NEC Nijmegen 2-3 SC Heerenveen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 6 May 2023

Result

NEC Nijmegen 2-3 SC Heerenveen

Eredivisie · Saturday 6 May 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

NEC Nijmegen · SC Heerenveen · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 2-3 SC Heerenveen: match report

NEC Nijmegen were beaten by SC Heerenveen 2-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 6 May 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Thom Haye opened the scoring in the 27th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Magnus Elkjaer Mattsson (37') and Landry Dimata (61'). SC Heerenveen scored through Thom Haye (27'), Sydney van Hooijdonk (82') and Antoine Colassin (87').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received no yellow cards; SC Heerenveen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 9th on 38 points from 30 and SC Heerenveen 10th on 38 points from 30. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 12th with 39 points, and SC Heerenveen 8th with 46.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and SC Heerenveen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to T. Haye of SC Heerenveen (8.5), ahead of Anas Tahiri (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 NEC Nijmegen wins, 5 draws and 1 for SC Heerenveen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Syb van OtteleSC Heerenveen
  • 27'Goal · Thom HayeSC Heerenveen · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Magnus Elkjaer MattssonNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Milan van EwijkSC Heerenveen
  • 61'Goal · Landry DimataNEC Nijmegen · 2-1
  • 82'Goal · Sydney van HooijdonkSC Heerenveen · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · Antoine ColassinSC Heerenveen · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 4, draws 5, SC Heerenveen 1.

Team news

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jasper Cillessen, Bart van Rooij, Iván Márquez, Philippe Sandler, Souffian El, Lasse Schöne, Dirk Proper, Elayis Tavsan, Oussama Tannane, Magnus Mattsson, Landry Dimata

SC Heerenveen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Xavier Mous, Milan van Ewijk, Syb van Ottele, Pawel Bochniewicz, Mats Köhlert, T. Haye, Anas Tahiri, S. Olsson, Pelle van Amersfoort, Osame Sahraoui, Sydney van Hooijdonk