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).
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.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
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MVV Maastricht missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| MVV Maastricht | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |