Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Heerenveen will try to recover from back-to-back defeats to Ajax and Groningen when they take on Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie round 21. Heerenveen suffered a dip in form, but they are surely capable of matching Fortuna in front of home fans. Defender Pawel Bochniewicz remains in the recovery room, while duo Ion Nicolaescu – Luuk Brouwers is rated doubtful for Saturday’s game.
The visitors, on the other hand, made a slow start to 2025, with the team losing each of their three league games in January. Given their poor form and defensive struggles, we predict that Heerenveen are going to pick up all three points from the Abe Lenstra Stadion clash. To make things even worse for the visiting team, both Mitchell Dijks and Loreintz Rosier are banned for the match. In their last meeting at the venue, Heerenveen rolled over Fortuna Sittard 3-0.
Highlighted Team (Heerenveen):
Heerenveen is a Dutch football club that is well known for their white shirts with blue stripes. De Superfriezen (The Super Frisians) play home matches at Abe Lenstra Stadium, which has the capacity of 26,400 people.
Heerenveen have yet to win the Eredivisie title, but they impressed in the 1999/00 season, with the team finishing the process in second position in the standings. Thanks to a top-two finish, the club booked their place in the Champions League. Heerenveen, though, recorded only one in the group stages of the elite competition as they defeated Olympiakos 1-0 at home ground. De Superfizien retain a fierce rivals with Cambuur, and there have always been fireworks in clashes between the two teams.
It has to be noted that Heerenveen won the Dutch Cup in the 2008/09 season, with the team beating Twente on penalties in the title game. New Chelsea signing Hakim Ziyech played for Heerenveen at the start of his senior career.