Heerenveen vs NEC Nijmegen
Ref: Jannick van der Laan, NetherlandsAbe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen · 27,224 cap
Match recap
Heerenveen beat NEC Nijmegen 3–2 in their Eredivisie fixture. Meerveld, Vente, and Trenskow scored for Heerenveen; Ogawa and Ouaissa replied for NEC Nijmegen. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.81 for Heerenveen versus 0.94 for NEC Nijmegen. Heerenveen sit 8th in the Eredivisie table while NEC Nijmegen are 3rd.
First Half
⚽
Meerveld
Zagaritis
Yellow Card
Second Half
⚽
Vente
Assist: Trenskow
58'
⇄
Misidjan
58'
⇄
van Crooij
58'
⇄
Pereira
59'
⇄
Proper
⚽
Trenskow
65'
⚽
Ogawa
Assist: Ouwejan
⇄
Rivera
74'
Sano
Yellow Card
77'
⇄
Shiogai
⇄
Vente
83'
⚽
Ouaissa
Assist: Ogawa
⇄
Meerveld
⇄
Trenskow
Braude
Yellow Card
90+6'
Chery
Red Card
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 27 | 3 | 4 | +56 | 84 |
| 2 |  Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | +26 | 65 |
| 3 |  NEC Nijmegen | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | +24 | 59 |
| 4 |  Twente | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | +19 | 58 |
| 7 |  AZ Alkmaar | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | +7 | 52 |
| 8 |  Heerenveen | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | +4 | 51 |
| 9 |  Groningen | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | +4 | 48 |
As of 16 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
HeerenveenNEC Nijmegen
6Won
Statistical edge
6–8
battles won across 17 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.81VS0.94
Attack3 · 2 won
14
Shots
11
8
Shots on target
6
13
Shots in the box
5
1
Shots outside box
6
3
Shots off goal
4
6
Corners
6
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
39%
Possession
61%
304
Total passes
470
206
Accurate passes
383
68%
Pass accuracy
81%
Discipline2 · 1 won
10
Fouls
14
2
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
1
2
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
4
Goalkeeper saves
5
3
Blocked shots
1
-0.39
Goals prevented
-0.39
Heerenveen
4-2-3-1
NEC Nijmegen
3-1-4-2
Heerenveen
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 3M. WillemsenD
- 6J. van OvereemD
- 7M. RiveraM
- 8L. BrouwersM
- 9D. VenteF
- 10R. MeerveldM
- 16M. LindayM
- 19V. ZagaritisD
- 20J. TrenskowM
- 22B. KlaverboerG
- 45O. BraudeD
Substitutes
- 15M. EgbringD
- 26A. van Axel DongenF
- 27V. SejkF
- 31N. BakkerG
- 32Kai JansenM
- 34R. BouwD
- 35Isaiah AhmedM
- 44A. NoppertG
- 50E. GürbüzF
NEC Nijmegen
3-1-4-2Starting XI
- 1G. CrettazG
- 2B. PereiraD
- 4A. KaplanD
- 5T. OuwejanD
- 7V. MisidjanM
- 9K. ShiogaiF
- 10T. CheryF
- 23K. SanoM
- 25S. OuaissaM
- 32V. van CrooijM
- 71D. ProperM
Substitutes
- 6D. NejašmićM
- 8A. DarelasM
- 11B. ÖnalF
- 18Koki OgawaF
- 20N. LebretonM
- 21RóberM
- 30B. LinssenF
- 33Yousri SbaiM
- 34Y. El KachatiF
- 35Sam de LaatM
- 38M. OvermarsG
- 40M. van de WielM
Heerenveen
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Trenskow | M | 89 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2/2 |
| Dylan Vente | F | 82 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Ringo Meerveld | M | 89 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4/7 |
| Joris van Overeem | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marcus Linday | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Oliver Braude | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maxence Rivera | M | 73 | 6.5 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0/3 |
| Bernt Klaverboer | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vasilios Zagaritis | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Maas Willemsen | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Luuk Brouwers(C) | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Robin Bouw | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nordin Bakker | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andries Noppert | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kai Jansen | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eser Gürbüz | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amourricho van Axel-Dongen | F | 17 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/2 |
| Mats Egbring | D | 9 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Isaiah Ahmed | M | 9 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Václav Sejk | F | 8 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
NEC Nijmegen
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami Ouaissa | M | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 |
| Kodai Sano | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Ahmetcan Kaplan | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thomas Ouwejan | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Brayann Pereira | D | 58 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
| Gonzalo Crettaz | G | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Virgil Misidjan | M | 58 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Tjaronn Chery(C) | F | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Dirk Proper | M | 59 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Kento Shiogai | F | 77 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Vito van Crooij | M | 58 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Merijn van de Wiel | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Martijn Overmars | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sam de Laat | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yousri Sbai | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Argyrios Darelas | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bryan Linssen | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rober González | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Koki Ogawa | F | 32 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Darko Nejašmić | M | 31 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Youssef El Kachati | F | 13 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Noe Lebreton | M | 32 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Başar Önal | F | 32 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/3 |