H2H: Waalwijk vs Heerenveen – Prediction (Eredivisie

H2H: Waalwijk v Heerenveen – Comparison.

Cyril Ngonge is Waalwijk’s only player with more than one goal involvement (one goal, one assist). He also scored the opener vs Feyenoord. Henk Veerman (seven goals, two assists) and Joey Veerman (two goals, four assists) have contributed to 13 of Heerenveen’s 16 league goals. Both of Henk’s assists were for his namesake Joey. All three prior meetings between managers Johnny Jansen (HEE) and Fred Grim (RKC) produced over 3.5 goals – Grim leads the series: W2, L1.

Waalwijk Insights.

Whilst Waalwijk’s form is what many would consider woeful (W1, D2, L5), it is in fact four points better off than at this stage of their 2019/20 campaign. However, the Eredivisie minnows haven’t scored across the last 190 minutes of play since their surprise 2-2 draw here vs Feyenoord, and consequently are the league’s lowest scorers, netting an average of 0.78 goals per game. Their sole victory came on the road, although three of their paltry five-goal haul was scored here at the Mandemakers, albeit none arrived before HT (HT: D3, L1). In fact, the second-half has averaged 2.0 match goals per game here, in comparison to just 0.25 before.

Heerenveen Insights.

Heerenveen won via a 2+ goal margin in the three competitive games prior to their 3-0 humbling vs AZ in the last round, but despite that loss, they’ve still started this league season better than in any of their previous ten campaigns (W5, D1, L2). Results haven’t come at the cost of entertainment too, with half of their league fixtures producing over 3.5 goals. Each of Heerenveen’s away league games have seen both teams score, whilst all produced over 1.5 first-half goals. Johnny Jansen’s men like to strike early, with seven of their nine scored away league goals arriving before HT, and partly as a result, all four of their road trips have witnessed the same HT/FT result (W2, D1, L1).