Eerste Divisie match prediction and preview for Go Ahead Eagles vs SC Cambuur clash

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 20.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

The Go Ahead Eagles & SC Cambuur managers J. de Gier and H. de Jong are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eerste Divisie league table.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Go Ahead Eagles are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at De Adelaarshorst. 7 wins, 7 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 14 games. The Go Ahead Eagles fans aren't used to losing league-games here at De Adelaarshorst and will expect new points from this game. Go Ahead Eagles has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.

Go Ahead Eagles shared the glory with FC Volendam in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting NEC in a game that was won 2-1.

A decent goal production from Go Ahead Eagles in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. Go Ahead Eagles have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

SC Cambuur, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Eerste Divisie, have an excellent away record in the Eerste Divisie so far with 9-2-3 from 14 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Go Ahead Eagles. It could be a hat trick of victories away for SC Cambuur, as they have won on their previous two travels.

SC Cambuur are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the Eerste Divisie against Jong PSV (placed 18th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Roda JC Kerkrade.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Jong PSV was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

SC Cambuur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Go Ahead Eagles and SC Cambuur have met before this season: SC Cambuur - Go Ahead Eagles 5-0. Go Ahead Eagles-SC Cambuur H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Go Ahead Eagles one win, SC Cambuur seven wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SC CambuurR. Mühren
R. Mühren
24 goals
SC Cambuur
J. Jacobs
12 goals
Go Ahead Eagles
A. Rabillard
8 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

Go Ahead Eagles SC Cambuur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
12 7 2 Won W 1 9 20
12 7 1 Drew D 0 2 3
4 0 0 Lost L 2 3 5
48 26 5 Scored S 4 25 65
39 12 1 Conceded C 3 11 25
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
93% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 82%
61% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 61%
36% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 46%
18% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 25%
71% 71% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 50%
21% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 39%
11% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 21% 18%
 
5.9 7.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 6.1
5 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.4
1.5 1.3 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
327 184 33 Total Shots T S 36 164 338
139 76 10 Shots on Target S O 21 74 157
35% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 34% 41%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SC Cambuur has the fewest conceded goals (11) away
  • SC Cambuur has the fewest conceded goals (25)
  • SC Cambuur has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14)
  • SC Cambuur has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
  • SC Cambuur has the most clean sheets (11)
  • SC Cambuur has the most clean sheets (7) away
  • SC Cambuur has the most points (29) away
  • SC Cambuur has the most scored goals in the first half (33)
  • SC Cambuur has the the best goal difference (+14) away
  • SC Cambuur has the the best goal difference (+40)
  • SC Cambuur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • SC Cambuur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SC Cambuur is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 28 20 3 5 65 25 14 11 1 2 40 14 14 9 2 3 25 11 40 63
2 Graafschap 28 16 11 1 61 27 14 10 4 0 36 10 14 6 7 1 25 17 34 59
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 Go Ahead Eagles 28 12 12 4 48 39 14 7 7 0 26 12 14 5 5 4 22 27 9 48
6 NAC Breda 28 13 8 7 44 29 14 8 3 3 23 11 14 5 5 4 21 18 15 47
7 Excelsior 29 13 8 8 65 55 15 9 3 3 44 32 14 4 5 5 21 23 10 47
8 Almere City 29 13 5 11 44 42 14 10 1 3 25 14 15 3 4 8 19 28 2 44
9 Telstar 29 12 8 9 47 48 15 8 1 6 21 21 14 4 7 3 26 27 -1 44
10 NEC 28 11 9 8 49 36 14 6 5 3 24 17 14 5 4 5 25 19 13 42
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 28 10 8 10 47 45 14 8 5 1 33 18 14 2 3 9 14 27 2 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 28 7 7 14 45 58 14 6 4 4 26 22 14 1 3 10 19 36 -13 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 28 5 10 13 35 48 14 4 4 6 28 28 14 1 6 7 7 20 -13 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.