Home advantage could prove decisive in MVV Maastricht - FC Dordrecht battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

MVV Maastricht have harvested 36 of their 50 in total here in their own stadium fortress. Will they claim the win against FC Dordrecht?

Insights:
  • MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Eerste Divisie

MVV Maastricht's stadium, De Geusselt, has a artifical turf surface. FC Dordrecht 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 FC Dordrecht when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 2 draws and 18 losses from 23 matches. They have scored {20 goals} in these games and conceded 64.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

36 points is a decent return from 16 Eerste Divisie games here at De Geusselt for MVV Maastricht. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. MVV Maastricht has recorded two wins in a row here at De Geusselt, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Maastricht, who won 2-1 against Helmond Sport (placed 16th). Blummel (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.43/10. Blummel scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting FC Eindhoven in a game that was won 3-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does MVV Maastricht handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Take note: 12 of the latest 16 league games from this club have had goals from both sides.

Goals decide football matches and MVV Maastricht are scoring many of them at home; 37 on target from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Maastricht have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

There's been little loot from FC Dordrecht's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 16 away games in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. Bitter travels for FC Dordrecht as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Jong Utrecht match.

Longo scored in FC Dordrecht's previous match, the home game against Jong PSV that ended 1-0. Yippee; their first win in the league after eight games not winning. Midfield player Schuurman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.14/10. Schuurman served one assist, hit four key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 50 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Jong Ajax's place.

FC Dordrecht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

The attacking power of Dordrecht when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: FC Dordrecht - MVV Maastricht 1-2. Stats for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: six wins for MVV Maastricht, two draws and two wins for FC Dordrecht. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtR. van Bommel
R. van Bommel
11 goals
FC DordrechtS. Longo
S. Longo
9 goals
MVV MaastrichtJ. Steuckers
J. Steuckers
8 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
MVV Maastricht FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
15 11 5 Won W 0 3 8
5 3 0 Drew D 2 3 6
12 2 0 Lost L 3 10 18
58 37 17 Scored S 5 15 34
57 18 3 Conceded C 8 32 55
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
84% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 66%
72% 62% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 56%
53% 62% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 31%
31% 31% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 12%
69% 69% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 50%
16% 19% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 25%
16% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 19% 31%
 
3.5 3.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.8 3.8
5.8 5.2 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.2 5.2
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.6 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.7 10.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.4 7.6 8.8
4 4.6 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.6 3.2
46% 50% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 33%
 
13.7 12.6 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 11.7 11.7
5.2 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 5.2
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Dordrecht have scored away.
  • 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 PEC Zwolle 32 23 3 6 85 36 16 12 2 2 49 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 49 72
2 Heracles Almelo 32 21 4 7 90 41 16 12 3 1 55 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 49 67
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 16 6 6 4 28 20 19 53
5 VVV-Venlo 31 15 7 9 49 42 16 5 6 5 20 18 15 10 1 4 29 24 7 52
6 FC Eindhoven 32 14 8 10 50 47 16 9 4 3 34 20 16 5 4 7 16 27 3 50
7 MVV Maastricht 32 15 5 12 58 57 16 11 3 2 37 18 16 4 2 10 21 39 1 50
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 Graafschap 32 13 6 13 53 44 16 8 2 6 26 18 16 5 4 7 27 26 9 45
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 32 11 10 11 34 47 16 6 4 6 19 24 16 5 6 5 15 23 -13 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
16 Helmond Sport 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 23 20 16 2 5 9 8 29 -18 35
17 FC Oss 31 9 4 18 36 57 16 5 2 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 31
18 FC Dordrecht 32 8 6 18 34 55 16 5 3 8 19 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -21 30
19 FC Den Bosch 32 9 3 20 42 77 16 7 2 7 27 28 16 2 1 13 15 49 -35 30
20 Jong Utrecht 31 5 5 21 27 53 15 3 3 9 12 18 16 2 2 12 15 35 -26 20

Table
  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 32 23 3 6 85 36 16 12 2 2 49 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 49 72
2 Heracles Almelo 32 21 4 7 90 41 16 12 3 1 55 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 49 67
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 16 6 6 4 28 20 19 53
5 VVV-Venlo 31 15 7 9 49 42 16 5 6 5 20 18 15 10 1 4 29 24 7 52
6 FC Eindhoven 32 14 8 10 50 47 16 9 4 3 34 20 16 5 4 7 16 27 3 50
7 MVV Maastricht 32 15 5 12 58 57 16 11 3 2 37 18 16 4 2 10 21 39 1 50
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 Graafschap 32 13 6 13 53 44 16 8 2 6 26 18 16 5 4 7 27 26 9 45
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 32 11 10 11 34 47 16 6 4 6 19 24 16 5 6 5 15 23 -13 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
16 Helmond Sport 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 23 20 16 2 5 9 8 29 -18 35
17 FC Oss 31 9 4 18 36 57 16 5 2 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 31
18 FC Dordrecht 32 8 6 18 34 55 16 5 3 8 19 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -21 30
19 FC Den Bosch 32 9 3 20 42 77 16 7 2 7 27 28 16 2 1 13 15 49 -35 30
20 Jong Utrecht 31 5 5 21 27 53 15 3 3 9 12 18 16 2 2 12 15 35 -26 20

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