Willem II 1-2 SC Heerenveen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 23 September 2017

Result

Willem II 1-2 SC Heerenveen

Eredivisie · Saturday 23 September 2017, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Willem II 1-2 SC Heerenveen: match report

Willem II lost to SC Heerenveen 1-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 23 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Elmo Lieftink opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Willem II's goal came from Elmo Lieftink (12'). SC Heerenveen scored through Stijn Schaars (45') and Yuki Kobayashi (59').

Discipline: Willem II received no yellow cards; SC Heerenveen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Willem II were 17th on 3 points from 5 and SC Heerenveen 4th on 11 points from 5. Willem II went on to finish that season 13th with 37 points, and SC Heerenveen 7th with 49.

Willem II lined up in a 5-3-2 and SC Heerenveen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Stijn Schaars of SC Heerenveen (8.7), ahead of Yuki Kobayashi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Willem II wins, 1 draw and 5 for SC Heerenveen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Elmo LieftinkWillem II · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Stijn SchaarsSC Heerenveen · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Yuki KobayashiSC Heerenveen · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Pelle van AmersfoortSC Heerenveen
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Martin HansenSC Heerenveen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Willem II 4, draws 1, SC Heerenveen 5.

Team news

Willem II line-up (5-3-2)

Timon Wellenreuther, Freek Heerkens, Jordens Peters, Jop Van der Linden, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Darryl Lachman, T. Haye, Elmo Lieftink, Ben Rienstra, Fran Sol, Etien Velikonja

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

Martin Hansen, Denzel Dumfries, Daniel Høegh, Kik Pierie, Lucas Woudenberg, Stijn Schaars, Morten Thorsby, Yuki Kobayashi, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Martin Ødegaard, Arbër Zeneli