Heerenveen vs G.A. Eagles prediction: NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie betting tips on match 2023-05-27 12:30.
The battle for eighth place, and the ticket to the postseason European playoffs that comes with it, is going right down to the final day this season. SC Heerenveen can ensure it remains theirs with a victory at home to Go Ahead Eagles here, but anything less will bring other results into play. The visitors are three points behind and level on goal difference, meaning they’re within a shot of pinching eighth with a victory if RKC Waalwijk fail to win.
Heerenveen’s faithful will be hoping that Sydney van Hooijdonk can find his way to goal for one last time this regular season after the 23-year-old racked up nine goals from his last nine league appearances courtesy of three braces. In last week’s important 3-3 draw against PSV, Milan van Ewijk also showed us his best side. The right wing-back delivered an assist and struck his sixth league goal to give them a crucial point. After months away with injury, Dutch World Cup goalkeeper Andries Noppert appears likely to make a timely return between the sticks.
Go Ahead Eagles have one last all-or-nothing attempt to grab eighth place. Based on their recent travelling form and their history with Heerenveen, it appears remarkably unlikely. Not only have the visitors won just one of their ten Eredivisie away trips (D3, L6) against clubs placed 12th or higher, they’ve collected just one win from their last 15 tussles with Heerenveen.
Heerenveen manager Kees van Wonderen brings a little bit of intimate knowledge into this matchup as Go Ahead Eagles manager for two seasons, but the Eagles have already collected four points more this year than they did during his final season in charge. One source of encouragement for the visitors is that the majority (23) of their 41 points have been earned away from home, so a road trip appears the best place to be.
Players to watch: Belgian Antoine Colassin is finally starting to find his feet at Heerenveen and has accumulated a total of three goals in his last three matches. Similarly, Willum Thor Willumsson provided an assist last week after finding the net in three of the five prior games.
Hot stat: All but three of Heerenveen’s last 13 Eredivisie fixtures produced more than 2.5 total goals.