SC Heerenveen vs Willem II
Dutch Eredivisie
Date: Friday, 21st April 2017,
Kick off at 19:00 UK/ 20:00 CET
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (Heerenveen).
Heerenveen Predicted Starting Line-up
Team News
Jurgen Streppel will be without center back Shay Facey for this match due to injury, but looks set otherwise here.
Key Man
As far as goals are concerned, Heerenveen aren't all that bad at finding them. They have a host of good goal scorers, including their ace Iranian poacher Reza Ghoochannejhad. Ghooch has set the Eredivisie a light this season with 18 goals to his name, including the opener at Ajax. Unfortunately for him, that only seemed to anger their hosts as they were trounced in the end. One thing that must be said is that he is more of a poaching type. He needs service to be his most effective, but when given the chance he rarely takes it for granted.
Team Form
Heerenveen have been on an abysmal run of form of late in the Eredivisie, having dropped each of their last six matches. They were crushed by title-chasing Ajax on Sunday when they lost 5-1 away from home.
Expected Line-up: 4-3-3
Willem II Predicted Starting Line-up
Team News
Erwin van de Looi is unable to call upon center back Freek Heerkens, left back Dico Koppers, and center forward Bart Ogbeche due to injuries for this match.
Key Man
It's unknown whether Willem II will start top goal scorer Franco Sol at this moment, but that doesn't mean that he won't be a key figure when he takes the field. In the match against Go Ahead Eagles, the Spaniard came on at half time and produced the eventual winner 18 minutes from time. He did so with a classical header, despite having a smaller frame, to him. That just goes to show that if he's in the opposition box, he can hurt them. Watch out for him to get chances as well because Heerenveen's defence has showed a knack for not staying with runners.
Team Form
Willem II have one wins, three losses, and a draw in their last five matches. After losing 5-0 at PSV, they rebounded to get a 2-0 win over Go Ahead Eagles on Sunday.
Expected Line-up: 4-5-1
Heerenveen vs Willem II: Head to head
The head to head record suggests a very close game because Heerenveen lead the tie by only a single win ahead of their 44th meeting with Willem II.
Goals are also guaranteed because each of the last eight H2H clashes between the two sides saw both teams netting.
Heerenveen vs Willem II: Prediction
We will back goals on Friday evening at Abe Lenstra with the maximum stakes because we just can’t see a scenario in which the game could turn out to be a low scoring one.
The hosts are also much closer to grabbing the victory and the home win 5 BTTS also must have value at 9/4 odds.
Heerenveen vs Willem II: Bet Tips
The top betting prediction will be Over 2.5 goals & BTTS at the odds of 2.00 with Bet365.
