Eerste Divisie match preview: FC Eindhoven versus Telstar

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 05.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Eerste Divisie game of the season. FC Eindhoven look forward to welcoming Telstar in front of their home support.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

A strong away win for Eindhoven against Jong Utrecht the last match, as Lorenzo van Kleef and Kaj de Rooij were on target. In the match before that, FC Eindhoven hosted TOP Oss and drew the game 2-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FC Eindhoven have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost one.

Last season, FC Eindhoven's league statistics were 9 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Eerste Divisie. Over these 29 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 59. Playing at home last season FC Eindhoven managed 7-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 23 conceded.

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Telstar form and stats

Telstar's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus FC Volendam that finished 2-2. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Jong PSV.

It looked so good for Telstar vs FC Volendam, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Telstar are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

Let's have a look at how Telstar performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 8 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 26/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Eindhoven five wins, two draws and Telstar three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TelstarI. Bronkhorst
I. Bronkhorst
2 goals
FC EindhovenK. de Rooij
K. de Rooij
1 goals
EindhovenL. van Kleef
L. van Kleef
1 goals

FC Eindhoven missing players

Telstar missing players

FC Eindhoven Telstar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 9
4 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
FC Eindhoven Last season Telstar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   14 29
9 7   Won W   4 12
7 5   Drew D   7 8
13 3   Lost L   3 9
46 29   Scored S   26 47
59 23   Conceded C   27 48
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
93% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 83%
69% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 59%
52% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   64% 41%
24% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   43% 28%
72% 80%   BTTS BTTS   86% 66%
7% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 28%
21% 7%   Failed to Score F T   7% 10%
 
5.4 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.6
5.4 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 4
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
342 190   Total Shots T S   139 293
135 84   Shots on Target S O   55 110
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 43%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3
2 NAC Breda 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
3 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
4 Graafschap 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 SC Cambuur 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 FC Eindhoven 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Helmond Sport 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Telstar 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Almere City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 MVV Maastricht 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 TOP Oss 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 FC Den Bosch 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
17 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
19 Jong AZ 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0
20 Jong PSV 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
Last season 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 29 21 3 5 68 25 14 11 1 2 40 14 15 10 2 3 28 11 43 66
2 Graafschap 29 17 11 1 63 28 14 10 4 0 36 10 15 7 7 1 27 18 35 62
3 FC Volendam 29 16 7 6 57 42 15 9 5 1 35 20 14 7 2 5 22 22 15 55
4 Jong Ajax 29 16 6 7 72 47 14 9 3 2 40 17 15 7 3 5 32 30 25 54
5 NAC Breda 29 14 8 7 48 30 15 9 3 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 21 18 18 50
6 Go Ahead Eagles 29 12 12 5 49 41 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 5 5 4 22 27 8 48
7 Excelsior 29 13 8 8 65 55 15 9 3 3 44 32 14 4 5 5 21 23 10 47
8 NEC 29 12 9 8 51 37 14 6 5 3 24 17 15 6 4 5 27 20 14 45
9 Almere City 29 13 5 11 44 42 14 10 1 3 25 14 15 3 4 8 19 28 2 44
10 Telstar 29 12 8 9 47 48 15 8 1 6 21 21 14 4 7 3 26 27 -1 44
11 FC Den Bosch 29 10 11 8 56 49 15 6 6 3 31 20 14 4 5 5 25 29 7 38
12 Jong Utrecht 29 10 8 11 48 47 15 8 5 2 34 20 14 2 3 9 14 27 1 38
13 FC Eindhoven 29 9 7 13 46 59 15 7 5 3 29 23 14 2 2 10 17 36 -13 34
14 Jong AZ 29 7 7 15 45 61 15 6 4 5 26 25 14 1 3 10 19 36 -16 28
15 MVV Maastricht 29 7 6 16 37 53 14 6 4 4 23 17 15 1 2 12 14 36 -16 27
16 TOP Oss 29 6 7 16 28 53 14 5 3 6 17 19 15 1 4 10 11 34 -25 25
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 5 10 14 36 52 14 4 4 6 28 28 15 1 6 8 8 24 -16 22
18 Jong PSV 29 5 7 17 34 56 14 4 5 5 18 19 15 1 2 12 16 37 -22 22
19 FC Dordrecht 29 4 8 17 34 66 14 2 4 8 18 29 15 2 4 9 16 37 -32 20
20 Helmond Sport 29 3 8 18 25 62 15 2 5 8 14 25 14 1 3 10 11 37 -37 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.