MVV Maastricht fights FC Eindhoven in Eerste Divisie battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 13.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

Season ticket holders at De Geusselt haven't seen too many victories this season, with MVV Maastricht languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting FC Eindhoven will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, MVV Maastricht have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games. MVV Maastricht has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager F. Usta and the players.

In their previous game, the manager F. Usta led his MVV Maastricht to a defeat in the Eerste Divisie match away at Excelsior. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at De Geusselt. Preceding that match was a defeat to FC Den Bosch (2-3).

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

MVV Maastricht have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Geusselt with 23 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, MVV Maastricht have conceded 17 goals.

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

There's been little loot from FC Eindhoven's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 14 away games in the Eerste Divisie. FC Eindhoven only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws.

There were no winners in FC Eindhoven's previous match, a Eerste Divisie home game that ended 2-2 vs TOP Oss (placed 16th). Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Excelsior.

The match against TOP Oss looked like a defeat for FC Eindhoven, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. M. Amevor equalized in the 90th minute.

FC Eindhoven are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

FC Eindhoven are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on FC Eindhoven's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 36 goals in 14 travels.

Head 2 Head

FC Eindhoven - MVV Maastricht 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): MVV Maastricht two wins, three draws and FC Eindhoven five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC EindhovenR. Cicilia
R. Cicilia
11 goals
FC EindhovenS. Bourard
S. Bourard
9 goals
MVV MaastrichtJ. Schroijen
J. Schroijen
8 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

FC Eindhoven missing players

MVV Maastricht FC Eindhoven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 6 Played P 5 14 29
7 6 1 Won W 1 2 9
6 4 3 Drew D 0 2 7
16 4 2 Lost L 4 10 13
37 23 7 Scored S 6 17 46
53 17 8 Conceded C 9 36 59
90% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 86% 93%
66% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 71% 69%
45% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 57% 52%
28% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 24%
55% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 72%
24% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
31% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 21%
 
5.8 6.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.9 5.4
6.5 6.8 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.4
1.8 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
216 92 31 Total Shots T S 69 152 342
89 35 9 Shots on Target S O 24 51 135
42% 66% 78% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 34%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Eindhoven have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Eindhoven have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • MVV Maastricht has the most conceded goals in the second half (37)

  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 29 21 3 5 68 25 14 11 1 2 40 14 15 10 2 3 28 11 43 66
2 De Graafschap 29 17 11 1 63 28 14 10 4 0 36 10 15 7 7 1 27 18 35 62
3 FC Volendam 29 16 7 6 57 42 15 9 5 1 35 20 14 7 2 5 22 22 15 55
4 Jong Ajax 29 16 6 7 72 47 14 9 3 2 40 17 15 7 3 5 32 30 25 54
5 NAC Breda 29 14 8 7 48 30 15 9 3 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 21 18 18 50
6 Go Ahead Eagles 29 12 12 5 49 41 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 5 5 4 22 27 8 48
7 Excelsior 29 13 8 8 65 55 15 9 3 3 44 32 14 4 5 5 21 23 10 47
8 NEC 29 12 9 8 51 37 14 6 5 3 24 17 15 6 4 5 27 20 14 45
9 Almere City 29 13 5 11 44 42 14 10 1 3 25 14 15 3 4 8 19 28 2 44
10 Telstar 29 12 8 9 47 48 15 8 1 6 21 21 14 4 7 3 26 27 -1 44
11 FC Den Bosch 29 10 11 8 56 49 15 6 6 3 31 20 14 4 5 5 25 29 7 38
12 Jong Utrecht 29 10 8 11 48 47 15 8 5 2 34 20 14 2 3 9 14 27 1 38
13 FC Eindhoven 29 9 7 13 46 59 15 7 5 3 29 23 14 2 2 10 17 36 -13 34
14 Jong AZ 29 7 7 15 45 61 15 6 4 5 26 25 14 1 3 10 19 36 -16 28
15 MVV Maastricht 29 7 6 16 37 53 14 6 4 4 23 17 15 1 2 12 14 36 -16 27
16 TOP Oss 29 6 7 16 28 53 14 5 3 6 17 19 15 1 4 10 11 34 -25 25
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 5 10 14 36 52 14 4 4 6 28 28 15 1 6 8 8 24 -16 22
18 Jong PSV 29 5 7 17 34 56 14 4 5 5 18 19 15 1 2 12 16 37 -22 22
19 FC Dordrecht 29 4 8 17 34 66 14 2 4 8 18 29 15 2 4 9 16 37 -32 20
20 Helmond Sport 29 3 8 18 25 62 15 2 5 8 14 25 14 1 3 10 11 37 -37 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.