We said: Heerenveen 1-1 Heracles
While Heracles will come in with more momentum, thanks to their recent improvement, the home side have, at least, started to strengthen up at the back and will be keen to put the losing run behind them.
Those consecutive clean sheets, combined with the visitors' poor away record, could result in a share of the spoils in Heerenveen.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Heerenveen win with a probability of 54.39%. A draw had a probability of 24.4% and a win for Heracles had a probability of 21.26%.
The most likely scoreline for a Heerenveen win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.23%) and 2-1 (9.63%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.56%), while for a Heracles win it was 0-1 (6.95%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Heerenveen would win this match.