3rd position in the Eerste Divisie table for MVV Maastricht at present, a potent showing. The home team ticketholders pray for more entertainment as 13th-placed De Graafschap visit De Geusselt.
- MVV Maastricht have not yet lost a game at home.
- De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
MVV Maastricht's stadium, De Geusselt, has a artifical turf surface. De Graafschap have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for De Graafschap when playing on artifical turf; 11 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses from 25 matches. They have scored {44 goals} in these games and conceded 36.
MVV Maastricht form and stats
MVV Maastricht have been outstanding at home so far in the Eerste Divisie with 7 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. MVV Maastricht are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
In their previous game, the manager Verberne led his Maastricht to a defeat away at VVV-Venlo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at De Geusselt. MVV Maastricht's goalkeeper Matthys was extremely busy against VVV-Venlo, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Ahead of that match, MVV Maastricht won a home game hosting Almere City (1-0).Maastricht are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 9 games). From these home matches, MVV Maastricht have conceded only 8 goals.
De Graafschap form and stats
There's been little loot from De Graafschap's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Eerste Divisie. De Graafschap only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Home advantage was not enough for Graafschap in their previous game as they lost hosting Willem II, 0-3. Büttner was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender Büttner hit three key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
A loss against FC Eindhoven was the result prior to that, in a home game.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The KNVB Beker trip to HV & CV Quick.
De Graafschap has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. For De Graafschap, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
MVV Maastricht-De Graafschap H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: MVV Maastricht three wins, De Graafschap seven wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Steuckers 5 goals | R. van Bommel 5 goals |
MVV Maastricht missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| MVV Maastricht | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 31 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 24 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 61% |
| 53% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 28% |
| 18% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 38% | 22% |
| 65% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 2.8 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 6.5 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 9.1 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | 10.8 |
| 4 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 46% | 51% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 33% |
| 12.1 | 9.4 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.2 | 9.6 |
| 4.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
- De Graafschap have created more than twice as many corners as MVV Maastricht.
- De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- De Graafschap have scored in all their away matches so far.
- De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- MVV Maastricht have not yet lost a game at home.
- MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- MVV Maastricht have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Heracles Almelo | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 43 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Almere City | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Willem II | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Telstar | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 22 |
| 13 | De Graafschap | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 21 |
| 15 | FC Den Bosch | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 19 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -17 | 18 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | TOP Oss | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 12 |
