Eerste Divisie prediction and pre-match guide: FC Eindhoven small front runner to get the better of Jong Utrecht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 14.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

The home team stadium regulars expect a win in this game, as the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a struggling visitor. FC Eindhoven are in 8th spot while the guesting Jong Utrecht fret at 15th.

Insights:
  • FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jong Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Jong Utrecht could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four sleeps ago.

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Jan Louwers Stadion as FC Eindhoven have scored 19 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by FC Eindhoven, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

An away draw last time out for Eindhoven, facing NAC Breda in a game that ended 0-0. Dahlhaus was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.81 out of 10. The defender Dahlhaus hit two key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Roda JC Kerkrade that ended 1-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from FC Eindhoven's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn two and lost zero.

Eindhoven have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Louwers Stadion with 19 goals in 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Jong Utrecht form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.

Utrecht have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 183 minutes ago. Venema was the goal scorer.

Jong Utrecht failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs Jong Ajax (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Graafschap.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Utrecht when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning one game.

Jong Utrecht has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. Utrecht have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting ended Jong Utrecht - Eindhoven 0-6, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: FC Eindhoven won six, Jong Utrecht triumphed in one and we saw three draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

EindhovenJ. Sleegers
J. Sleegers
9 goals
FC EindhovenJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
8 goals
FC EindhovenM. Amevor
M. Amevor
2 goals

FC Eindhoven missing players

Jong Utrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Eindhoven Jong Utrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 5 Played P 3 10 21
9 6 4 Won W 1 3 6
5 3 1 Drew D 1 4 4
7 1 0 Lost L 1 3 11
34 19 12 Scored S 4 15 24
28 11 5 Conceded C 4 14 35
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 81%
43% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 62%
38% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 24%
29% 20% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
48% 70% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 57%
33% 30% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 14%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
4.5 2.8 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 6.1 5.4
5.4 5.1 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 6.1 5.2
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.5 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.3 11.2 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 10.5 11
4.6 5.7 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.6 4.3
35% 33% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 33% 27%
 
10.4 10.3 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 14.2 13.2
4.2 3.6 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.5 5.2
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Eindhoven have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Eindhoven have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Jong Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Utrecht have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Jong Utrecht 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 Volendam 21 14 6 1 52 28 11 8 2 1 28 15 10 6 4 0 24 13 24 48
2 Excelsior 20 13 3 4 48 26 9 5 2 2 21 13 11 8 1 2 27 13 22 42
3 FC Emmen 21 13 3 5 32 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 12 7 3 2 15 9 17 42
4 Jong Ajax 21 12 4 5 47 32 10 6 2 2 25 15 11 6 2 3 22 17 15 40
5 ADO Den Haag 20 14 2 4 48 24 10 8 0 2 26 12 10 6 2 2 22 12 24 38
6 Graafschap 21 11 3 7 34 25 11 3 3 5 11 16 10 8 0 2 23 9 9 36
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 21 9 7 5 39 28 11 4 4 3 17 14 10 5 3 2 22 14 11 34
8 FC Eindhoven 21 9 5 7 34 28 10 6 3 1 19 11 11 3 2 6 15 17 6 32
9 NAC Breda 21 7 7 7 32 27 10 5 4 1 17 7 11 2 3 6 15 20 5 28
10 Jong PSV 21 7 5 9 34 33 11 5 2 4 21 15 10 2 3 5 13 18 1 26
11 VVV-Venlo 21 8 2 11 25 29 11 5 1 5 16 15 10 3 1 6 9 14 -4 26
12 FC Den Bosch 21 8 2 11 25 39 11 6 0 5 12 19 10 2 2 6 13 20 -14 26
13 MVV Maastricht 21 7 2 12 22 41 11 4 2 5 15 18 10 3 0 7 7 23 -19 23
14 Jong AZ 20 6 4 10 19 25 11 4 3 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 22
15 Jong Utrecht 21 6 4 11 24 35 11 3 0 8 9 21 10 3 4 3 15 14 -11 22
16 Helmond Sport 21 5 5 11 19 32 11 3 2 6 10 19 10 2 3 5 9 13 -13 20
17 Telstar 21 4 8 9 23 41 10 1 4 5 12 23 11 3 4 4 11 18 -18 20
18 FC Oss 20 4 6 10 23 33 10 2 4 4 14 17 10 2 2 6 9 16 -10 18
19 Almere City 21 4 5 12 34 48 10 2 2 6 17 22 11 2 3 6 17 26 -14 17
20 FC Dordrecht 21 3 5 13 25 50 10 1 4 5 11 20 11 2 1 8 14 30 -25 14

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 FC Volendam 21 14 6 1 52 28 11 8 2 1 28 15 10 6 4 0 24 13 24 48
2 Excelsior 20 13 3 4 48 26 9 5 2 2 21 13 11 8 1 2 27 13 22 42
3 FC Emmen 21 13 3 5 32 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 12 7 3 2 15 9 17 42
4 Jong Ajax 21 12 4 5 47 32 10 6 2 2 25 15 11 6 2 3 22 17 15 40
5 ADO Den Haag 20 14 2 4 48 24 10 8 0 2 26 12 10 6 2 2 22 12 24 38
6 Graafschap 21 11 3 7 34 25 11 3 3 5 11 16 10 8 0 2 23 9 9 36
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 21 9 7 5 39 28 11 4 4 3 17 14 10 5 3 2 22 14 11 34
8 FC Eindhoven 21 9 5 7 34 28 10 6 3 1 19 11 11 3 2 6 15 17 6 32
9 NAC Breda 21 7 7 7 32 27 10 5 4 1 17 7 11 2 3 6 15 20 5 28
10 Jong PSV 21 7 5 9 34 33 11 5 2 4 21 15 10 2 3 5 13 18 1 26
11 VVV-Venlo 21 8 2 11 25 29 11 5 1 5 16 15 10 3 1 6 9 14 -4 26
12 FC Den Bosch 21 8 2 11 25 39 11 6 0 5 12 19 10 2 2 6 13 20 -14 26
13 MVV Maastricht 21 7 2 12 22 41 11 4 2 5 15 18 10 3 0 7 7 23 -19 23
14 Jong AZ 20 6 4 10 19 25 11 4 3 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 22
15 Jong Utrecht 21 6 4 11 24 35 11 3 0 8 9 21 10 3 4 3 15 14 -11 22
16 Helmond Sport 21 5 5 11 19 32 11 3 2 6 10 19 10 2 3 5 9 13 -13 20
17 Telstar 21 4 8 9 23 41 10 1 4 5 12 23 11 3 4 4 11 18 -18 20
18 FC Oss 20 4 6 10 23 33 10 2 4 4 14 17 10 2 2 6 9 16 -10 18
19 Almere City 21 4 5 12 34 48 10 2 2 6 17 22 11 2 3 6 17 26 -14 17
20 FC Dordrecht 21 3 5 13 25 50 10 1 4 5 11 20 11 2 1 8 14 30 -25 14

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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.