Soccer preview: Home crowd has high expectations when FC Eindhoven meet MVV Maastricht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

This is Eerste Divisie and FC Eindhoven - MVV Maastricht. In this pre-match guide you'll get statistics, previous results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Eerste Divisie

This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

FC Eindhoven are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Jan Louwers Stadion. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

FC Eindhoven are confident in defense, having played 271 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for FC Eindhoven, who won 2-0 against FC Den Bosch (placed 12th). An away draw last time out for FC Eindhoven, facing FC Den Bosch in a game that ended 2-0. In their previous game, the manager Penders led his FC Eindhoven to a defeat away at FC Den Bosch. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Jan Louwers Stadion. der Sande, who usually features in attack, was the champion performer for the team in that match, earning a rating of 9.11 (out of 10). Sande scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Jong Utrecht. Before that, Eindhoven drew at home versus Jong Utrecht. Preceding that match was the home game against Jong Utrecht that was lost 4-0.

FC Eindhoven can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times. FC Eindhoven have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

There's been little loot from MVV Maastricht's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Eerste Divisie. MVV Maastricht only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. Bitter travels for MVV Maastricht as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Almere City match.

MVV Maastricht's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus FC Volendam that finished 0-1. MVV Maastricht failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs FC Volendam (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. MVV Maastricht had fun at their own home (Jan Louwers Stadion) last time out, beating FC Volendam 0-1. Midfielder van Bommel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Bommel hit four key passes.

Prior to that result MVV Maastricht won their away game at Telstar. The scoreline was 1-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Telstar that ended 1-2. A 1-2 defeat away at Telstar before that.

The attacking power of Maastricht when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. MVV Maastricht have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

FC Eindhoven and MVV Maastricht have faced off already this season: MVV Maastricht - FC Eindhoven 1-0. Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): FC Eindhoven won three games, two matches ended in a draw and MVV Maastricht managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

FC EindhovenJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
10 goals
FC EindhovenJ. Sleegers
J. Sleegers
10 goals
MVV MaastrichtM. Ntelo
M. Ntelo
7 goals

FC Eindhoven missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players

FC Eindhoven MVV Maastricht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 3 11 23
11 7 4 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 0 0 2
7 1 0 Lost L 2 8 14
40 23 15 Scored S 1 8 23
28 11 5 Conceded C 5 25 44
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 70%
43% 55% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 52%
39% 45% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 26%
26% 18% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 17%
43% 64% 80% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 48%
39% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 22%
26% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 30%
 
4.6 2.9 2.4 Corners for (avg) C F 1.3 2.9 3.4
5.2 5.1 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.3 6
1.7 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.9 11.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 8.1 7.1
4.7 5.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 3.1
37% 36% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 21% 32%
 
10.3 10.4 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 16.2 13.7
4.2 3.6 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 7.8 6.1
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 as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals at home as MVV Maastricht have scored 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.
  • MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • MVV Maastricht have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht 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 23 15 7 1 53 28 11 8 2 1 28 15 12 7 5 0 25 13 25 52
2 FC Emmen 22 14 3 5 34 15 10 7 0 3 19 6 12 7 3 2 15 9 19 45
3 Excelsior 22 13 4 5 48 29 10 5 3 2 21 13 12 8 1 3 27 16 19 43
4 Jong Ajax 22 13 4 5 49 33 11 7 2 2 27 16 11 6 2 3 22 17 16 43
5 ADO Den Haag 22 15 2 5 50 29 11 9 0 2 28 12 11 6 2 3 22 17 21 41
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 23 11 7 5 48 28 12 5 4 3 22 14 11 6 3 2 26 14 20 40
7 Graafschap 23 12 4 7 35 25 12 4 3 5 12 16 11 8 1 2 23 9 10 40
8 FC Eindhoven 23 11 5 7 40 28 11 7 3 1 23 11 12 4 2 6 17 17 12 38
9 Jong PSV 23 9 5 9 41 34 12 6 2 4 24 15 11 3 3 5 17 19 7 32
10 NAC Breda 23 7 8 8 32 29 11 5 5 1 17 7 12 2 3 7 15 22 3 29
11 VVV-Venlo 23 8 2 13 26 35 12 5 1 6 17 19 11 3 1 7 9 16 -9 26
12 FC Den Bosch 23 8 2 13 26 43 12 6 0 6 12 21 11 2 2 7 14 22 -17 26
13 Jong AZ 22 7 4 11 21 27 12 5 3 4 13 12 10 2 1 7 8 15 -6 25
14 Telstar 22 5 8 9 25 42 11 2 4 5 14 24 11 3 4 4 11 18 -17 23
15 MVV Maastricht 23 7 2 14 23 44 12 4 2 6 15 19 11 3 0 8 8 25 -21 23
16 Jong Utrecht 23 6 4 13 24 43 12 3 0 9 9 25 11 3 4 4 15 18 -19 22
17 FC Oss 22 5 6 11 26 36 10 2 4 4 14 17 12 3 2 7 12 19 -10 21
18 Helmond Sport 22 5 5 12 20 35 12 3 2 7 11 22 10 2 3 5 9 13 -15 20
19 FC Dordrecht 23 5 5 13 31 50 11 2 4 5 13 20 12 3 1 8 18 30 -19 20
20 Almere City 23 4 5 14 34 53 11 2 2 7 17 26 12 2 3 7 17 27 -19 17

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.