Eerste Divisie match preview: FC Dordrecht versus Telstar

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 29.March
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion (4088 seats)

FC Dordrecht hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 21 points and a 19th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Visiting Telstar holds 10th place with 37 pts.

Insights:
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (28) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eerste Divisie

FC Dordrecht and Telstar should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. FC Dordrecht, who have the fewest scored goals (28) in Eerste Divisie, have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion.

In their previous game, the manager J. Zoutman led his Dordrecht to a defeat in the Eerste Divisie match away at Go Ahead Eagles. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion. Preceding that match was a defeat to FC Oss (1-3).

Dordrecht were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Dordrecht are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at De Graafschap awaits in four days.

Dordrecht has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Dordrecht with 28 goals conceded in these matches.

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Telstar form and stats

Playing away, Telstar have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Telstar are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Impressive finishing from Glynor Plet, Cas Dijkstra and Ozan Kökcü secured the home win 3-1 against Roda JC Kerkrade in their previous game. A loss against De Graafschap was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jong Utrecht in just four days.

The visiting Telstar have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Telstar's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Telstar - FC Dordrecht 2-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Dordrecht one win, one draw and Telstar eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
15 goals
TelstarI. Bronkhorst
I. Bronkhorst
8 goals
TelstarS. Soto
S. Soto
7 goals

FC Dordrecht missing players

Telstar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Dordrecht Telstar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 6 Played P 5 14 29
6 3 2 Won W 2 5 10
3 3 1 Drew D 1 3 7
20 8 3 Lost L 2 6 12
28 16 7 Scored S 6 17 48
75 28 13 Conceded C 9 21 44
93% 86% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 86% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
72% 71% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 62%
52% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 31%
28% 21% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 17%
55% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 76%
17% 21% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
34% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.5 10.7 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10.4 10.3
3.7 4.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.9 4.3
26% 25% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 39%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest points (12) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (16) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (28) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) 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 (-47) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Telstar have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar 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 SC Cambuur 28 21 4 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 14 10 4 0 35 9 55 67
2 De Graafschap 29 20 4 5 58 37 15 10 3 2 28 16 14 10 1 3 30 21 21 64
3 Almere City 29 19 5 5 65 38 15 11 2 2 29 7 14 8 3 3 36 31 27 62
4 NAC Breda 29 18 5 6 58 29 14 10 1 3 32 14 15 8 4 3 26 15 29 59
5 Go Ahead Eagles 29 17 6 6 46 19 15 7 4 4 20 11 14 10 2 2 26 8 27 57
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 29 12 9 8 55 44 14 6 5 3 27 18 15 6 4 5 28 26 11 45
9 Excelsior 29 11 4 14 54 50 14 6 1 7 30 26 15 5 3 7 24 24 4 37
10 Telstar 29 10 7 12 48 44 15 5 4 6 31 23 14 5 3 6 17 21 4 37
11 Jong Ajax 30 9 7 14 50 61 15 4 4 7 23 30 15 5 3 7 27 31 -11 34
12 FC Oss 29 10 4 15 32 49 15 6 2 7 23 25 14 4 2 8 9 24 -17 34
13 Helmond Sport 29 8 9 12 40 52 15 6 2 7 21 28 14 2 7 5 19 24 -12 33
14 MVV Maastricht 29 9 5 15 35 58 14 6 2 6 23 31 15 3 3 9 12 27 -23 32
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 28 7 8 13 38 49 14 4 4 6 27 26 14 3 4 7 11 23 -11 29
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 29 6 3 20 28 75 14 3 3 8 16 28 15 3 0 12 12 47 -47 21
20 FC Den Bosch 29 4 7 18 33 68 14 3 5 6 20 23 15 1 2 12 13 45 -35 19

Table
  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 28 21 4 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 14 10 4 0 35 9 55 67
2 De Graafschap 29 20 4 5 58 37 15 10 3 2 28 16 14 10 1 3 30 21 21 64
3 Almere City 29 19 5 5 65 38 15 11 2 2 29 7 14 8 3 3 36 31 27 62
4 NAC Breda 29 18 5 6 58 29 14 10 1 3 32 14 15 8 4 3 26 15 29 59
5 Go Ahead Eagles 29 17 6 6 46 19 15 7 4 4 20 11 14 10 2 2 26 8 27 57
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 29 12 9 8 55 44 14 6 5 3 27 18 15 6 4 5 28 26 11 45
9 Excelsior 29 11 4 14 54 50 14 6 1 7 30 26 15 5 3 7 24 24 4 37
10 Telstar 29 10 7 12 48 44 15 5 4 6 31 23 14 5 3 6 17 21 4 37
11 Jong Ajax 30 9 7 14 50 61 15 4 4 7 23 30 15 5 3 7 27 31 -11 34
12 FC Oss 29 10 4 15 32 49 15 6 2 7 23 25 14 4 2 8 9 24 -17 34
13 Helmond Sport 29 8 9 12 40 52 15 6 2 7 21 28 14 2 7 5 19 24 -12 33
14 MVV Maastricht 29 9 5 15 35 58 14 6 2 6 23 31 15 3 3 9 12 27 -23 32
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 28 7 8 13 38 49 14 4 4 6 27 26 14 3 4 7 11 23 -11 29
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 29 6 3 20 28 75 14 3 3 8 16 28 15 3 0 12 12 47 -47 21
20 FC Den Bosch 29 4 7 18 33 68 14 3 5 6 20 23 15 1 2 12 13 45 -35 19

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