Pre-match info: 24 points split the squads up until now, MVV Maastricht on top. Can Jong Utrecht pull off a surprise?
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (9) in Eerste Divisie
- MVV Maastricht is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eerste Divisie
Both contenders have had time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!
Jong Utrecht form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Jong Utrecht have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch. It's trouble wherever Utrecht are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The Jong Utrecht crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to FC Eindhoven here at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch. Kluivert, defender, was given a rating of 7.74/10 in that game, top of the team. Kluivert won 5 of 6 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Jong Utrecht lost 1-4 at Roda JC Kerkrade's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Jong Utrecht have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 7.
The manager Kalezić will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jong PSV in only three days.
Utrecht have scored {3 goals} here in 7 league matches, a depressing statistic. Jong Utrecht's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
MVV Maastricht form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Having won their last three away games MVV Maastricht has no reason to fear anyone.
Maastricht have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Romain Matthys. It's been 203 minutes since they last conceded in Eerste Divisie.
The supporters enjoyed MVV Maastricht's previous match versus Helmond Sport (placed 19th), a 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, MVV Maastricht was very dominant against Helmond Sport, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Souren and van Bommel providing the goals. Maastricht goalie Matthys was high and low in the Helmond Sport game, contributing six saves towards the victory. van Bommel, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.85. Bommel scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 21 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against PEC Zwolle with the score of 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with MVV Maastricht playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 3 MVV Maastricht wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
The visiting MVV Maastricht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, MVV Maastricht have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Utrecht victories, two draws and five MVV Maastricht wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Steuckers 5 goals |  N. Souren 4 goals |
Jong Utrecht missing players
MVV Maastricht missing players
| Jong Utrecht | MVV Maastricht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 29 |
| 26 | 8 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 86% |
| 50% | 14% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 43% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 71% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 9 | 7.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 10.6 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 45% |
| 12.4 | 14.6 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 15.7 | 12.6 |
| 5 | 5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
- Jong Utrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest points (5) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (9) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- MVV Maastricht have scored more than double the goals of Jong Utrecht.
- MVV Maastricht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- MVV Maastricht is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | Heracles | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | MVV Maastricht | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | PEC Zwolle | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 29 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Jong AZ | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Almere City | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Willem II | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | FC Den Bosch | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Telstar | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | De Graafschap | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 6 |
