NEC vs SC Heerenveen betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Eredivisie match on October 19th, 2024

A Eredivisie match between NEC and SC Heerenveen will hold on October 19th, 2024, Saturday at 18:00h (UTC), in Netherlands, check the NEC vs SC Heerenveen betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where NEC vs SC Heerenveen will occur

The game takes place in the small Goffertstadion stadium, in the city of Nijmegen, with a capacity for 12500 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the NEC vs SC Heerenveen betting tip 2024/2025

The Eredivisie has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.24 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.76 goals per match played.

NEC last match

NEC in its last official match lost (1-0) against NAC Breda, in a match valid for Eredivisie. Coach R. Meijer's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 3.25, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Brayann Pereira, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

SC Heerenveen last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the PEC Zwolle team with a final score of 1-1.

Taking into account the previous analysis, the probabilities of winning were high, which is reason enough to consider the draw (odd 3.90) as a bad outcome.

NEC vs SC Heerenveen h2h

NEC was in 7th place in the Eredivisie while SC Heerenveen was in 9th place, the last time these teams faced each other. NEC team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic SC Heerenveen used in the match.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 10-03-2024, in a match of the 2023/2024 season of the Eredivisie, and the match ended with a 2-0 win for NEC.

R. Bluemink and H. Kucukerbir will be assisting the referee M. Nagtegaal in this football match.

NEC

Eredivisie leaderboard now

The NEC team with 7 points currently occupies the 16th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Relegation Play-off, with a campaign of 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.

With a small disadvantage of 1 point against SC Heerenveen who occupies position 15, the team starts the 9th round.

NEC analysis

At the end of round 8 in Eredivisie, NEC scored 7 goals and conceded 9 goals.

With 46.5% of ball possession averaged per game over the course of this league, NEC can hardly be said to be the kind of team that imposes its textures on the field. However,in the next match of the season against SC Heerenveen they will have to come down with a whole different attitude on the pitch, and try to build more scoring chances.

Koki Ogawa's life is not being easy in this beginning of his trajectory for his new club. Hired for this season, the player has not been performing well, a fact that was repeated in NEC last game. Against NAC Breda, once again he failed to score goals, accumulating another bad performance.

Best goalscorer from NEC

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Koki Ogawa. He has already scored 2 times this season and has helped NEC come away with the positive result on several occasions.

SC Heerenveen

Eredivisie leaderboard now

SC Heerenveen arrives in this game with 8 points, and in 15th place in the Eredivisie, having won twice in total and lost 4 times, making a total of 2 draws.

PEC Zwolle ranks just above, occupying 14th place in the 9th round, the team has the same number of points.

SC Heerenveen analysis

SC Heerenveen shows a negative ratio between goals made and conceded, with 10 made and 17 conceded after 8 rounds of the league.

As we approach the Regular Season, SC Heerenveen is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 5.25 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

The SC Heerenveen team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 58%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.

SC Heerenveen is a more offensive team than NEC, having 817 attacks vs. 816 from NEC, having scored 10 times, in comparison, NEC converted into goal 7 times.

Increasingly more in tune with his teammates, Jacob Trenskow, who arrived at the club this season, made another fine performance in the team's last game. The midfielder was very good in the game against PEC Zwolle, being a key piece for SC Heerenveen.

Best goalscorer from SC Heerenveen

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Ion Nicolaescu. The Attacker has already scored 3 goals in the competition, being extremely important for SC Heerenveen, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

The bet on 2.5 goals less seems to be a good option, considering that SC Heerenveen has an average of 0.5 goals per game as a visitor. This market is an option to use since SC Heerenveen does not concede goals away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.2.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.88 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.88 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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