HEERENVEEN. NEC overcomes SC Heerenveen 1-0 after E. Tavsan scored just 1 goal (41′).

The match was played at the Abe Lenstra Stadion stadium in Heerenveen on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Richard Martens with the assistance of Cristian Dobre and Don Frijn. The 4th official was Luuk Timmer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.4 degrees Celsius or 45.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. SC Heerenveen was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. NEC that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

SC Heerenveen had a more offensive attitude with 72 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, NEC was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

SC Heerenveen shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, NEC shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

SC Heerenveen received 3 yellow cards (T. Haye, S. van Hooijdonk and I. Dresevic). Regarding the opposition, NEC received 3 yellow cards (E. Barreto, B. van Rooij and L. Schone).

Standings

After this contest, SC Heerenveen will stay with 25 points like FC Groningen to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, NEC will have 30 points like SC Cambuur to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen will play away against PSV on the 20th of February with a 14-6 head to head in favor of PSV (14 draws).

NEC will host RKC Waalwijk on the 19th of February with a 14-7 head to head record in favor of NEC (2 draws).

SC Heerenveen – Formation

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

The manager Ole Tobiasen decided to play with the following team: Xavier Mous (6.8), Milan van Ewijk (7.1), Ibrahim Drešević (8.0), Nick Bakker (6.5), Lucas Woudenberg (7.0), Thom Haye (8.4), Nicolas Madsen (6.6), Rami Al Hajj (6.7), Siem de Jong (6.7), Amin Sarr (6.7) and Sydney van Hooijdonk (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jan Bekkema, Anas Tahiri (6.6), Jan Ras, Erwin Mulder, Arjen Van Der Heide, Anthony Musaba (6.4), Filip Stevanović (6.5), Joost van Aken, Hamdi Akujobi, Timo Zaal, Trustin van ‘t Loo and Djenahro Nunumete.

SC Heerenveen could not rely on the presence of A. Tahiri (injured).

Substitutions

SC Heerenveen made 3 changes: S. de Jong for A. Tahiri (36′), R. Al Hajj for A. Musaba (67′) and N. Madsen for F. Stevanovic (67′).

Best player: Thom Haye​

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

His rating is (8.4) with 61 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 21. He performed 17 crosses.

NEC – Formation

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

Rogier Meijer played with: Mattijs Branderhorst (8.1), Rodrigo Guth (7.1), Iván Márquez (7.2), Cas Odenthal (7.4), Bart van Rooij (6.9), Édgar Barreto (6.6), Lasse Schöne (6.6), Souffian El Karouani (7.1), Jonathan Okita (6.1), Elayis Tavsan (7.2) and Magnus Mattsson (6.8).

They had on the bench: Calvin Verdonk (6.2), Ali Akman, Javier Vet (6.3), Robin Roefs, Nils Rossen, Ilias Bronkhorst, Danny Vukovic, Mikkel Duelund (6.6) and Dirk Proper (6.7).

Substitutions

NEC made 4 changes: M. Mattsson for J. Vet (60′), E. Barreto for D. Proper (61′), J. Okita for M. Duelund (74′) and S. El Karouani for C. Verdonk (88′).

Best player: Mattijs Branderhorst​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC was the goalkeeper: Mattijs Branderhorst. His rating is 8.05. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Go Ahead Eagles – AZ – 1-4
• RKC Waalwijk – Feyenoord – 0-2
• SC Heerenveen – NEC – 0-1
• Ajax – FC Twente – 5-0
• Sparta Rotterdam – Willem II – 1-0