Eerste Divisie duel: Close contest expected between Jong Utrecht and Telstar

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 13.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch (450 seats)

Jong Utrecht hope to get a lot of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been demanding up to now with 17 points and a 20th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Visiting Telstar are in 10th place with 32 pts.

Insights:
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) 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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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 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch.

The regulars are hoping that Utrecht will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-6 away loss in the match against Heracles (placed 2nd). As you see from the result above, Jong Utrecht suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The talented striker Rijks outdid all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Rijks scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Graafschap that ended 1-1.

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 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 7.

Jong Utrecht have scored {7 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Telstar form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Telstar playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Two travels in a row for Telstar, whose manager Snoei could celebrate last time after the win against Graafschap. Goalkeeper Jr was absolutely vital in the Telstar victory against Graafschap, making six saves. Jr was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.23. The agile goalkeeper Jr topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-1 loss hosting Almere City before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Telstar in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Telstar, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

After this away game Telstar return home for a Eerste Divisie game against Jong PSV. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Telstar as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Jong Utrecht have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Telstar.

These sides encountered each other previously this campaign: Telstar - Utrecht 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

Jong UtrechtD. Sanches Fernandes
D. Sanches Fernandes
6 goals
Jong UtrechtM. Rijks
M. Rijks
6 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
6 goals

Jong Utrecht missing players

Telstar missing players

Jong Utrecht Telstar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
4 2 1 Won W 1 3 8
5 3 1 Drew D 2 5 8
14 6 1 Lost L 1 3 7
22 7 4 Scored S 3 9 24
41 12 3 Conceded C 3 10 29
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 87%
83% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 61%
52% 18% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 43%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
52% 18% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 43%
13% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 45% 35%
39% 64% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 35%
 
4.5 4.1 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.8 4.4
5.2 5 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.7 4.3
1.9 1.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 11.4 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.1 8.6
3.7 3.7 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.8 3.3
26% 17% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 31%
 
11.7 12.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 9.8 9.7
4.7 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.7 3.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest points (9) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 PEC Zwolle 23 17 3 3 55 23 12 8 2 2 28 16 11 9 1 1 27 7 32 54
2 Heracles 22 15 2 5 62 28 11 9 1 1 41 13 11 6 1 4 21 15 34 47
3 Almere City 23 12 3 8 35 29 12 7 2 3 23 14 11 5 1 5 12 15 6 39
4 FC Eindhoven 23 11 6 6 36 32 11 7 3 1 24 11 12 4 3 5 12 21 4 39
5 Willem II 23 10 6 7 38 26 11 6 2 3 18 10 12 4 4 4 20 16 12 36
6 VVV-Venlo 23 10 6 7 34 34 11 3 5 3 11 12 12 7 1 4 23 22 0 36
7 Jong AZ 23 10 5 8 39 34 12 6 4 2 26 16 11 4 1 6 13 18 5 35
8 MVV Maastricht 22 10 5 7 41 38 10 7 3 0 25 10 12 3 2 7 16 28 3 35
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 23 10 4 9 34 31 12 6 2 4 20 16 11 4 2 5 14 15 3 34
10 Telstar 23 8 8 7 24 29 12 5 3 4 15 19 11 3 5 3 9 10 -5 32
11 NAC Breda 23 9 4 10 35 38 11 5 2 4 16 12 12 4 2 6 19 26 -3 31
12 Jong PSV 23 8 6 9 37 37 11 5 1 5 18 17 12 3 5 4 19 20 0 30
13 ADO Den Haag 23 7 7 9 26 33 12 4 4 4 17 16 11 3 3 5 9 17 -7 28
14 Graafschap 23 7 6 10 34 36 12 5 2 5 17 14 11 2 4 5 17 22 -2 27
15 FC Dordrecht 23 7 5 11 28 37 11 4 2 5 17 16 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 26
16 Jong Ajax 23 5 10 8 36 39 12 3 5 4 22 16 11 2 5 4 14 23 -3 25
17 FC Den Bosch 23 7 2 14 32 47 12 5 1 6 20 23 11 2 1 8 12 24 -15 23
18 Helmond Sport 23 6 4 13 20 41 11 4 2 5 14 16 12 2 2 8 6 25 -21 22
19 FC Oss 23 6 3 14 25 40 12 4 1 7 16 19 11 2 2 7 9 21 -15 21
20 Jong Utrecht 23 4 5 14 22 41 11 2 3 6 7 12 12 2 2 8 15 29 -19 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.