De Graafschap will want to draw on their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s adversaries. The home team are currently 20 points behind FC Emmen.
- De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eerste Divisie
This should be an interesting fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
De Graafschap form and stats
4-6-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for De Graafschap so far this season.
It's back home for De Graafschap, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating FC Eindhoven away with the result 2-1. Kaandorp and Neghli found the net in that victory. Neghli (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Neghli scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Graafschap lost 1-3 at home to MVV Maastricht.De Graafschap aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion De Vijverberg in the league, with only 15 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Graafschap's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Emmen form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses in the Eerste Divisie. FC Emmen have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
Emmen go into this game after a win, the home game against Telstar that ended 2-1. Azzouzi got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Azzouzi hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 48 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against VVV-Venlo with the score of 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by FC Emmen in our archives, and the results are: three wins for FC Emmen, one draw and two defeats.
FC Emmen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 21 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Emmen as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have played each other before in this season, with the result FC Emmen - De Graafschap 0-2 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four De Graafschap victories, three draws and three FC Emmen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Mendes 11 goals | J. Hilterman 8 goals |  R. Kharchouch 7 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
FC Emmen missing players
| De Graafschap | FC Emmen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 43 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | 54 |
| 35 | 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 84% | 81% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 62% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 69% |
| 56% | 50% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 25% | 31% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | 16% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 41% | 38% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 31% | 38% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 6.9 | 8.1 | 8.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 15.6 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.8 | 11.1 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| 25% | 16% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 27% | 30% |
| 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
- De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the most points (34) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the the best goal difference (+32) in Eerste Divisie
| 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 Emmen | 32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 32 | 70 |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 25 | 64 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 73 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 31 | 62 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 60 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 58 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 68 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 54 |
| 6 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 63 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 25 | 53 |
| 7 | ADO Den Haag | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 18 | 53 |
| 8 | De Graafschap | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 50 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 48 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 20 | -4 | 41 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Almere City | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 58 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 35 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 57 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 32 | -24 | 34 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 47 | 68 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 41 | -21 | 32 |
| 17 | Telstar | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -24 | 32 |
| 18 | MVV Maastricht | 32 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 34 | 67 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 35 | -33 | 29 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -26 | 28 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 58 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -26 | 24 |
