FC Eindhoven will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Go Ahead Eagles.
- FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Go Ahead Eagles's home stadium. The visitors last 24 games on artifical turf have ended in 11 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses.
FC Eindhoven form and stats
FC Eindhoven have collected 15 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 4-3-4. Eindhoven has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager E. Brandts and the players. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Eindhoven, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The fans are hoping that Eindhoven will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Eerste Divisie game against Jong AZ (placed 17th). Ahead of that match, Eindhoven lost 0-1 at home to NEC.
Ruud Swinkels had a busy but productive day in the Jong AZ match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
Eindhoven can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 25 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Eindhoven defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Go Ahead Eagles, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie, have an excellent away record in the Eerste Divisie so far with 7-2-2 from 11 games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Go Ahead Eagles's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Almere City game.
The manager K. van Wonderen was unhappy after their last game, a Eerste Divisie match played at their home ground De Adelaarshorst. Eagles suffered a 1-3 loss to FC Volendam (placed 7th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Jong Ajax with the score of 2-0.
Eagles goalkeeper Jay Gorter had a great day against FC Volendam, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
The travelling fans enjoy Eagles's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Eagles as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Go Ahead Eagles - Eindhoven 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five FC Eindhoven victories, one draw and four Go Ahead Eagles wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Botermans 6 goals | J. van der Sande 5 goals |  S. Beukema 4 goals |
FC Eindhoven missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| FC Eindhoven | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 34 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 30 |
| 39 | 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 77% |
| 77% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | 68% |
| 59% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 45% | 50% |
| 41% | 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 36% | 55% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 55% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 27% | 23% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 64% | 64% |
| 32% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.9 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | 33% |
- FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (14) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (7) away in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 46 | 53 |
| 2 | Almere City | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 47 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 41 |
| 5 | NEC | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 37 |
| 8 | Telstar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 25 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -13 | 20 |
| 17 | Jong AZ | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -25 | 19 |
| 18 | MVV Maastricht | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -27 | 17 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 37 | -28 | 13 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 38 | -41 | 12 |