Heerenveen vs VVV Predictions

• Heerenveen have won 4 of their last 5 matches against VVV.
• Heerenveen are unbeaten in their last 13 matches against VVV.
• Heerenveen have only lost 2 home games this season.
• VVV have lost 8 of their 10 away games in the Eredivisie.

Heerenveen need to pick up more wins at home

Heerenveen lost 2-1 away at Fortuna Sittard last weekend while VVV drew 1-1 at home with Utrecht, meaning the gap between Saturday’s opponents was reduced to 8pts. Heerenveen have outplayed VVV in all departments so far this season and beat the Venlo based club 3-0 in the pairs’ reverse fixture in September.

Saturday’s hosts haven’t lost any of their last thirteen matches against VVV and have only lost two of their eleven home games this season, while VVV have already lost eight times on the road. Heerenveen average 1.36 points per home game while VVV average 0.60 points per away game, but the hosts have had a number of matches that should have ended in victory but instead finished as draws.

Heerenveen score an average of 1.18 goals per home game and concede 1.09 goals while VVV score an average of 0.80 goals per away game and concede 2.60 goals, which is why we have backed a 2-0 final scoreline in the hosts’ favour this weekend. Only 36% of Heerenveen’s home matches have produced over 2.5 goals so far this season, which suggests we aren’t likely to see any more than 2-goals on Saturday.

VVV have a poor record on the road

VVV are yet to keep a single clean sheet on the road this season and have failed to score in a whopping 40% of their games on the road, while Heerenveen have only failed to score in 9% of their home matches. Exactly 2-goals have been scored in a massive 45% of Heerenveen’s home games and we have backed that same number of goals to be produced on Saturday.

A majority of Heerenveen’s wins this season (4) have been obtained with a margin of 2 goals or more, while a majority of VVV’s defeats
(9) have had a margin of 2 goals or more, adding further weight ot our prediction for a 2-0 home win this weekend. The hosts haven’t kept a lot of clean sheets or won-to-nil many times at home this season, but what better chance to improve your defensive record than against the third from bottom club in the division that is yet to keep a clean sheet away from home and has only scored 8-goals on the road.

We’re confident that Heerenveen will win on Saturday and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-0. The home sides have played better than their guests so far this season and boast an excellent head to head record against them, while VVV have been poor away from home and are highly unlikely to take home nay points this weekend.