National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Koninklijke HFC or Go Ahead Eagles that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Koninklijke nor Go Ahead Eagles as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Koninklijke HFC form and stats
The story so far in the Tweede Divisie for Koninklijke HFC at their home stadium (Sportpark Spanjaardslaan) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Tamerus led his Koninklijke HFC to a defeat away at Jong Sparta. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sportpark Spanjaardslaan.
Ahead of that match, Koninklijke HFC won a home game hosting Rijnsburgse Boys (4-0).The Koninklijke HFC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Koninklijke have conceded 6 goals.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the round of 16.The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
The attacking players of Go Ahead Eagles have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 187 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Go Ahead Eagles goalkeeper Erwin Mulder is eager to challenge this, with his 284 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Almere City in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Kuipers was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Kuipers hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Sparta Rotterdam.After this away game Eagles return home for a Eredivisie game against Vitesse. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Go Ahead Eagles as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Dijkstra 5 goals | N. Springer 4 goals |   P. Rommens 4 goals |
Koninklijke HFC missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| Koninklijke HFC | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Scored | S | 8 | 36 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 26 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 12.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 64% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 5.3 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 14.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spakenburg | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Quick Boys | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | De Treffers | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | ACV | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Koninklijke HFC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | GVVV | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | HHC | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | ADO '20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Noordwijk | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | AFC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Katwijk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Jong Sparta | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Scheveningen | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Almere City II | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Kozakken Boys | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Excelsior Maassluis | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
| 18 | Lisse | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -21 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| 2 | AZ | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 23 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | NEC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Heracles | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 10 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 10 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 14 | Almere City | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 9 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 7 |
| 18 | Ajax | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 5 |
