Heerenveen vs Feyenoord — Eredivisie: prediction, stats, lineups & analysis
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Heerenveen look to extend winning run against Eredivisie leaders Feyenoord
Heerenveen host Feyenoord at the Abe Lenstra Stadion on Matchday 12 of the Eredivisie, with the visitors sitting top of the table on 25 points from 11 games. Robin Veldeman's side are seventh on 18 points, seven behind and six places lower.
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Heerenveen arrive on a run of four consecutive wins. Their latest, a 1-0 home victory over NEC Nijmegen on 31 October, followed a 2-0 success at Excelsior Maassluis, and they have kept three clean sheets across their last five games.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's Feyenoord have found points harder to come by lately, with one win, two draws and two defeats from their last five. They drew 1-1 with PSV Eindhoven and Fortuna Sittard, then lost 3-0 at home to Inter on 3 November without scoring.
Across their last 5 meetings, Heerenveen won 2, Feyenoord won 2, with 1 draw. The most recent meeting was Heerenveen 2–2 Feyenoord on 11 January 2026. Heerenveen's latest win in this sample was Feyenoord 2–3 Heerenveen on 17 December 2025. Feyenoord's latest win in this sample was Feyenoord 1–0 Heerenveen on 13 September 2025.
Heerenveen have won four of their last five, while Feyenoord have won one, drawn two and lost two of theirs.
Both sides have faced PSV Eindhoven recently: Heerenveen lost 2-0 away on 9 October, while Feyenoord drew 1-1 on 25 October.
Heerenveen meet Feyenoord in the Eredivisie (Regular Season - 12). Kick-off is Sunday, 8 November 2026, 11:15 UTC at Abe Lenstra Stadion.
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Sirius · Why these numbers
Heerenveen 34% · Draw 25% · Feyenoord 41%
Feyenoord's stronger rating gives them a slight lean — Feyenoord sit 106 points higher on our strength rating, 1704 to 1598, which puts them slightly in front at 41%, though Heerenveen's usual home advantage keeps them close at 34%. The draw starts at 28%, the usual rate for a gap this size, and drops to 25% because both teams' own recent games average 3.5 goals.
Why Feyenoord at 41%?
Feyenoord sit 106 points higher on our strength rating — 1704 to 1598. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.8% of 14,872 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 33–28–39.
Why only 41%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 41% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Heerenveen at 34%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.1% of 18,743. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Feyenoord scored +0.56 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 3,264 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 40.9% vs 42.2% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Feyenoord have rebuilt the eleven — fewer of last season's regular starters are still starting. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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