom Haye​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Heerenveen was Thom Haye.

His rating is (7.8) with 74 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.

NEC – Formation

NEC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Rogier Meijer played with: Robin Roefs (7.8), Bart van Rooij (7.3), Philippe Sandler  (8.1), Bram Nuytinck (6.7), Calvin Verdonk (7.0), Dirk Proper (7.5), Lasse Schöne (7.0), Rober González (6.8), Magnus Mattsson (6.4), Sontje Hansen (6.8), Bas Dost (7.5).

They had on the bench: Mathias Ross (7.1), Mees Hoedemakers (6.8), Lars Olden Larsen (6.4), Koki Ogawa, Kodai Sano (6.3), Rijk Janse, Nils Rossen and Luc Netten.

NEC could not rely on the presence of Kodai Sano (injured).

Substitutions

NEC made 4 changes: Sontje Hansen for Kodai Sano (87′), Rober González for Lars Olden Larsen (67′), Lasse Schöne for Mees Hoedemakers (75′) and Philippe Sandler  for Mathias Ross (75′).

Best player: Philippe Sandler ​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC was Philippe Sandler .

His rating is (8.1) with 61 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• Go Ahead Eagles – Heracles Almelo – 4-0
• SC Heerenveen – NEC – 1-1
• Vitesse – Excelsior – 0-0
• Almere City – RKC Waalwijk – 1-0