Heerenveen vs Willem II

4 April 2025 · Eredivisie · 2024/25

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Ion Nicolaescu 11’
  • Sam Kersten 32’
  • Ilias Sebaoui 66’
  • Jesse Bosch 75’

Match summary

Heerenveen saw off Willem II 3-1. Heerenveen led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ion Nicolaescu put Heerenveen ahead in the 11th minute and Sam Kersten made it 2-0 from a corner in the 32nd minute. In the second half, Ilias Sebaoui made it 3-0 in the 66th minute and Jesse Bosch pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 75th minute.

The chances backed that up: Heerenveen created 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Willem II's 1.13 from 13.

Match stats

Heerenveen Willem II
22 Shots 13
9 Shots on Target 3
9 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.61 xG 1.13
1.61 Non-penalty xG 1.13

Key events

Heerenveen Willem II
Kick-off
Ion Nicolaescu1-0 (Heerenveen)
11’
Sam Kersten2-0 (Heerenveen)
32’
Half-time2-0
Ilias Sebaoui3-0 (Heerenveen)
66’
75’
Jesse Bosch3-1 (Willem II)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Willem II
  • Raffael Behounek

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.61 1.13 11’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), 1-0 11’ 32’ Sam Kersten (Heerenveen), 2-0 32’ 66’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), 3-0 66’ 75’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), 3-1 75’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.61 1.13 11’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), 1-0 Nicolaescu 11’ 32’ Sam Kersten (Heerenveen), 2-0 Kersten 32’ 66’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), 3-0 Sebaoui 66’ 75’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), 3-1 Bosch 75’
Heerenveen 1.61 xGWillem II 1.13 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Willem II attacking Heerenveen attacking 
32’ Sam Kersten (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.55 xG, goal 90+1’ Youssuf Sylla (Willem II), from a corner, 0.32 xG, off target 25’ Patrick Joosten (Willem II), set piece, 0.28 xG, off target 11’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.18 xG, goal 75’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 32’ Luuk Brouwers (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Jacob Trenskow (Heerenveen), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 11’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Nikolai Soyset Hopland (Heerenveen), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ Raffael Behounek (Willem II), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 40’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 7’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 31’ Mats Köhlert (Heerenveen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Erik Schouten (Willem II), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 56’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 62’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Espen Van Ee (Heerenveen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 34’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Jeremy Bokila (Willem II), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 71’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 78’ Erik Schouten (Willem II), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Tommy St Jago (Willem II), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson (Willem II), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 84’ Dimitris Rallis (Heerenveen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 36’ Marcus Linday (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Emilio Kehrer (Willem II), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Oliver Braude (Heerenveen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 8’ Luuk Brouwers (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 22’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Sam Kersten (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.55 xG, goal 90+1’ Youssuf Sylla (Willem II), from a corner, 0.32 xG, off target 25’ Patrick Joosten (Willem II), set piece, 0.28 xG, off target 11’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.18 xG, goal 75’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 32’ Luuk Brouwers (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Jacob Trenskow (Heerenveen), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 11’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Nikolai Soyset Hopland (Heerenveen), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ Raffael Behounek (Willem II), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 40’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 7’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 31’ Mats Köhlert (Heerenveen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Erik Schouten (Willem II), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 62’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Espen Van Ee (Heerenveen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Jeremy Bokila (Willem II), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 71’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 78’ Erik Schouten (Willem II), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Tommy St Jago (Willem II), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 16’ Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson (Willem II), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Marcus Linday (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 84’ Dimitris Rallis (Heerenveen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Jesse Bosch (Willem II), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 51’ Emilio Kehrer (Willem II), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Oliver Braude (Heerenveen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 8’ Luuk Brouwers (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 22’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.01 – – –
90′ 1 – 1 0.55 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.09 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.06 – – –
Marcus Linday Taken off
89′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
Luuk Brouwers Taken off
46′ – – 2 0.10 – – –
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Taken off
89′ – – 4 0.12 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Ilias Sebaoui Taken off
79′ 1 – 4 0.15 – – –
Ion Nicolaescu Taken off
72′ 1 – 4 0.34 – – –
Espen Van Ee Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 1 0.05 – – –
Dimitris Rallis Came on as a substitute
18′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
Jacob Trenskow Came on as a substitute
11′ – – 1 0.09 – – –
Eser Gürbüz Came on as a substitute
1′ – – – – – – –
Amara Condé Came on as a substitute
1′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Heerenveen win 63% Avg odds 1.51
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.29
Willem II win 15% Avg odds 6.41

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.