A win is the only result that will satisfy the FC Emmen regulars in this De Oude Meerdijk clash with FC Dordrecht, having a healthy lead on the away team in the Eerste Divisie table.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (46) in Eerste Divisie
Little time to rest for the host team, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong Ajax.
FC Emmen form and stats
When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, FC Emmen have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Emmen, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Emmen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Jong Ajax (0-1). Lucas Bernadou (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Bernadou dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Almere City in a game that was won 3-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Emmen, as the KNVB Beker home game vs Excelsior Maassluis is only four days away.
Emmen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Oude Meerdijk with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Emmen are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Oude Meerdijk in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
FC Dordrecht form and stats
There's been little loot from FC Dordrecht's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. It's looking increasingly bleak for Dordrecht who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. NAC Breda was the last time a defeat was avoided.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eerste Divisie home defeat versus Roda JC Kerkrade with 2-5 on the scoreboard. As you can tell from the result, the match against Roda JC Kerkrade was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Dordrecht keeper Liam Bossin was happy for a splendid day's work vs Roda JC Kerkrade, but despite achieving seven saves the defeat could not be avoided. Attacker Mathis Suray got a player rating of 7.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Suray scored one goal.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against ADO Den Haag wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Dordrecht's match history for similar games we find nine matches. The home team won six of these as expected, five of them by at least two goals. FC Dordrecht managed one draw and two surprise wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dordrecht have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. There are big problems for the Dordrecht defense as they have conceded 27 goals in 9 away games. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches. Dordrecht has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Emmen won four games, three matches ended with a tie and FC Dordrecht managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 8 goals |  N. Agrafiotis 6 goals | R. Mendes 5 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
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| FC Emmen | FC Dordrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 27 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | 46 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 39% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 56% | 50% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 39% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 72% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 28% | 36% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 28% |
| 7.5 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13.3 | 14.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
- All of FC Dordrecht's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Dordrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Dordrecht have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have the fewest points (4) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (27) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (46) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Jong Ajax | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | De Graafschap | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 27 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Den Bosch | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 25 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 23 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Telstar | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -17 | 18 |
| 17 | Almere City | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -9 | 16 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 16 |
| 19 | TOP Oss | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -25 | 10 |