Utrecht
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2 - 1
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Utrecht vs Heerenveen Match Preview
FC Utrecht was thrown out of the Europa League, but they gained confidence when they came back from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 at home against Napoli on Thursday. “We deserved more”, coach Ton du Chatinier said. “But we gave our crowd a good game and I’m proud that we have put up such a good performance against the number four of the Italian table.Heerenveen come from a 2-2 draw against AZ last week. Ron Jans’ team are undefeated in their last 5 matches and they have 24 points from 16 matches. If Heerenveen win, they will have 10 points more than they had at the halfway point last season.
FC Utrecht and Heerenveen met 18 times before in The Galgenwaard. The home team won 6 times, the visitors 5 times and the match ended in a draw 7 times.
Utrecht vs Heerenveen Match Report
Jan Wuytens handed FC Utrecht a last minute win at home against sc Heerenveen on Sunday. The visitors opened the score when Roy Beerens converted a penalty, which was actually not a penalty because Tim Cornelisse fouled Beerens outside the box. Dries Mertens equalized in the 24th minute and although Utrecht did not manage to impress the grabbed the win thanks to Wuytens.The home team were very lucky with referee Tom van Sichum when he refused to give Mihai Nesu even a yellow card despite a reckless tackle, for which should have got a red card. Dries Mertens inspired Utrecht to regroup after a bad start to eventually even be rewarded with three points.