FC Eindhoven should not await any donations from the home team De Graafschap in this Eerste Divisie game. Here's your broad preview!
- De Graafschap have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eerste Divisie
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting FC Eindhoven have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-8-5 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
De Graafschap form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for De Graafschap at their home stadium (Stadion De Vijverberg) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Ever since the Almere City game De Graafschap has been unbeatable here at Stadion De Vijverberg producing four straight wins.
It's back home for De Graafschap, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Helmond Sport away with the result 2-0. Kaandorp and Neghli found the net in that victory. Defender Hillen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.43/10. Hillen served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match, De Graafschap won a home game hosting Jong PSV (3-2).Graafschap have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion De Vijverberg with 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
FC Eindhoven form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.
FC Eindhoven go into this game after a win, the home game against Telstar that ended 3-0. Attacker Rottier got a player rating of 8.24 in the game. "Man of the match" Rottier scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, the FC Eindhoven manager Penders faced defeat when travelling to PEC Zwolle and losing 2-5.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with FC Eindhoven playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Eindhoven win, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
FC Eindhoven are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As for defending, FC Eindhoven rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Graafschap won five games, three matches ended with a draw and FC Eindhoven managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gravenberch 4 goals |  C. Neghli 4 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
FC Eindhoven missing players
| De Graafschap | FC Eindhoven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| 25 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 75% |
| 56% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 56% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 31% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 13.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.5 | 7.9 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 50% |
| 9.6 | 8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.9 | 9.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
- All of De Graafschap's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- De Graafschap have scored in all their matches so far.
- De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 33 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Almere City | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 7 | Jong AZ | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Willem II | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | De Graafschap | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | FC Den Bosch | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Telstar | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | NAC Breda | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 18 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -17 | 15 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 9 |
