Heerenveen vs Vitesse Predictions

Heerenveen narrowly lost 2-1 away at PSV last time out but will be confident of returning to winning ways in front of their own fans on Friday night when they play host to a Vitesse side that have lost their last four league games on the run. The visitors’ latest defeat arrived in Rotterdam where they went down 2-0 against newly-promoted Sparta but remain two points and two places ahead of Friday’s hosts.

The stats all point towards goals being scored in Thursday’s clash by both teams and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-1.

Both teams scored in five of the last six meetings between these two clubs and three of the pairs’ last six encounters have ended in 1-1 draws. Heerenveen haven’t beaten Vitesse in any of their last ten attempts, with six of those meetings ending in stalemates.

Both teams scored in five of Heerenveen’s last six matches and Vitesse have only kept two clean sheets in their last six attempts. Both teams scored in 71% of Heerenveen’s home games and in 43% of Vitesse’s away games this season, so you can start to see just why we have backed goals to be scored by both side on Friday night.

Heerenveen haven’t lost at home this season, but have drawn five of those seven matches, while Vitesse have picked up 10pts on the road this season. Heerenveen average 1.57 points per home games and Vitesse average 1.43 points per away game, all of which points towards a draw as the most likely outcome on Friday.

Heerenveen have won 29% of their home games which is well below the league average of 52% and score an average of 1.00 goal per home game, while Vitesse score an average of 1.43 goals per away game, all of which adds weight to our prediction for a 1-1 draw between the pair.

Heerenveen have only failed to score in 14% of their home games this season and Vitesse have only failed to score in 29% of their away games this season, so we’re not expecting a goalless draw between the pair and doubt either side will fail to hit the target at least once on Friday night.

We’re confident that both teams will score in Friday’s clash and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-1 between the pair. Heerenveen are yet to lose at home but have frustratingly drawn five of their seven games in front of their own fans, while Vitesse have picked up ten points from a possible twenty-one on the road and don’t look capable of winning right now, but do have a great recent record against Heerenveen which has produced six draws from the pairs’ last ten encounters.