FC Eindhoven receive FC Dordrecht as obvious favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 30.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

There should be a considerable gulf in quality between these sides based on the league table so far, with FC Eindhoven in front of FC Dordrecht by 11 points.

Insights:
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Eerste Divisie

1 - 0 - 21 with 18-76. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for FC Dordrecht when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. FC Dordrecht play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

FC Eindhoven have collected 10 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 3-1-0.

The spoils were shared in FC Eindhoven's previous game, also at home. Visiting Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 3-3 scoreline. Opportunity lost for Eindhoven in the Roda JC Kerkrade match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The attacker Rottier was announced as "man of the match" for FC Eindhoven with a rating of 8.22/10. Rottier scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, FC Eindhoven played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Almere City.

Goals are plentiful at Jan Louwers Stadion in the league this season as Eindhoven has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of FC Dordrecht playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as FC Dordrecht have lost on their last two travels.

FC Dordrecht failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs MVV Maastricht (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Schuurman got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Schuurman hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Helmond Sport's place.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Dordrecht played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 3 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 4 times.

Goals from both teams? This team's most recent statistics suggest that, having completed 6 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each side.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. FC Dordrecht struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

FC Eindhoven have been victorious in all of the 4 latest fixtures against this opponent. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

FC EindhovenN. Bannis
N. Bannis
4 goals
FC EindhovenO. Kökcü
O. Kökcü
4 goals
FC EindhovenE. Rottier
E. Rottier
3 goals

FC Eindhoven missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

FC Eindhoven FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 0 4 8
5 3 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 3 5
17 11 0 Scored S 0 3 8
7 4 0 Conceded C 0 7 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 88%
50% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 62%
38% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 75%
38% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5.4 6.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.4
5.2 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.9
2.4 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 8.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7.4
4.1 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 2.6
52% 61% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 38%
 
8.9 7.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.8 8.9
2.6 2.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.2
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Dordrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have yet to win a game away.
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Eindhoven have not yet lost a game.
  • FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Eindhoven have scored in all their matches so far.
  • FC Eindhoven have scored more than double the goals of FC Dordrecht.
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) 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 PEC Zwolle 8 6 1 1 23 10 4 2 1 1 9 7 4 4 0 0 14 3 13 19
2 Heracles Almelo 8 6 1 1 22 9 4 3 1 0 13 5 4 3 0 1 9 4 13 19
3 FC Eindhoven 8 5 3 0 17 7 4 3 1 0 11 4 4 2 2 0 6 3 10 18
4 Roda JC Kerkrade 8 4 3 1 15 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 2 2 0 9 4 5 15
5 Willem II 8 4 3 1 11 7 4 3 1 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 15
6 NAC Breda 8 4 2 2 12 10 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 14
7 MVV Maastricht 8 4 2 2 16 15 4 3 1 0 11 4 4 1 1 2 5 11 1 14
8 VVV-Venlo 8 4 2 2 14 14 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 14
9 Jong AZ 8 4 1 3 16 12 4 3 0 1 11 7 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 13
10 Jong Ajax 8 3 2 3 15 13 4 3 1 0 13 3 4 0 1 3 2 10 2 11
11 Almere City 8 3 1 4 10 12 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 1 0 3 4 10 -2 10
12 Jong PSV 8 2 3 3 9 14 4 2 0 2 4 7 4 0 3 1 5 7 -5 9
13 ADO Den Haag 8 2 2 4 10 14 3 1 1 1 6 4 5 1 1 3 4 10 -4 8
14 Telstar 8 2 2 4 6 14 4 1 0 3 2 10 4 1 2 1 4 4 -8 8
15 TOP Oss 8 2 1 5 10 14 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 4 8 -4 7
16 FC Dordrecht 8 2 1 5 8 13 4 2 0 2 5 6 4 0 1 3 3 7 -5 7
17 Helmond Sport 8 2 0 6 7 12 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 0 0 4 1 7 -5 6
18 FC Den Bosch 8 2 0 6 10 16 4 1 0 3 6 9 4 1 0 3 4 7 -6 6
19 De Graafschap 8 1 2 5 9 16 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 1 0 3 5 10 -7 5
20 Jong Utrecht 8 1 2 5 6 14 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 4 3 10 -8 5

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.