Eerste Divisie match preview: FC Volendam versus SC Cambuur

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 02.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kras Stadion (7384 seats)

FC Volendam will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind SC Cambuur.

Insights:
  • FC Volendam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals (81) in Eerste Divisie

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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FC Volendam form and stats

Overall Eerste Divisie stats at home this season for FC Volendam are 6-3-6 (wins-draw-losses).

FC Volendam's previous game was a Eerste Divisie match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus NAC Breda (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Volendam lost 0-1 at NEC's place.

The manager W. Jonk will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Oss in only three days.

The Volendam manager W. Jonk has got the team scoring with 33 from 15 home games in the league. Volendam have conceded 23 from these games.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

SC Cambuur, who have the most scored goals (81) in Eerste Divisie, have an excellent away record in the Eerste Divisie so far with 10-4-1 from 15 games.

Two away games in a row for SC Cambuur, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Roda JC Kerkrade in the Eerste Divisie. Before that, Cambuur secured a home win against FC Eindhoven with the score 3-0.

Cambuur goalkeeper Sonny Stevens had a great day against Roda JC Kerkrade, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

A quick return to home after this game, as SC Cambuur are hosting Excelsior in the Eerste Divisie only three days away.

Cambuur have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 36 goals from 15 away matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the SC Cambuur - Volendam 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Volendam won four, SC Cambuur won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC CambuurR. Mühren
R. Mühren
27 goals
VolendamS. Mulattieri
S. Mulattieri
15 goals
SC CambuurI. Kallon
I. Kallon
9 goals

FC Volendam missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

FC Volendam SC Cambuur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 6 15 30
14 6 1 Won W 4 10 22
8 3 2 Drew D 1 4 4
8 6 2 Lost L 1 1 4
64 33 6 Scored S 18 36 81
41 23 10 Conceded C 8 12 25
93% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 93%
77% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 83%
57% 60% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 53% 60%
47% 53% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 47% 47%
33% 40% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 27%
63% 60% 80% BTTS BTTS 83% 53% 47%
20% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 47% 47%
23% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.9 18.1 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 14.7 15.2
7 6.8 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 6 7.1
31% 32% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 49% 40% 38%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Volendam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • SC Cambuur have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most points (34) away in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals (81) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals in the first half (36) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the the best goal difference (+24) away in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the the best goal difference (+56) 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 SC Cambuur 30 22 4 4 81 25 15 12 0 3 45 13 15 10 4 1 36 12 56 70
2 Graafschap 30 20 4 6 59 40 15 10 3 2 28 16 15 10 1 4 31 24 19 64
3 NAC Breda 30 19 5 6 61 30 15 11 1 3 35 15 15 8 4 3 26 15 31 62
4 Almere City 30 19 5 6 65 40 15 11 2 2 29 7 15 8 3 4 36 33 25 62
5 Go Ahead Eagles 29 17 6 6 46 19 15 7 4 4 20 11 14 10 2 2 26 8 27 57
6 NEC 30 17 5 8 59 33 15 9 3 3 28 13 15 8 2 5 31 20 26 56
7 FC Volendam 30 14 8 8 64 41 15 6 3 6 33 23 15 8 5 2 31 18 23 50
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 13 9 8 58 45 15 7 5 3 30 19 15 6 4 5 28 26 13 48
9 Telstar 29 10 7 12 48 44 15 5 4 6 31 23 14 5 3 6 17 21 4 37
10 Excelsior 30 11 4 15 54 53 15 6 1 8 30 29 15 5 3 7 24 24 1 37
11 Helmond Sport 30 9 9 12 43 52 15 6 2 7 21 28 15 3 7 5 22 24 -9 36
12 FC Oss 30 10 5 15 32 49 15 6 2 7 23 25 15 4 3 8 9 24 -17 35
13 MVV Maastricht 30 10 5 15 37 58 15 7 2 6 25 31 15 3 3 9 12 27 -21 35
14 Jong Ajax 30 9 7 14 50 61 15 4 4 7 23 30 15 5 3 7 27 31 -11 34
15 Jong PSV 30 8 6 16 46 58 15 3 5 7 19 23 15 5 1 9 27 35 -12 30
16 FC Eindhoven 30 7 9 14 38 52 15 4 5 6 27 26 15 3 4 8 11 26 -14 30
17 Jong Utrecht 30 9 1 20 40 62 15 5 0 10 20 30 15 4 1 10 20 32 -22 28
18 Jong AZ 30 7 5 18 42 79 15 4 3 8 28 40 15 3 2 10 14 39 -37 26
19 FC Dordrecht 29 6 3 20 28 75 14 3 3 8 16 28 15 3 0 12 12 47 -47 21
20 FC Den Bosch 29 4 7 18 33 68 14 3 5 6 20 23 15 1 2 12 13 45 -35 19

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.