Balanced ball game between Jong Utrecht and MVV Maastricht expected

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 30.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch (450 seats)

These teams have both had a low return so far, but a win in this very important fixture would definitely help. Get set for Jong Utrecht - MVV Maastricht!

Insights:
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eerste Divisie

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!

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Jong Utrecht form and stats

Jong Utrecht have played 4 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Utrecht haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 240 minutes ago. der Wegen scored that one.

Jong Utrecht lost their last game at TOP Oss (placed 18th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Midfielder der Wegen was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Wegen hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Helmond Sport (0-4).

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 Utrecht have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 6.

A decent goal production from Jong Utrecht in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Jong Utrecht are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

Playing away, MVV Maastricht, who have the most scored goals (12) away in Eerste Divisie, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.

There were no winners in Maastricht's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs SC Cambuur (placed 13th). Kostons, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.53. Kostons scored one goal and hit four key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Telstar wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by MVV Maastricht in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for MVV Maastricht, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Take note that 9 of this club's 11 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the MVV Maastricht manager Verberne as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against SC Cambuur.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, MVV Maastricht has managed {12 goals} and let in 12 from 6 matches. When MVV Maastricht is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Maastricht, Telstar, FC Den Bosch, TOP Oss, Jong PSV and Jong Ajax.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jong Utrecht three wins, two draws and MVV Maastricht five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtK. Kostons
K. Kostons
6 goals
UtrechtM. Rijks
M. Rijks
3 goals
Jong UtrechtA. Blake
A. Blake
2 goals

Jong Utrecht missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players

Jong Utrecht MVV Maastricht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 0 Played P 3 6 11
3 3 0 Won W 1 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 0 0 Lost L 2 3 6
10 6 0 Scored S 6 12 16
19 3 0 Conceded C 7 12 20
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
40% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 82%
40% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 36%
30% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 33% 18%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 82%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
4.1 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 3.9
4.6 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.7 4.9
2.3 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10 9.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.2 10.6
3.4 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.8 4.1
29% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 41% 36%
 
14.1 13.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 16.8 16.3
5.4 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 5.5 5.7
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of MVV Maastricht's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Jong Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Jong Utrecht have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • MVV Maastricht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • MVV Maastricht have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • MVV Maastricht have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the most scored goals (12) away in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roda JC Kerkrade 11 7 2 2 23 7 6 5 0 1 16 4 5 2 2 1 7 3 16 23
2 Willem II 11 7 2 2 18 11 6 5 0 1 14 9 5 2 2 1 4 2 7 23
3 ADO Den Haag 11 6 4 1 17 10 4 2 1 1 7 6 7 4 3 0 10 4 7 22
4 FC Eindhoven 11 5 5 1 14 9 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 4 2 0 8 4 5 20
5 FC Emmen 11 5 4 2 20 15 5 2 1 2 10 9 6 3 3 0 10 6 5 19
6 FC Dordrecht 11 4 6 1 23 15 6 2 4 0 16 9 5 2 2 1 7 6 8 18
7 VVV-Venlo 11 5 3 3 17 17 6 3 1 2 11 10 5 2 2 1 6 7 0 18
8 Helmond Sport 11 5 2 4 19 14 6 3 2 1 10 5 5 2 0 3 9 9 5 17
9 Jong AZ 11 5 2 4 18 14 7 5 1 1 15 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 4 17
10 NAC Breda 11 5 2 4 21 21 5 3 0 2 10 10 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 17
11 De Graafschap 11 5 2 4 13 15 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 3 0 3 9 12 -2 17
12 FC Groningen 11 4 2 5 15 12 6 2 2 2 8 5 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 14
13 SC Cambuur 11 4 2 5 24 25 6 3 1 2 15 12 5 1 1 3 9 13 -1 14
14 Jong PSV 10 4 1 5 16 23 6 2 1 3 9 11 4 2 0 2 7 12 -7 13
15 MVV Maastricht 11 3 2 6 16 20 5 1 1 3 4 8 6 2 1 3 12 12 -4 11
16 Jong Utrecht 10 3 2 5 10 19 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 0 1 5 4 16 -9 11
17 FC Den Bosch 11 3 0 8 13 20 6 2 0 4 7 9 5 1 0 4 6 11 -7 9
18 TOP Oss 11 2 1 8 9 16 5 2 0 3 6 5 6 0 1 5 3 11 -7 7
19 Telstar 11 2 1 8 11 22 5 2 0 3 8 9 6 0 1 5 3 13 -11 7
20 Jong Ajax 11 1 3 7 16 28 5 1 3 1 8 6 6 0 0 6 8 22 -12 6

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.