Preview: FC Eindhoven the probable winner when Jong Utrecht comes to visit

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

Turn on the lights for FC Eindhoven - Jong Utrecht! Forget the ups and downs, this match could be cracking!

Insights:
  • FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (32) in Eerste Divisie

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

9 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what FC Eindhoven have to build on here at Jan Louwers Stadion in the Eerste Divisie.

FC Eindhoven's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus NAC Breda (placed 7th). Midfield player Keersmaecker got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Keersmaecker served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Before that, FC Eindhoven played out a draw 2-2 when visiting VVV-Venlo.

Goals from both sides! That has happened in 7 league matches in a row for this team. Could it happen again?

Goals decide football matches and Eindhoven are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 17 league matches. On the other hand, FC Eindhoven have conceded 22 goals.

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Jong Utrecht form and stats

Jong Utrecht have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-2-13 (17 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Jong Utrecht, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Utrecht are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Jong Ajax (placed 15th). Late drama in the previous game, when Descotte scored the winning goal seven minutes into stoppage time to defeat Jong Ajax. Kluivert, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.32. Kluivert won 3 of 4 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jong AZ wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

The attacking power of Jong Utrecht when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Jong Utrecht, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

FC Eindhoven have won or drawn the last 10 games (7-3-0) versus Jong Utrecht.

Here's the end result when the teams met earlier this season; Jong Utrecht - Eindhoven 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

FC EindhovenC. Brym
C. Brym
10 goals
FC EindhovenN. Bannis
N. Bannis
8 goals
FC EindhovenE. Rottier
E. Rottier
8 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
34 17 5 Played P 6 17 34
14 9 3 Won W 0 2 7
9 4 2 Drew D 2 2 5
11 4 0 Lost L 4 13 22
53 35 14 Scored S 5 15 32
51 22 6 Conceded C 16 39 59
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 74%
56% 65% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 65% 47%
35% 41% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 35% 26%
21% 29% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 15%
56% 59% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 59% 44%
21% 24% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
24% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 41% 47%
 
4.3 4.2 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.4 4.4
5.1 5.6 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.4 4.9
1.8 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.9
7 5 1 Red cards R C 3 4 4
 
10.4 9.1 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.5 10.7
4 3.6 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.8 3.9
39% 57% 78% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 23% 24%
 
10.4 10.1 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 13.2 12.2
3.7 3.3 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5.8 5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jong Utrecht have scored away.
  • FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jong Utrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Jong Utrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jong Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest points (8) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (32) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 PEC Zwolle 34 24 4 6 88 37 17 13 2 2 51 17 17 11 2 4 37 20 51 76
2 Heracles Almelo 34 23 4 7 92 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 17 10 1 6 36 24 51 73
3 Almere City 34 19 6 9 50 37 17 9 4 4 28 19 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 63
4 Willem II 33 17 8 8 59 35 17 11 2 4 31 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 24 59
5 MVV Maastricht 34 17 5 12 61 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 17 5 2 10 22 39 3 56
6 VVV-Venlo 34 15 8 11 52 47 17 5 7 5 22 20 17 10 1 6 30 27 5 53
7 NAC Breda 33 16 4 13 56 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 17 7 2 8 27 35 0 52
8 FC Eindhoven 34 14 9 11 53 51 17 9 4 4 35 22 17 5 5 7 18 29 2 51
9 Graafschap 34 13 7 14 56 48 17 8 2 7 26 19 17 5 5 7 30 29 8 46
10 ADO Den Haag 34 12 10 12 43 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 17 6 6 5 17 22 -6 46
11 Telstar 34 12 10 12 35 49 17 7 4 6 20 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -14 46
12 Jong AZ 34 12 8 14 54 53 17 8 6 3 36 21 17 4 2 11 18 32 1 44
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 12 6 16 43 48 17 7 3 7 24 22 17 5 3 9 19 26 -5 42
14 Jong PSV 34 11 8 15 55 57 17 7 2 8 30 27 17 4 6 7 25 30 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 34 10 10 14 63 66 17 6 5 6 36 27 17 4 5 8 27 39 -3 40
16 Helmond Sport 34 10 8 16 33 51 17 7 3 7 23 21 17 3 5 9 10 30 -18 38
17 FC Dordrecht 34 9 6 19 36 57 17 6 3 8 20 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -21 33
18 FC Den Bosch 34 10 3 21 44 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 17 3 1 13 16 49 -35 33
19 FC Oss 34 9 5 20 41 68 17 5 3 9 26 32 17 4 2 11 15 36 -27 32
20 Jong Utrecht 34 7 5 22 32 59 17 5 3 9 17 20 17 2 2 13 15 39 -27 26

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 PEC Zwolle 34 24 4 6 88 37 17 13 2 2 51 17 17 11 2 4 37 20 51 76
2 Heracles Almelo 34 23 4 7 92 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 17 10 1 6 36 24 51 73
3 Almere City 34 19 6 9 50 37 17 9 4 4 28 19 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 63
4 Willem II 33 17 8 8 59 35 17 11 2 4 31 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 24 59
5 MVV Maastricht 34 17 5 12 61 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 17 5 2 10 22 39 3 56
6 VVV-Venlo 34 15 8 11 52 47 17 5 7 5 22 20 17 10 1 6 30 27 5 53
7 NAC Breda 33 16 4 13 56 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 17 7 2 8 27 35 0 52
8 FC Eindhoven 34 14 9 11 53 51 17 9 4 4 35 22 17 5 5 7 18 29 2 51
9 Graafschap 34 13 7 14 56 48 17 8 2 7 26 19 17 5 5 7 30 29 8 46
10 ADO Den Haag 34 12 10 12 43 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 17 6 6 5 17 22 -6 46
11 Telstar 34 12 10 12 35 49 17 7 4 6 20 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -14 46
12 Jong AZ 34 12 8 14 54 53 17 8 6 3 36 21 17 4 2 11 18 32 1 44
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 12 6 16 43 48 17 7 3 7 24 22 17 5 3 9 19 26 -5 42
14 Jong PSV 34 11 8 15 55 57 17 7 2 8 30 27 17 4 6 7 25 30 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 34 10 10 14 63 66 17 6 5 6 36 27 17 4 5 8 27 39 -3 40
16 Helmond Sport 34 10 8 16 33 51 17 7 3 7 23 21 17 3 5 9 10 30 -18 38
17 FC Dordrecht 34 9 6 19 36 57 17 6 3 8 20 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -21 33
18 FC Den Bosch 34 10 3 21 44 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 17 3 1 13 16 49 -35 33
19 FC Oss 34 9 5 20 41 68 17 5 3 9 26 32 17 4 2 11 15 36 -27 32
20 Jong Utrecht 34 7 5 22 32 59 17 5 3 9 17 20 17 2 2 13 15 39 -27 26

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