Heerenveen — Excelsior 4:0, 16 October: match result

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 9 Friday 16 October · 18:00 UTC

Heerenveen 8th · 12 pts WWWWL

4 : 0 1st half 1:0

Excelsior 10th · 11 pts LLLLL

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 4-2-3-1 4-3-3 Excelsior

Bernt Klaverboer  
Oliver Braude  4 Sam Kersten  3 Maas Willemsen  19 Vasilios Zagaritis  
Marcus Linday  8 Nolhan Courtens  
Jacob Trenskow  14 Levi Smans  7 Maxence Rivera  
Dylan Vente  

Aymen Sliti  19 David Garden  30 Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson  
Irakli Yegoian  3 Rick Meissen  20 Lennard Hartjes  
Eric da Silva Moreira  4 Casper Widell  14 Jan Plug  15 Simon Janssen  
Stijn van Gassel  

Heerenveen bench

49Anass Bouziane
44Andries Noppert
23Darling Bladi
28Hristiyan Petrov
29Lanroy Machine
11Luca Oyen
21Marko Farji
15Mats Egbring
2Mees Hilgers
10Ringo Meerveld
17Roberts Uldriķis
30Timo Schreuder

Excelsior bench

11Alireza Jahanbakhsh
16Celton Biai
6Daniel van Vianen
24Giuliano Cairo
21Ilano Silva Timas
9Mario Domínguez
28Nesto Groen
10Noah Naujoks
22Osman Turay
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

Heerenveen

ExcelsiorThe 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 8 matches (5 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches, 4 matches without conceding. Excelsior sit 10th on 11 points after 9 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 6 losses), winless in 8 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Heerenveen last five Excelsior

WWWWL form LLLLL

8 Matches 9

5 — 1 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 6

19 — 10 Scored — conceded 9 — 26

2 Points per game 0.56

2.38 Goals scored per game 1

4 Clean sheets 1

2 Failed to score 4

unbeaten in 4 Current streak winless in 8

Heerenveen at home: 5 matches, 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 12—6, 2 points per match.

Excelsior away: 5 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, goals 7—9, 1 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
6	Fortuna Sittard	12	5	5	2	20—20	20
7	Heerenveen	11	5	3	3	19—13	18
8	Go Ahead Eagles	12	4	5	3	24—27	17
…
14	NEC	11	2	5	4	17—19	11
15	Excelsior	12	3	2	7	16—29	11
16	Telstar	12	2	4	6	18—25	10

Full Eredivisie table