FC Volendam vs Heerenveen - prediction, team news, lineups

Relegation-threatened FC Volendam purpose to propulsion further wide of the driblet portion erstwhile they invited Europe-chasing Heerenveen to the Kras Stadion connected Sunday.

Both teams picked up awesome victories successful their respective matchday 31 outings and volition look to transportation that momentum into this encounter.

Match preview

Riding a five-game winless tally up of their travel to the AFAS Stadion connected April 12, Heerenveen’s 3-0 decision to AZ Alkmaar was a immense sucker punch and aft they went 1-0 down to Fortuna Sittard past weekend, suffering back-to-back losses for the archetypal clip successful 2026 appeared to beryllium connected the cards.

However, goals successful either fractional from Ringo Meerveld and Marcus Linday turned the lucifer around, lifting Robin Veldman’s broadside supra FC Utrecht into seventh spot successful the Eredivisie table connected 47 points.

Given however tightly packed the standings are, Heerenveen inactive person enactment to bash if they are to extremity a 16-year lack from continental football. However, 2 consecutive matches against sides warring relegation connection them a immense accidental to ascent into sixth, particularly with AZ acceptable to play Twente and Feyenoord.

No squad has amassed much points implicit the past 5 gameweeks than De Superfriezen’s 10, portion lone champions PSV Eindhoven person bettered their tally of 11 goals successful that span.

Heerenveen’s comeback triumph continued their caller wont of conceding first—a signifier repeated successful 4 of their past 5 outings.

On people for a archetypal 50-point play since 2014-15, Sunday’s visitors present question to Volendam, wherever they person won 5 consecutive encounters—including a 4-0 demolition astir precocious successful February 2024.

After going six matches without a victory, Volendam's travel to the Asito Stadion to look Eredivisie strugglers Heracles presented a aureate accidental to get backmost connected track, and they did conscionable that, securing a 2-0 win.

Rick Kruys’s men stay conscionable a constituent supra the bottommost 3 and volition beryllium delighted to person their top-flight destiny successful their ain hands heading into the last 3 matches, 2 of which are against nonstop relegation rivals—SBV Excelsior successful 14th and Telstar successful 16th.

Unbeaten successful 5 of their six location league matches this year, Het Andere Oranje person proven hard to bushed connected their ain patch, with lone Fortuna Sittard claiming an distant triumph astatine the Kras Stadion successful 2026.

Volendam volition consciousness a immense accidental to propulsion further wide of relegation information this weekend, particularly with Telstar facing a pugnacious travel to third-placed NEC.

Like Heerenveen - 31 of their 55 goals person travel successful the 2nd fractional -Sunday’s hosts person besides recovered much attacking joyousness aft the restart.

Still, it is imperative that they marque a affirmative commencement against a broadside that has led astatine fractional clip successful 5 of their past 7 outings.

FC Volendam Eredivisie form:

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Heerenveen Eredivisie form:

Team News

Dave Kwakman and Silvinho Esajas stay sidelined for Volendam, who volition besides beryllium without Benjamin Pauwels.

Gibson Yah came disconnected injured successful the last knockings of his side’s triumph implicit Heracles, making the 22-year-old a uncertainty to diagnostic here.

After netting the clinching onslaught past clip out, Robert Muhren present has 4 nonstop extremity contributions successful his past 7 substitute appearances, and could beryllium rewarded with a start.

Andries Noppert has not recovered from a backmost contented that has kept him retired of Heerenveen's past 3 matches.

Dutch duo Levi Smans (knee) and Amourricho van Axel-Dongen (thigh) are besides guaranteed absentees for this weekend’s clash.

Maxence Rivera’s engagement is hanging successful the equilibrium aft suffering a hamstring contented soon earlier half-time successful Heerenveen’s astir caller outing.

FC Volendam imaginable starting lineup:

Van Oevelen; Meijers, Verschuren, Amevor, Ugwu; Bukala, Bacuna; Descotte, Van Cruijsen, Ould-Chikh; Veerman

Heerenveen imaginable starting lineup:

Klaverboer; Braude, Kersten, Willemsen, Zagaritis; Linday, Van Overeem; Trenskow, Meerveld, Oyen; Nordas

We say: FC Volendam 1-1 Heerenveen

Heerenveen are the much in-form of the 2 sides, but Volendam’s tenacity connected location turf cannot beryllium discounted.

As a result, we are backing a stock of the spoils, with some teams settling for a constituent apiece astatine afloat time.

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