On paper it looks like advantage De Graafschap in this match against MVV Maastricht, but the away team will battle to the bitter end. Here's our complete match preview!
- De Graafschap have the most clean sheets (13) in Eerste Divisie
- MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Eerste Divisie
It should be mentioned that MVV Maastricht play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for MVV Maastricht on grass are 4 victories, 1 draw and 14 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 18-41. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's no vacation for neither Graafschap nor MVV Maastricht 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.
De Graafschap form and stats
De Graafschap have collected 18 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 4-6-5. The home fans are hungry for more even though De Graafschap have been steadily collecting points here at Stadion De Vijverberg through three straight draws.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 360 minutes without scoring a league goal. Hendriks was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager Robbemond led his De Graafschap to a defeat away at Roda JC Kerkrade. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion De Vijverberg. de Pavert was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.81 out of 10. The defender Pavert hit one key pass and won 6 of 13 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at NAC Breda.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Graafschap here at Stadion De Vijverberg in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 15 games). De Graafschap have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
MVV Maastricht form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for MVV Maastricht so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-11 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for MVV Maastricht who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. ADO Den Haag was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Home advantage was not enough for Maastricht in their previous game as they lost hosting Jong AZ, 2-3. Blummel got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Blummel scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FC Den Bosch wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking MVV Maastricht's match history for similar games we find four matches. The home team won four of these as expected, one of them by at least two goals. MVV Maastricht managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Maastricht as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. MVV Maastricht have conceded 34 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head encounter ended MVV Maastricht - De Graafschap 1-3, played this season. Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): De Graafschap won eight games, zero matches ended with a tie and MVV Maastricht managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  S. Blummel 7 goals | M. Ntelo 7 goals |   J. Konings 6 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
MVV Maastricht missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 40 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 31 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 34 | 63 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 73% |
| 53% | 47% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| 23% | 27% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | 37% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 40% | 40% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 53% |
| 43% | 40% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 33% | 40% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 30% |
| 6.8 | 7.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 15.1 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.1 | 7 |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 25% | 16% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 35% |
| 9.8 | 8.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 16.8 | 13.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 8.5 | 6.4 |
- De Graafschap have the most clean sheets (13) in Eerste Divisie
- De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- MVV Maastricht have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eerste Divisie
- MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Eerste Divisie
- MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Eerste Divisie
- MVV Maastricht 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 | FC Emmen | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 64 |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 63 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 69 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 28 | 58 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 57 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 52 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 53 |
| 6 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 25 | 52 |
| 7 | ADO Den Haag | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 49 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 48 |
| 9 | De Graafschap | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 47 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 40 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 35 |
| 12 | FC Den Bosch | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 55 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 30 | -22 | 33 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 32 |
| 14 | TOP Oss | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 31 |
| 15 | Almere City | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 31 | -14 | 29 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 40 | -22 | 29 |
| 17 | Telstar | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 56 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -23 | 29 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -25 | 28 |
| 19 | MVV Maastricht | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 31 | 63 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 34 | -32 | 26 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -27 | 21 |
