Preview: Cambuur vs. Heerenveen - prediction, team news, lineups

Having lost each of their last two home games across all competitions, Cambuur play host to Heerenveen at the Cambuur-Stadion on Sunday.

On the other hand, the visitors head into the clash looking to record back to back away victories for the first time this term.

Match preview

Cambuur have been knocked out of the KNVB-Beker courtesy of a 2-1 defeat against NEC on Thursday.

Henk de Jong's men found themselves two down at the break courtesy of goals from Ole Romeny and Dirk Proper before Sam Hendriks pulled one back for his side in the second half.

The Yellow-Blues eased part Willem II 3-1 in their most recent league match and have moved up to seventh place in the table with five wins from their last six outings.

They will be looking to continue this fine run of form against an opposing side who have lost three of the last four meetings between the teams, including each of the most recent two encounters.

Having let in the most goals in home games this term, Sunday's hosts will need to be wary of being undone defensively in front of their fans once again.

Heerenveen overcame lower league opposition De Treffers 2-0 on Thursday to progress into the next round of the Dutch Cup.

After a relatively uneventful opening 45 minutes, second-half goals from Siem de Jong and Joey Veerman secured the win for Johnny Jansen's men.

De Superfriezen have picked up eight of the last possible 12 points in the league and are ninth in the table at the moment off the back of their woeful start to the campaign.

Sunday's visitors follow up this weekend's game with a clash against Feyenoord on Wednesday, while their hosts tackle Heracles.

Team News

Jasper Ter Heide is ruled out through illness, while David Sambissa is set to sit out a fifth consecutive game due to a muscle injury.

Henk de Jong rang the changes for the cup tie in midweek but we expect him to revert to his strongest XI for this one.

First-choice goalkeeper Erwin Mulder has not featured since October due to a finger injury, while Pawel Bochniewicz continues to battle with a knee injury.

Twenty-year-old Arjen van der Heide has been named on the bench in each of the last two matches since his return from injury and the 20-year-old could be handed some playing minutes this weekend.

Cambuur possible starting lineup:

Stevens; Schmidt, Mac-Intosch, Schouten, Bangura; Tol, Jacobs, Maulun, Doodeman, Kallon; Uldrikis

Heerenveen possible starting lineup:

Mous; Van Beek, Bakker, Kaib, Van Ewijk; J.Veerman, Madsen, Kongolo; Halilovic, H.Veerman, Stevanovic

We say: Cambuur 1-1 Heerenveen

Both sides will feel they have what it takes to come out on top in this one, which should make for an exciting affair. We are backing a share of the spoils with the teams settling for a point apiece at the end of the 90 minutes.