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Heerenveen — Excelsior, 16 October 2026, 18:00 UTC : score 4:0

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 9 Friday 16 October · 18:00 UTC
Heerenveen Heerenveen 8th · 12 pts WLWDL
4 : 0 1st half 1:0
Excelsior 10th · 11 pts LLDLD Excelsior
Abe Lenstra Stadion · referee R. Hensgens
Match predictionBold

Goals, but not too many: one to four

83% · Excelsior are winless in 5 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Goals, but not too many: one to four”, and the match finished 4:0.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Heerenveen 43% draw 24% Excelsior 33%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Heerenveen win, and the match finished 4:0. Fans backed Heerenveen win — they got it right.

fans 37 votes
Heerenveen 61% draw 13% Excelsior 26%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
D. Vente penalty 1-0 11'
A. Thorsteinsson 43'
M. Dominguez for D. Garden 46'
O. Braude assist: J. Trenskow 2-0 54'
V. Sulzbacher for A. Sliti 66'
O. Turay for S. Janssen 66'
I. Silva Timas for A. Thorsteinsson 66'
M. Farji for M. Rivera 73'
N. Naujoks for E. da Silva Moreira 77'
L. Oyen for N. Courtens 82'
R. Uldrikis for D. Vente 82'
R. Meerveld for L. Smans 82'
L. Oyen assist: R. Meerveld 3-0 84'
H. Petrov for M. Willemsen 86'
J. Trenskow 4-0 88'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Heerenveen Heerenveen 4-2-3-1 4-3-3 Excelsior Excelsior
1 Bernt Klaverboer
45 Oliver Braude 4 Sam Kersten 3 Maas Willemsen 19 Vasilios Zagaritis
16 Marcus Linday 8 Nolhan Courtens
20 Jacob Trenskow 14 Levi Smans 7 Maxence Rivera
9 Dylan Vente
7 Aymen Sliti 19 David Garden 30 Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson
8 Irakli Yegoian 3 Rick Meissen 20 Lennard Hartjes
2 Eric da Silva Moreira 4 Casper Widell 14 Jan Plug 15 Simon Janssen
1 Stijn van Gassel
Heerenveen bench
  1. 49Anass Bouziane
  2. 44Andries Noppert
  3. 23Darling Bladi
  4. 28Hristiyan Petrov
  5. 29Lanroy Machine
  6. 11Luca Oyen
  7. 21Marko Farji
  8. 15Mats Egbring
  9. 2Mees Hilgers
  10. 10Ringo Meerveld
  11. 17Roberts Uldriķis
  12. 30Timo Schreuder
Excelsior bench
  1. 11Alireza Jahanbakhsh
  2. 16Celton Biai
  3. 6Daniel van Vianen
  4. 24Giuliano Cairo
  5. 21Ilano Silva Timas
  6. 9Mario Domínguez
  7. 28Nesto Groen
  8. 10Noah Naujoks
  9. 22Osman Turay
  10. 18Valentin Sulzbacher

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
52%Possession48%
14Shots5
7Shots on target1
6Shots off target3
1Blocked shots1
12Shots inside box3
2Shots outside box2
94Attacks109
29Dangerous attacks31
4Corners1
3Offsides0
9Fouls10
0Yellow cards1
1Saves3
520Passes491
445Accurate passes399
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
1Penalties0
HeerenveenHeerenveenExcelsiorExcelsiorThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Heerenveen and Excelsior met on matchday 9 of the Eredivisie on 16 October at Abe Lenstra Stadion. Final score — 4:0.

Heerenveen sit 8th on 12 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), 3 matches without conceding. Excelsior sit 10th on 11 points after 6 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 3 losses), winless in 5 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Heerenveen Heerenveen last five Excelsior Excelsior
WLWDL form LLDLD
5 Matches 6
2 — 1 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 3
10 — 5 Scored — conceded 9 — 15
1.4 Points per game 0.83
2 Goals scored per game 1.5
3 Clean sheets 1
2 Failed to score 1
unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 5

Heerenveen at home: 3 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 6—3, 1.33 points per match.

Excelsior away: 4 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 7—8, 1.25 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
7Fortuna SittardFortuna Sittard842214—1514
8HeerenveenHeerenveen933315—1112
9Go Ahead EaglesGo Ahead Eagles825119—1711
10ExcelsiorExcelsior932416—1811
11NECNEC823313—149
12CambuurCambuur822411—198
Full Eredivisie table