Heerenveen vs FC Volendam prediction: NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie betting tips on match 2023-12-15 20:00.
SC Heerenveen have won five of their last seven Eredivisie games and find themselves in good shape. Those two defeats came against PSV and Ajax, whilst in the other five they emerged victorious by striking at least three times. Heerenveen has been visited twice already this calendar year by upcoming opponents FC Volendam, because they met each other in the KNVB Cup. Both matches resulted in a Frisian victory, as did the previous six meetings between these clubs.
There has been a lot of threat off the left flank this season from Osame Sahraoui, who became the first player of the competition to register 50 successful dribbles this season. The Norwegian international can currently also call himself the club's top scorer in the Eredivisie with four competition goals. In another positive sign, midfielder Thom Haye told ESPN that he did not always feel understood in the past, but that his football smarts have been valued in Friesland. With his 32 chances created, he started the round seventh in the competition on that particular stat.
It has been very difficult for the players and fans of FC Volendam to focus on the positive, because there has been so much going wrong of late. The team recently said goodbye to several important members of the staff and board, including head coach Matthias Kohler, who will be temporarily replaced by Michael Tuesday.
The team has been chronically underperforming on the pitch. Volendam are stuck to the bottom of the, have lost their last five competitive matches, and has conceded at least four more goals (39) than all other clubs in this competition. Another away match is scheduled for next Saturday and it’s no surprise to see them the worst side on this front, getting just one point from their first eight away games.
Players to watch: Pelle van Amersfoort has scored a total of six times in his last six games, whilst Robert Mühren was involved in a goal in each of his last two matches against Heerenveen (G1, A1).
Hot stat: Volendam has conceded at least two goals in each of their last eleven away games in the Eredivisie and lost no less than ten of those 11 games.