With the regular season complete, we have just the playoffs remaining in the Eredivisie, including the match between SC Heerenveen and Twente for a place in the Europa Conference League.
The first leg of the tie will take place on the 1st of June at the Abe Lenstra Stadion and the hosts finished 8th in the table on 46 points while Twente finished in 5th place on 64 points.
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SC Heerenveen come into the game having beat Go Ahead Eagles 2-0 at home on the final day of the regular league season. SC Heerenveen opened the scoring on the stoke of half time and added a second goal in the 79th minute to take maximum points and secure 8th place.
The win over Go Ahead Eagles means SC Heerenveen are undefeated in their 4 most recent fixtures, all of which were played in the Eredivisie. There have been wins at NEC and at home against Go Ahead Eagles plus draws at home against Excelsior and away to PSV, the latter of which was a good result despite conceding 2 late goals.
Home form in the league shows SC Heerenveen are undefeated in 3 of their last 4 matches. However, they have won only 2 of their last 8 home Eredivisie games, which is a disappointing return. Trends show SC Heerenveen have scored 2 or more goals in 4 of their last 5 home league fixtures.
Twente etravel to the Abe Lenstra Stadion on the back of a good 3-1 home win over Ajax on the final day of the regular season. Having fallen a goal behind in the first half, Twente came back strongly in the second period and scored 2 goals in the first six minutes of the second half and added a third goal in the 75th minute.
The win over Ajax means Twente are undefeated in their last 5 games and have lost just 1 of their 11 most recent fixtures in the Eredivisie. They have won each of their last 4 games, with the wins coming over NEC and Ajax at home plus Emmen and RKC Waalwijk away.
Away form in the league shows Twente are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 matches. They have won each of their last 2 games on the road and scored 3 or more goals in both victories.
Looking ahead to the teams news and SC Heerenveen have doubts over the fitness of defenders Joost van Aken and Sven van Beek.
Twente have doubts over midfielder Max Bruns but he is the only player expected to be unavailable for the visitors.
SC Heerenveen have not been winning regularly at home while Twente are clearly the better team of the two based on the regular league season.
This could be a high scoring match, with both teams finding the back of the net but we expect Twente to come away with a win and take a big step towards the final.