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Heerenveen vs NEC Nijmegen 1-0
- Dylan Vente66'
- Kick-off
- Sat, 31 Oct 2026 · 17:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
- Referee
- Sander van der Eijk
Match timeline
- 86’Substitution
NEC NijmegenWillum Thor Willumsson ONJamiro Monteiro OFF - 85’Yellow cardNEC NijmegenAyodele Thomas
- 85’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenAdam Tahaui ONKevin Kers OFF
- 79’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenGabriel·Bras ONTobias Storm OFF
- 78’Substitution
HeerenveenDirk Proper ONNolhan courtens OFF - 78’SubstitutionHeerenveenLuca Oyen ONLevi Smans OFF
- 73’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenAyodele Thomas ONClement Bischoff OFF
- 73’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenKaj Sierhuis ONPerr Schuurs OFF
Show 7 earlier events
- 66’Goal!HeerenveenDylan VenteAssist: Levi Smans1 – 0
- 62’SubstitutionHeerenveenRingo Meerveld ONMaxence Rivera OFF
- 61’Yellow cardHeerenveenmarcus linday
- 43’Yellow cardHeerenveenVasilios Zagaritis
- 34’Yellow cardNEC NijmegenBryan Linssen
- 32’Yellow cardNEC NijmegenClement Bischoff
- 32’Yellow cardHeerenveenOliver Johansen Braude
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
HeerenveenNEC Nijmegen- 38%Possession62%
- 8Shots21
- 1.46xG1.33
- 2Shots on Target2
- 5Corners7
- 7Fouls7
- 1Saves1
- 343Passes547
- 3Yellow Cards3
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Heerenveen4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 1Klaverboer
- 45Braude
- 4Kersten
- 3Willemsen
- 19Zagaritis
- 16Linday
- 8Courtens
- 20Trenskow
- 14Smans
- 7Rivera
- 9Vente
Substitutions
- 62’↑10 R. Meerveld↓7 M. Rivera
- 78’↑6 D. Proper↓8 N. Courtens
- 78’↑11 L. Oyen↓14 L. Smans
Unused substitutes 28 H. Petrov, 17 R. Uldriķis, 44 A. Noppert, 23 D. Bladi, 15 M. Egbring, 21 M. Farji, 2 M. Hilgers, 29 L. Machine, 30 T. Schreuder
Coach R. Veldeman
NEC Nijmegen3 - 4 - 2 - 1
- 1Crettaz
- 4Schuurs
- 22Kaplan
- 24Fonville
- 21Storm
- 6Nejašmić
- 35Monteiro
- 99Bischoff
- 9Chery
- 20Lebreton
- 30Linssen
Substitutions
- 73’↑77 A. Thomas↓99 Clement Bischoff
- 73’↑14 K. Sierhuis↓4 P. Schuurs
- 79’↑ Gabriel·Bras↓21 T. Storm
- 85’↑19 Adam Tahaui↓34 Kevin Kers
- 86’↑11 W. Willumsson↓35 Jamiro Monteiro
Unused substitutes 73 Gabriel Brás, 36 Freek Entius, 8 I. Hansen-Aarøen, 66 Almugera Raouf Mohammed Kabar, 34 Kevin Kers, 42 Y. Moslih, 12 N. Polster
Coach Dick Schreuder
Match facts
- Competition
- Eredivisie - Netherlands
- Round
- Matchday 11
- Date
- Sat, 31 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 17:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
- Referee
- Sander van der Eijk
- Heerenveen coach
- R. Veldeman
- NEC Nijmegen coach
- Dick Schreuder
League table
Eredivisie - Netherlands
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSV Eindhoven | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | +25 | 26 |
| 2 |  Feyenoord | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +19 | 25 |
| 3 |  Ajax | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +17 | 25 |
| 4 |  Twente | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +18 | 24 |
| 5 |  AZ Alkmaar | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +8 | 23 |
| 6 |  Heerenveen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 21 |
| 11 |  NEC Nijmegen | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
Player ratings
- 1
D. Vente7.8 - 2
L. Smans7.6 - 3
J. Trenskow7.3 - 4
M. Willemsen7.2 - 5
S. Kersten7.2 - 6
R. Meerveld7.0 - 7
D. Proper6.9 - 8
M. Linday6.8 - 9
V. Zagaritis6.7 - 10
O. Braude6.6 - 11
N. Courtens6.6 - 12
B. Klaverboer6.5 - 13
L. Oyen6.4 - 14
M. Rivera6.2 - 15
