Delightful dogfight as daring FC Emmen duel with determined FC Volendam

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Oude Meerdijk (8600 seats)

The FC Emmen & FC Volendam managers Lukkien and Jonk are both worrying about and feeling excited about this key fixture in the higher regions of the Eerste Divisie league table.

Insights:
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals (58) in Eerste Divisie

7 - 4 - 5 with 27-26. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for FC Volendam when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. FC Volendam play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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 Emmen form and stats

FC Emmen have performed here at De Oude Meerdijk this season with 8 wins from 11 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3. After failing to beat Excelsior here at De Oude Meerdijk, FC Emmen has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

FC Emmen travelled for their previous game, a trip to Almere City that ended 0-0. Defender Veldmate got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Veldmate won 9 of 9 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting TOP Oss in a game that was won 3-1.

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 Emmen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost one.

FC 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 7 from 11 matches.

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FC Volendam form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 6 draws and only 0 losses in the Eerste Divisie. In general it has been a productive period now for Volendam as they haven't lost any of their last 24 games.

The followers enjoyed FC Volendam's previous match versus Jong AZ (placed 16th), a 2-1 win played at home. Midfield player Ould-Chikh was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Ould-Chikh scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

A 1-1 draw at Roda JC Kerkrade's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where FC Volendam have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were three victories, one draw and two defeats.

FC Volendam have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the sides faced each other previously this season; FC Volendam - Emmen 2-2. Previous ten meetings with these sides: FC Emmen won seven, FC Volendam were winners in two and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FC VolendamR. Mühren
R. Mühren
20 goals
FC VolendamD. van Mieghem
D. van Mieghem
8 goals
EmmenR. Mendes
R. Mendes
6 goals

FC Emmen missing players

FC Volendam missing players

FC Emmen FC Volendam
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 11 2 Played P 3 13 26
16 8 0 Won W 0 7 17
4 0 0 Drew D 3 6 8
5 3 2 Lost L 0 0 1
38 22 0 Scored S 7 26 58
16 7 2 Conceded C 7 14 30
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
60% 73% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 81%
36% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 65%
12% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 38% 46%
4% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 31% 31%
36% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 65%
44% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 35%
28% 27% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 4%
 
5.5 6.3 10 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.5 6
4.8 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.9 5.3
0.8 0.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.3 1.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.4 11.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 13.2 13.1
5.2 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7.2 7
29% 37% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 32%
 
6.8 6.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 9.3 10.1
2.5 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 4.7 4.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Emmen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) 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.
  • FC Volendam have not yet lost a game away.
  • FC Volendam have the most points from losing position (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals (58) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the the best goal difference (+28) in Eerste Divisie

  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 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Jong Ajax 26 15 4 7 55 41 13 9 2 2 31 17 13 6 2 5 24 24 14 49
4 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
5 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
6 Excelsior 26 14 4 8 57 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 13 8 1 4 28 20 18 46
7 Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 25 11 9 5 51 31 13 5 5 3 23 15 12 6 4 2 28 16 20 42
9 Jong PSV 25 10 5 10 43 36 13 7 2 4 26 15 12 3 3 6 17 21 7 35
10 VVV-Venlo 25 10 2 13 35 37 13 6 1 6 21 21 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 32
11 NAC Breda 24 7 9 8 34 31 12 5 6 1 19 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 3 30
12 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
13 TOP Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
14 FC Den Bosch 25 8 2 15 27 46 13 6 0 7 12 22 12 2 2 8 15 24 -19 26
15 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
16 Jong AZ 25 7 4 14 23 32 12 5 3 4 13 12 13 2 1 10 10 20 -9 25
17 Jong Utrecht 25 7 4 14 27 47 13 4 0 9 12 27 12 3 4 5 15 20 -20 25
18 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
19 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 21
20 Almere City 26 4 8 14 36 55 13 2 4 7 17 26 13 2 4 7 19 29 -19 20

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.