Betting preview: MVV Maastricht vs FC Eindhoven should be interesting

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

MVV Maastricht will aim to operate their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s adversaries. The host team are currently 3 points behind FC Eindhoven.

Insights:
  • MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Eerste Divisie

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

L W L L W

MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at De Geusselt. 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

MVV Maastricht faced defeat in their previous match, away at Willem II (0-2). Midfield player Blummel got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Blummel hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).

Before that, Maastricht had a home game versus Jong Utrecht which ended with a victory 1-0.

Goals decide football matches and MVV Maastricht are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 15 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. On the other hand, MVV Maastricht have conceded 16 goals.

D D W W L

FC Eindhoven form and stats

5-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Eindhoven in their Eerste Divisie matches away.

Eindhoven has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Jong AZ for a 1-1 draw. Seedorf, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.41. Seedorf hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.

A draw for FC Eindhoven before that, at their own venue hosting ADO Den Haag (1-1).

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. FC Eindhoven's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

FC Eindhoven - Maastricht 5-0 was the product when this pair of participants formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (MVV Maastricht wins - draws - FC Eindhoven wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtR. van Bommel
R. van Bommel
10 goals
MVV MaastrichtJ. Steuckers
J. Steuckers
8 goals
MVV MaastrichtK. Kostons
K. Kostons
8 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

FC Eindhoven missing players

Total First Half Second Half
MVV Maastricht FC Eindhoven
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
13 10 3 Won W 2 5 13
5 3 0 Drew D 2 4 8
12 2 2 Lost L 1 6 9
53 34 7 Scored S 5 14 44
54 16 7 Conceded C 4 24 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 77%
70% 60% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 40% 50%
53% 60% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 30%
30% 27% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 17%
67% 67% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 50%
17% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 23%
17% 13% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 27%
 
3.4 3.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.2 4.3
5.7 5.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.7 4.9
1.6 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
9.4 10.2 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.9 9.9
3.9 4.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 3.8
45% 49% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 23% 39%
 
13.8 12.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 10.5 10
5.3 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 Eindhoven 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 30 22 3 5 81 32 15 11 2 2 47 17 15 11 1 3 34 15 49 69
2 Heracles Almelo 30 21 3 6 86 35 15 12 2 1 54 16 15 9 1 5 32 19 51 66
3 Almere City 29 16 4 9 42 32 14 7 3 4 24 17 15 9 1 5 18 15 10 52
4 VVV-Venlo 30 15 7 8 48 39 15 5 6 4 19 15 15 10 1 4 29 24 9 52
5 Willem II 30 14 8 8 51 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 15 5 6 4 26 20 17 50
6 FC Eindhoven 30 13 8 9 44 42 15 8 4 3 30 18 15 5 4 6 14 24 2 47
7 MVV Maastricht 30 13 5 12 53 54 15 10 3 2 34 16 15 3 2 10 19 38 -1 44
8 NAC Breda 30 13 4 13 49 54 15 8 2 5 27 21 15 5 2 8 22 33 -5 43
9 Telstar 30 11 10 9 31 41 15 6 4 5 17 21 15 5 6 4 14 20 -10 43
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 12 5 13 41 40 15 7 2 6 23 20 15 5 3 7 18 20 1 41
11 Jong AZ 30 11 8 11 49 49 15 7 6 2 32 20 15 4 2 9 17 29 0 41
12 Graafschap 30 11 6 13 47 41 15 7 2 6 21 15 15 4 4 7 26 26 6 39
13 ADO Den Haag 30 10 9 11 36 44 15 5 4 6 21 23 15 5 5 5 15 21 -8 39
14 Jong PSV 30 10 8 12 46 49 15 6 2 7 25 25 15 4 6 5 21 24 -3 38
15 Helmond Sport 30 9 7 14 28 45 15 7 3 5 22 18 15 2 4 9 6 27 -17 34
16 Jong Ajax 30 7 10 13 51 58 15 4 5 6 27 22 15 3 5 7 24 36 -7 31
17 TOP Oss 30 9 3 18 34 55 15 5 1 9 21 27 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 30
18 FC Den Bosch 30 9 3 18 42 73 15 7 2 6 27 26 15 2 1 12 15 47 -31 30
19 FC Dordrecht 30 7 6 17 32 51 15 4 3 8 18 23 15 3 3 9 14 28 -19 27
20 Jong Utrecht 29 5 5 19 27 50 15 3 3 9 12 18 14 2 2 10 15 32 -23 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 30 22 3 5 81 32 15 11 2 2 47 17 15 11 1 3 34 15 49 69
2 Heracles Almelo 30 21 3 6 86 35 15 12 2 1 54 16 15 9 1 5 32 19 51 66
3 Almere City 29 16 4 9 42 32 14 7 3 4 24 17 15 9 1 5 18 15 10 52
4 VVV-Venlo 30 15 7 8 48 39 15 5 6 4 19 15 15 10 1 4 29 24 9 52
5 Willem II 30 14 8 8 51 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 15 5 6 4 26 20 17 50
6 FC Eindhoven 30 13 8 9 44 42 15 8 4 3 30 18 15 5 4 6 14 24 2 47
7 MVV Maastricht 30 13 5 12 53 54 15 10 3 2 34 16 15 3 2 10 19 38 -1 44
8 NAC Breda 30 13 4 13 49 54 15 8 2 5 27 21 15 5 2 8 22 33 -5 43
9 Telstar 30 11 10 9 31 41 15 6 4 5 17 21 15 5 6 4 14 20 -10 43
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 12 5 13 41 40 15 7 2 6 23 20 15 5 3 7 18 20 1 41
11 Jong AZ 30 11 8 11 49 49 15 7 6 2 32 20 15 4 2 9 17 29 0 41
12 Graafschap 30 11 6 13 47 41 15 7 2 6 21 15 15 4 4 7 26 26 6 39
13 ADO Den Haag 30 10 9 11 36 44 15 5 4 6 21 23 15 5 5 5 15 21 -8 39
14 Jong PSV 30 10 8 12 46 49 15 6 2 7 25 25 15 4 6 5 21 24 -3 38
15 Helmond Sport 30 9 7 14 28 45 15 7 3 5 22 18 15 2 4 9 6 27 -17 34
16 Jong Ajax 30 7 10 13 51 58 15 4 5 6 27 22 15 3 5 7 24 36 -7 31
17 TOP Oss 30 9 3 18 34 55 15 5 1 9 21 27 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 30
18 FC Den Bosch 30 9 3 18 42 73 15 7 2 6 27 26 15 2 1 12 15 47 -31 30
19 FC Dordrecht 30 7 6 17 32 51 15 4 3 8 18 23 15 3 3 9 14 28 -19 27
20 Jong Utrecht 29 5 5 19 27 50 15 3 3 9 12 18 14 2 2 10 15 32 -23 20

More from Netherlands - Eerste Divisie

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.