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Heerenveen vs Vitesse Prediction & Betting tips
SC Heerenveen and Vitesse open a new football weekend of the Premier League. The visitors are in heavy weather and can use a victory well.
SC Heerenveen:
SC Heerenveen has undergone a remarkable change compared to last season. Last year the Frisians scored often, but at the same time the team got a lot of goals. That is different this season. Heerenveen himself scores more difficult, but on the defensive they are extremely solid, with the third least defended defense of the competition. The goal difference in the home games after seven games: 7-5. Five of those seven games ended in a draw.
Last week Heerenveen played a match at PSV. In Eindhoven, the Frisians initially had a hard time, although the team came back well in the second half and afterwards more would have been possible than a 2-1 defeat. Joey Veerman was unable to play an entire game last week. For Friday, the midfielder seems ready for a base position again. This would be at the expense of Jordy Bruijn. Further changes in the team of coach Johnny Jansen are not immediately obvious.
Vitesse:
Initially, Vitesse hardly made any mistakes in the Premier League. The club from Arnhem took a lot of points in the first few weeks. Recently, however, the yellow blacks no longer succeed in achieving success. The last four league matches ended in defeats. Moreover, this happened against qualitatively average teams. Vitesse, for example, proved unable to cope with Sparta last weekend. In Rotterdam, Vitesse played very little and a deserved 2-0 defeat was suffered.
The intention of coach Leonid Slutsky to play more offensive football did not end up in the match against Sparta. The many changes in the line-ups implemented by the Russian also do not contribute to the cohesion of the team. Last week, newcomer Keisuke Honda couldn’t make the difference either. The Japanese is clearly short of match rhythm. The experiment with the base place for Thomas Buitink seems to be over for Slutsky. Buitink will probably disappear from the base again on Friday.
Heerenveen vs Vitesse head to head matches
02.02.19 ERE Vitesse Heerenveen 2 : 2
19.08.18 ERE Heerenveen Vitesse 1 : 1
20.01.18 ERE Vitesse Heerenveen 1 : 1
22.10.17 ERE Heerenveen Vitesse 0 : 4
08.04.17 ERE Vitesse Heerenveen 4 : 2