Creeping up on the top teams is the mission when these two mid-table teams battle it out. Both are aiming to strenghten their league position, FC Emmen in 8th and FC Den Bosch in 13th position.
- FC Emmen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This should be an appealing game with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This field uses the playing surface grass, unlike FC Den Bosch's home arena. The former 19 games by the guests on grass have resulted in 4 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses.
FC Emmen form and stats
FC Emmen have played three Eerste Divisie home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Emmen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at NAC Breda's place. The match ended 2-1 with Rui Mendes and Lorenzo Burnet scoring. Rui Mendes (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.31/10. Mendes scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Emmen had a home game versus MVV Maastricht which ended with a victory 7-1.Emmen can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. On the other hand, Emmen have conceded 4 goals.
FC Den Bosch form and stats
Things could have gone better for FC Den Bosch in their Eerste Divisie away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as FC Den Bosch have lost on their last two travels.
Bosch go into this game after a win, the home game against Jong AZ that ended 2-1. Goalkeeper Wouter Van der Steen was absolutely vital in the FC Den Bosch victory against Jong AZ, making eight saves. Goalkeeper Wouter Van der Steen got the top player rating of the team with 8.65/10. Steen stopped the opponent with eight saves.
Prior to that match, the Bosch manager J. de Gier faced defeat when travelling to VVV-Venlo and losing 1-2.Many goals are not expected from the visiting FC Den Bosch as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Bosch have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
FC Emmen-FC Den Bosch H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Emmen three wins, FC Den Bosch three wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 5 goals |  R. Kuijpers 5 goals | R. Mendes 4 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
FC Den Bosch missing players
| FC Emmen | FC Den Bosch | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 7 | 8.7 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 20% | 29% |
- FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Emmen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Emmen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Emmen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Emmen 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 | Jong AZ | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Jong Utrecht | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | De Graafschap | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | MVV Maastricht | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | FC Emmen | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | FC Eindhoven | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | TOP Oss | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | FC Den Bosch | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Almere City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | NAC Breda | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Telstar | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 5 |