A. Noppert0.0 - 16
R. Uldriķis0.0 - 17
H. Petrov0.0 - 18
D. Bladi0.0 - 19
M. Egbring0.0 - 20
M. Farji0.0 - 21
M. Hilgers0.0 - 22
L. Machine0.0 - 23
T. Schreuder0.0
- 1
A. Kaplan7.4 - 2
T. Storm7.2 - 3
P. Schuurs7.0 - 4
Kevin Kers6.9 - 5
N. Lebreton6.8 - 6
G. Crettaz6.7 - 7
T. Chery6.7 - 8
Jamiro Monteiro6.6 - 9
Gabriel Brás6.6 - 10
B. Linssen6.5 - 11
D. Nejašmić6.5 - 12
Clement Bischoff6.4 - 13
Adam Tahaui6.4 - 14
W. Willumsson6.3 - 15
K. Sierhuis6.2 - 16
A. Thomas6.1 - 17
Freek Entius0.0 - 18
I. Hansen-Aarøen0.0 - 19
Almugera Raouf Mohammed Kabar0.0 - 20
Y. Moslih0.0 - 21
N. Polster0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
D. Vente
Heerenveen
- 1
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 7.8, the best on the pitch — 1 goal in 90 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Heerenveen- W-D-L
- 3-1-1
- Scored / match
- 2.2
- Conceded / match
- 0.8
NEC Nijmegen- W-D-L
- 1-4-0
- Scored / match
- 2.0
- Conceded / match
- 1.6
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- NEC Nijmegen0%
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What happened
Match report
Heerenveen beat NEC Nijmegen 1-0 at Abe Lenstra Stadion thanks to Dylan Vente's goal in the 66th minute. Levi Smans supplied the assist, and that was the only goal after a tight first hour.
The first half brought bookings rather than goals. Clement Bischoff and Oliver Johansen Braude were booked in the 32nd minute, Bryan Linssen saw yellow on 34 minutes and Vasilios Zagaritis was booked in the 43rd minute, before the interval arrived with the score at 0-0.
Heerenveen took the lead when Vente scored on 66 minutes from Smans's assist to make it 1-0. Heerenveen made two changes on 78 minutes, with Ringo Meerveld already sent on in place of Maxence Rivera on 62 minutes, while NEC Nijmegen made three changes across the second half, including a double switch on 73 minutes and another at 79, 85 and 86 minutes as they tried to find an equaliser. Ayodele Thomas was booked on 85 minutes after coming on in the 73rd minute.
NEC Nijmegen had 62% of the ball and 547 passes to Heerenveen's 343, but Heerenveen had the better xG at 1.46 to 1.33. NEC also had more shots, 21 to 8, and more corners, 7 to 5, while both sides finished with 2 shots on target and 1 save each.
Heerenveen had three bookings, for Oliver Johansen Braude, Vasilios Zagaritis and Marcus Linday. NEC Nijmegen also had three, for Clement Bischoff, Bryan Linssen and Ayodele Thomas. There were no red cards.
Match record
- Competition
- Eredivisie - Netherlands
- Round
- Matchday 11
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
- Referee
- Sander van der Eijk
- Match ID
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15 events
- 32’Yellow cardNEC NijmegenClement Bischoff
- 32’Yellow cardHeerenveenOliver Johansen Braude
- 34’Yellow cardNEC NijmegenBryan Linssen
- 43’Yellow cardHeerenveenVasilios Zagaritis
- 61’Yellow cardHeerenveenmarcus linday
- 62’SubstitutionHeerenveenRingo Meerveld ONMaxence Rivera OFF
- 66’Goal!HeerenveenDylan VenteAssist: Levi Smans1 – 0
- 73’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenAyodele Thomas ONClement Bischoff OFF
- 73’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenKaj Sierhuis ONPerr Schuurs OFF
- 78’SubstitutionHeerenveenDirk Proper ONNolhan courtens OFF
- 78’SubstitutionHeerenveenLuca Oyen ONLevi Smans OFF
- 79’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenGabriel·Bras ONTobias Storm OFF
- 85’Yellow cardNEC NijmegenAyodele Thomas
- 85’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenAdam Tahaui ONKevin Kers OFF
- 86’SubstitutionNEC NijmegenWillum Thor Willumsson ONJamiro Monteiro OFF