Another action-packed fixture in Eerste Divisie as De Graafschap welcome FC Dordrecht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 02.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The De Graafschap fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and FC Dordrecht's 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (29) in Eerste Divisie

FC Dordrecht could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four sleeps ago.

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Stadion De Vijverberg. 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

Graafschap faced defeat in their previous match, away at NAC Breda (1-3). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Excelsior that ended 1-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for De Graafschap as they are travelling to their away game against Jong Utrecht in the Eerste Divisie. That match is three days after this one.

Graafschap have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion De Vijverberg with 28 goals in 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, De Graafschap have conceded 16 goals.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Dordrecht, who have the fewest scored goals (29) in Eerste Divisie, so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-12 (win-draw-lose).

Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Go Ahead Eagles's place.

A new game in only three days for FC Dordrecht, the Eerste Divisie home match versus FC Eindhoven. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. There are big problems for the Dordrecht defense as they have conceded 47 goals in 15 away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result FC Dordrecht - Graafschap 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Graafschap victories, two draws and four FC Dordrecht wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GraafschapR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
13 goals
De GraafschapE. Lieftink
E. Lieftink
8 goals
De GraafschapD. van Mieghem
D. van Mieghem
8 goals

De Graafschap missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

De Graafschap FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 4 15 30
20 10 4 Won W 1 3 7
4 3 2 Drew D 0 0 3
6 2 0 Lost L 3 12 20
59 28 13 Scored S 2 12 29
40 16 7 Conceded C 13 47 75
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
83% 80% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 87% 83%
60% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 73% 70%
40% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 53% 50%
23% 13% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 27%
63% 53% 83% BTTS BTTS 25% 53% 53%
30% 40% 17% Clean Sheets C S 25% 13% 20%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 14.1 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.3 9.5
5.8 5.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3 3.8
34% 31% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 27% 25%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have scored more than double the goals of FC Dordrecht.
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (29) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (47) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the the worst goal difference (-35) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the the worst goal difference (-46) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 30 22 4 4 81 25 15 12 0 3 45 13 15 10 4 1 36 12 56 70
2 De Graafschap 30 20 4 6 59 40 15 10 3 2 28 16 15 10 1 4 31 24 19 64
3 NAC Breda 30 19 5 6 61 30 15 11 1 3 35 15 15 8 4 3 26 15 31 62
4 Almere City 30 19 5 6 65 40 15 11 2 2 29 7 15 8 3 4 36 33 25 62
5 Go Ahead Eagles 30 17 7 6 49 22 15 7 4 4 20 11 15 10 3 2 29 11 27 58
6 NEC 30 17 5 8 59 33 15 9 3 3 28 13 15 8 2 5 31 20 26 56
7 FC Volendam 30 14 8 8 64 41 15 6 3 6 33 23 15 8 5 2 31 18 23 50
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 13 9 8 58 45 15 7 5 3 30 19 15 6 4 5 28 26 13 48
9 Telstar 30 10 7 13 48 45 15 5 4 6 31 23 15 5 3 7 17 22 3 37
10 Excelsior 30 11 4 15 54 53 15 6 1 8 30 29 15 5 3 7 24 24 1 37
11 Helmond Sport 30 9 9 12 43 52 15 6 2 7 21 28 15 3 7 5 22 24 -9 36
12 TOP Oss 30 10 5 15 32 49 15 6 2 7 23 25 15 4 3 8 9 24 -17 35
13 MVV Maastricht 30 10 5 15 37 58 15 7 2 6 25 31 15 3 3 9 12 27 -21 35
14 Jong Ajax 30 9 7 14 50 61 15 4 4 7 23 30 15 5 3 7 27 31 -11 34
15 Jong PSV 30 8 6 16 46 58 15 3 5 7 19 23 15 5 1 9 27 35 -12 30
16 FC Eindhoven 30 7 9 14 38 52 15 4 5 6 27 26 15 3 4 8 11 26 -14 30
17 Jong Utrecht 30 9 1 20 40 62 15 5 0 10 20 30 15 4 1 10 20 32 -22 28
18 Jong AZ 30 7 5 18 42 79 15 4 3 8 28 40 15 3 2 10 14 39 -37 26
19 FC Dordrecht 30 7 3 20 29 75 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 3 0 12 12 47 -46 24
20 FC Den Bosch 30 4 8 18 36 71 15 3 6 6 23 26 15 1 2 12 13 45 -35 20

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.