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Feyenoord is champion and Go Ahead Eagles is degraded. The Eredivisian season 2016/2017 is already on it, but for some teams there is still a lot going on for the next two weeks. Also for Heerenveen and FC Utrecht who compete today and Saturday for a place in the final of the playoffs for European football
Heerenveen :
Heerenveen looks like FC Utrecht. The Frisians had no confidence in the match against NEC this weekend and that confidence has fallen further after that match. Jurgen Streppel’s team was not sure of a play-off ticket before the match against the Nijmegen players, but the Frisians played as if they were for sure of that play-off ticket. Streppel saw his team in the first half fall behind by a goal by Arnaut Groeneveld and in the 64th minute, Taiwo Awoniyi decided on the match on behalf of Nijmegen visitors. The Nijmegen players did not win at the Abe Lenstra Stadium and Heerenveen on the other hand, they could afford a loss – Heracles Almelo did not know how to win at Feyenoord, which ended Heerenveen in the ninth place and made the play off ticket.
Due to a defensive error, the Frisians got behind the Nijmegenians goal and Awoniyi’s goal came in from a standard situation. Nevertheless, the loss against NEC once again meant the fifth defeat in the last seven games and Heerenveen actually has little to look for in the playoffs. Heerenveen is the second worst performing team in 2017, yet they are in play-offs. Despite the fact that the Frisians achieved their goal, Streppel left after the match against NEC that it became very difficult for SC Heerenveen to place himself for European football. “You can hardly be happy with the play-off ticket,” said Streppel, who realized that the Frisians are getting hard at FC Utrecht. “We are not the favorite in the play-offs. We are in the playoffs, but we must not close our eyes for what it’s like. ”
It is very difficult to put the finger in this place at this Heerenveen. As with NEC, you can see that the Frisians drop completely through the lower limit in the second half, while everything in the first half of the season is on the right side. The fact that Streppel and his team after Feyenoord, Ajax and PSV caught most of the points in the first half of the year show that this Heerenveen selection is capable of something, but it just does not run in the last few months and there seems to be no change in to come. The absence of Stijn Schaars could have been given a number of reasons for the Frisian performances in recent weeks, but the 33-year-old routine has already played a number of matches and Heerenveen’s results have not improved.
Probable setup SC Heerenveen
Mulder; Marzo, St. Juste, Faes, Bijker; Schaars, van Amersfoort, Kobayashi; Slagveer, Ghoochannejhad, Larsson.
Utrecht :
FC Utrecht is the favorite to win the play-offs. The Utrechters had thirteen points in the league on AZ and Erik ten Hag’s team had nineteen points more than Heerenveen. On Sunday, the Utrechters took over at AZ and FC Utrecht would receive $ 750,000 in cash at a loss in Alkmaar, but the Utrechters did their sporting duty in the AFAS Stadium: 2-3. The Judges arrived in Alkmaar after half an hour ahead and then saw that AZ defender Jonas Svensson was sent red by the field. Then the Utrechtsers had no problem with the Alkmaarers and the Judges, but once again, only Feyenoord, Ajax and PSV could make them difficult.
The Utrechters therefore benefited from a loss in Alkmaar, but won by 2-3 from AZ. Although Ten Hag chose to rest a number of players, his team certainly won no less at the AFAS Stadium. FC Utrecht owner Frans van Seumeren said after the match in Alkmaar that he would rather have had 750,000 euros instead of the three points. “You can get a nice player for that money. But you can hardly say to players that they can not win, “said Ras Subsidiary Van Seumeren. On the other hand, Hag was pleased with the victory: “I’m very happy with the victory. We have won seven of the last eight games in the Eredivisie, and that will take you into the playoffs. ”
In the playoffs, FC Utrecht is of course the biggest favorite. The Utrechters just have more quality than SC Heerenveen, FC Groningen and AZ. The Domestic People therefore collected a lot more points in their competition than their competitors, but Ten Hag believes that the difference in points does not matter now. “The competition is over, now you start again. But with confidence, we have dumped from the past period. That is not unimportant. ”
Probable setup FC Utrecht
Jensen; Klaiber, Leeuwin, Janssen, Hardeveld; Brama, Amrabat, Labyad, Ayoub; Church, Haller.
Heerenveen vs Utrecht head to head
05.02.17 ERE Utrecht Heerenveen 1 : 0
12.08.16 ERE Heerenveen Utrecht 2 : 2
05.03.16 ERE Heerenveen Utrecht 0 : 4
16.08.15 ERE Utrecht Heerenveen 1 : 1
18.01.15 ERE Utrecht Heerenveen 1 : 2