- Go Ahead Eagles have won 9, drawn 4 and lost only 3 of their 16 home games in Eredivisie 2024/2025.
- SC Heerenveen have won just 2 and lost 13 of their 16 away games in Eredivisie 2024/2025.
- Go Ahead Eagles remain unbeaten at home against Heerenveen in their most recent Eredivisie meeting.
This is a straight fight between Go Ahead Eagles and SC Heerenveen for a place in the Conference League playoffs with the hosts 7th in the Eredivisie 2024/2025 table with 48 points from 32 games and the visitors in eighth with 40 points from the same number of games. Go Ahead Eagles are in mixed form, having won one, drawn three and lost one of their last five Eredivisie games, but their home record is much better than their away form. Paul Simonis took over at the De Adelaarshorst in July 2024 and has instilled a bold and attack-minded approach to the team’s play, particularly at home where they can get on the front foot and play at a high tempo. Their last three games have seen them draw away to Almere City (0-0), lose at home to AZ Alkmaar (0-3) and draw away to FC Zwolle (1-1), but their home record is strong enough to suggest they can beat Heerenveen on Wednesday. Jakob Breum is their main attacking threat with nine Eredivisie goals in 24 appearances and Mats Deijl has been in good form, scoring two of Eagles’ three goals in their last five Eredivisie games.
Heerenveen have improved under the tutelage of Robin Veldman, who took over in March 2025, and have won three and lost two of their last five Eredivisie games. They beat NEC Nijmegen at home (1-0) and lost away to RKC Waalwijk (3-1) in their last two, but have a terrible away record in 2024/2025, which is why the hosts are fancied to win this clash. Ion Nicolaescu is Heerenveen’s main goal threat with eight goals in 23 Eredivisie games this term and he has scored three of their 7 most recent goals. Heerenveen’s away stats in Eredivisie 2024/2025 are 0.75 goals scored and 2.56 goals conceded per game, so they are struggling at both ends of the pitch outside of their own patch. Veldman has set up a disciplined 4-2-3-1 system that plays through the thirds and is strong out wide, but it will be tested by Eagles’ forward play.
The head-to-head record is finely balanced with each side having won two of the last four Eredivisie meetings and no draws in that sequence. Heerenveen won the last meeting, six months ago, at home in Eredivisie 2024/2025 by a single goal, but Go Ahead Eagles have the better home record and Heerenveen the worse away record, so the hosts should win. But Heerenveen have improved since the last meeting and the bookmakers have them at 2.60 to win this, which seems very generous given Go Ahead Eagles are 2.62 and the draw 3.75. However, a clash of styles could lead to an end-to-end game if Eagles get on the front foot early on, so the ‘Both Teams to Score’ market appeals because Heerenveen have been leaky on the road while Eagles concede an average of 1.38 goals per game at home.
