Eerste Divisie preview with statistics: MVV Maastricht welcomes De Graafschap to De Geusselt

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

It's game day two of the Eerste Divisie campaign and everything to play for. Don't miss our in-depth preview of MVV Maastricht-De Graafschap!

The hosts MVV Maastricht saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eerste Divisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong Utrecht.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not De Graafschap's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf De Graafschap have performed like this: Played 20 matches resulting in 10 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 40-33 (scored/conceded).

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

Last season, MVV Maastricht's league statistics were 13 wins, 7 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Eerste Divisie. Over these 38 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 72. Playing at home last season MVV Maastricht managed 9-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 38 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Maastricht, who won 1-0 against Jong Utrecht (placed 17th).

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against FC Den Bosch.

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De Graafschap form and stats

Let's have a look at how De Graafschap performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 11 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 63 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 7 and lost 1 with 27/18 goals scored/conceded.

Graafschap have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 206 minutes ago. T. Van Huizen was the goal scorer.

The manager R. Robbemond was unhappy after their last game, a Eerste Divisie match played at their home ground Stadion De Vijverberg. Graafschap suffered a 0-3 loss to Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 1st). Danny Verbeek, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.14. Verbeek hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Roda JC Kerkrade.

Head 2 Head

Maastricht-De Graafschap H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: MVV Maastricht two wins, De Graafschap eight wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MaastrichtO. Džepar
O. Džepar
1 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

De Graafschap missing players

MVV Maastricht De Graafschap
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 8
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
MVV Maastricht Last season De Graafschap
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   0 1
13 9   Won W   0 0
7 3   Drew D   0 0
18 7   Lost L   0 1
50 34   Scored S   0 2
72 38   Conceded C   0 3
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
84% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
53% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 100%
39% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 100%
24% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 100%
50% 63%   BTTS BTTS   0% 100%
24% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
29% 11%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
3.8 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   0 5
5.5 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   0 1
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 2
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.9 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   0 9
4.5 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 6
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 33%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 ADO Den Haag 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 FC Den Bosch 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Jong AZ 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 MVV Maastricht 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Oss 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Eindhoven 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 NAC Breda 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 VVV-Venlo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 FC Emmen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Jong PSV 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Telstar 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Excelsior 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 De Graafschap 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season 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 38 29 5 4 109 36 19 15 1 3 60 19 19 14 4 1 49 17 73 92
2 Go Ahead Eagles 38 23 8 7 62 25 19 10 5 4 30 13 19 13 3 3 32 12 37 77
3 De Graafschap 38 23 8 7 67 47 19 11 5 3 31 21 19 12 3 4 36 26 20 77
4 Almere City 38 22 9 7 75 48 19 13 4 2 34 9 19 9 5 5 41 39 27 75
5 NAC Breda 38 22 7 9 75 41 19 13 1 5 41 19 19 9 6 4 34 22 34 73
6 FC Volendam 38 19 9 10 79 52 19 9 3 7 42 28 19 10 6 3 37 24 27 66
7 NEC 38 20 6 12 68 45 19 11 4 4 34 19 19 9 2 8 34 26 23 66
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 15 12 11 67 61 19 8 7 4 35 24 19 7 5 7 32 37 6 57
9 Excelsior 38 14 6 18 65 66 19 8 2 9 35 31 19 6 4 9 30 35 -1 48
10 FC Oss 38 13 8 17 40 57 19 8 3 8 29 31 19 5 5 9 11 26 -17 47
11 MVV Maastricht 38 13 7 18 50 72 19 9 3 7 34 38 19 4 4 11 16 34 -22 46
12 Helmond Sport 38 11 12 15 51 68 19 8 4 7 26 30 19 3 8 8 25 38 -17 45
13 Telstar 38 10 11 17 57 61 19 5 6 8 37 31 19 5 5 9 20 30 -4 41
14 Jong PSV 38 10 10 18 54 65 19 4 6 9 22 27 19 6 4 9 32 38 -11 40
15 FC Eindhoven 38 10 10 18 50 62 19 6 6 7 33 30 19 4 4 11 17 32 -12 40
16 Jong Ajax 38 10 10 18 55 71 19 4 6 9 25 34 19 6 4 9 30 37 -16 40
17 Jong AZ 38 11 5 22 56 92 19 7 3 9 38 46 19 4 2 13 18 46 -36 38
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 2 25 53 77 19 5 0 14 23 38 19 6 2 11 30 39 -24 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 8 8 22 59 85 19 6 6 7 38 32 19 2 2 15 21 53 -26 32
20 FC Dordrecht 38 8 3 27 36 97 19 4 3 12 20 41 19 4 0 15 16 56 -61 27

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.