We believe that Feyenoord will be too strong for Heerenveen in this meeting and will continue their recent record against their opposition here.
We think that the away side will win this game more comfortably than they did in the Eredivisie recently and will progress into the KNVB Beker semi-final.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Feyenoord win with a probability of 48.7%. A win for Heerenveen had a probability of 28.3% and a draw had a probability of 23%.
The most likely scoreline for a Feyenoord win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.86%) and 0-2 (7.1%). The likeliest Heerenveen win was 2-1 (6.94%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.44%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Feyenoord would win this match.