FC Dordrecht and FC Eindhoven followers look forward to Eerste Divisie bout at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion (4088 seats)

Running out at their own ground is safe and friendly for FC Dordrecht, but FC Eindhoven are fully bent and qualified to win. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (68) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven have won significantly more corners away than at home.

This field has grass, which is not FC Eindhoven's normal surface at their own football field. When appearing on grass FC Eindhoven have performed like this: Played 18 matches resulting in 3 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats with the goal numbers 16-30 (scored/conceded).

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for FC Dordrecht at their home stadium (Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion.

Dordrecht's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus ADO Den Haag (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Suray (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Suray served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Telstar (0-1).

A decent goal production from FC Dordrecht in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded. When FC Dordrecht hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like MVV Maastricht, Jong Utrecht, Telstar, TOP Oss, Almere City and Helmond Sport), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Eindhoven in their previous game as they lost hosting Graafschap, 1-2. Keersmaecker got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Keersmaecker hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 36 successful passes (of 39 total).

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Jong Ajax.

FC Eindhoven has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 16 games. As opposed to that, FC Eindhoven have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the contenders played each other previously this campaign; FC Eindhoven - FC Dordrecht 5-1. Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for Dordrecht, one draw and six wins for FC Eindhoven. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

FC EindhovenJ. Sleegers
J. Sleegers
16 goals
FC EindhovenJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
12 goals
FC DordrechtS. Meijer
S. Meijer
10 goals

FC Dordrecht missing players

FC Eindhoven missing players

FC Dordrecht FC Eindhoven
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 5 16 32
8 5 0 Won W 3 7 17
8 6 2 Drew D 0 3 7
16 5 1 Lost L 2 6 8
47 25 6 Scored S 10 26 60
68 27 9 Conceded C 5 22 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
84% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 78%
75% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 53%
53% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 41%
22% 19% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 22%
69% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 53%
9% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 34%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 19%
 
3.9 4.4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 5.6 4.4
7.1 7.1 9.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.2
2.6 2.7 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.6 11.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.7 10.7
4.5 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.9 4.8
33% 28% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 42% 39%
 
14.7 14.9 21.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 10.2 9.8
6.3 6.4 10 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.4 3.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (68) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Eindhoven have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 31 21 4 6 52 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 16 10 4 2 21 10 31 67
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 31 18 5 8 70 42 15 8 3 4 35 19 16 10 2 4 35 23 28 59
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 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 31 12 4 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 22 24 15 6 1 8 18 20 -4 40
11 Jong PSV 30 10 6 14 50 50 16 7 3 6 30 23 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 36
12 Jong AZ 31 10 5 16 31 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -10 35
13 FC Den Bosch 31 10 3 18 33 57 15 8 0 7 18 25 16 2 3 11 15 32 -24 33
14 TOP Oss 31 8 8 15 39 49 16 5 5 6 24 24 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 32
15 Almere City 31 8 8 15 46 58 16 4 4 8 22 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -12 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 31 7 11 13 35 58 16 4 5 7 19 33 15 3 6 6 16 25 -23 32
18 MVV Maastricht 31 9 2 20 34 64 15 4 2 9 18 29 16 5 0 11 16 35 -30 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 31 7 6 18 32 55 16 4 3 9 18 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -23 24

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.