Eerste Divisie match prediction and preview for FC Emmen vs FC Eindhoven clash

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Emmen's stadium, De Oude Meerdijk, has a grass surface. FC Eindhoven have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for FC Eindhoven when playing on grass; 4 wins, 2 draws and 12 losses from 18 matches. They have scored 18 goals in these games and conceded 39.

FC Emmen form and stats

Last season, FC Emmen's league statistics were 9 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Eredivisie. Over these 26 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 45. Playing at home last season FC Emmen managed 9-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 12 conceded.

Emmen manager D. Lukkien and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Telstar (placed 8th) in the Eerste Divisie. Jasin Assehnoun (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Assehnoun served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).

Before that, Emmen drew at home versus NAC Breda (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties).

FC Eindhoven form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Eindhoven performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 10 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 62 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 17/32 goals scored/conceded.

Eindhoven played 2-2 against FC Volendam in their previous match. The attacker Joey Sleegers got a match rating of 8.82 in that game. Sleegers scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 6 times. The match against FC Volendam looked like a defeat for Eindhoven, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Joey Sleegers equalized in the 90th minute.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Jong Utrecht.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Emmen won six games, two matches ended with a draw and FC Eindhoven has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

J. Sleegers 2 goals

J. Hilterman 1 goals

FC Emmen missing players

FC Eindhoven missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	FC Den Bosch	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
2	FC Oss	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
3	FC Eindhoven	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	FC Volendam	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
5	FC Dordrecht	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6	FC Emmen	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
7	Jong PSV	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
8	Telstar	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9	ADO Den Haag	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Almere City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Graafschap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jong Ajax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Jong AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Jong Utrecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MVV Maastricht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	NAC Breda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Roda JC Kerkrade	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	VVV-Venlo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Excelsior	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
20	Helmond Sport	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0