Soccer betting preview: Roda JC Kerkrade welcomes Go Ahead Eagles in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parkstad Limburg Stadion (19979 seats)

Roda JC Kerkrade and Go Ahead Eagles have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Eerste Divisie.

Insights:
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eerste Divisie

Go Ahead Eagles could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a KNVB Beker game only three sleeps ago. That game, against SC Cambuur, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Go Ahead Eagles.

It should be mentioned that Go Ahead Eagles play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Go Ahead Eagles on artifical turf are 10 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 23 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 29-30. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats

Roda JC Kerkrade have performed here at Parkstad Limburg Stadion this season with 4 wins from 8 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Helmond Sport in the Eerste Divisie last time out and are looking for a win here. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Jong PSV the opponent.

Opportunity lost for Kerkrade in the Helmond Sport match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

This is expected to be a close game, with Roda JC Kerkrade perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Roda JC Kerkrade as a small favourite), we find three games. Roda JC Kerkrade has won one of these, drawn two and lost zero.

Goals decide football matches and Roda JC Kerkrade are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. Kerkrade have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Go Ahead Eagles, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eerste Divisie, in their Eerste Divisie matches away.

219 minutes! That's how long the Eagles goalkeeper Jay Gorter and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two travels in a row for Go Ahead Eagles, whose manager K. van Wonderen could celebrate last time after the KNVB Beker win against SC Cambuur. A draw for Eagles before that, at their own venue hosting NAC Breda (0-0).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Eagles in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Go Ahead Eagles, two draws and three defeats.

Eagles find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Go Ahead Eagles are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Kerkrade five wins, one draw and Go Ahead Eagles three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KerkradeR. Alberg
R. Alberg
8 goals
Roda JC KerkradeJ. Croux
J. Croux
3 goals
Go Ahead EaglesS. Beukema
S. Beukema
3 goals

Roda JC Kerkrade missing players

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Roda JC Kerkrade Go Ahead Eagles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 1 8 16
5 4 1 Won W 1 4 6
7 4 1 Drew D 0 2 5
4 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
26 16 4 Scored S 2 9 17
21 5 2 Conceded C 1 6 13
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 69%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 62%
56% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 44%
38% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 19%
31% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 62% 62%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.2 13.9 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.2 10
5.1 5.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.8 3.9
32% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 27%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (10) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (5) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 16 13 1 2 52 15 9 7 0 2 29 10 7 6 1 0 23 5 37 40
2 Almere City 16 11 4 1 39 21 8 7 1 0 18 2 8 4 3 1 21 19 18 37
3 Graafschap 16 10 2 4 33 26 8 5 1 2 17 12 8 5 1 2 16 14 7 32
4 NEC 16 9 4 3 31 17 7 4 2 1 15 7 9 5 2 2 16 10 14 31
5 FC Volendam 16 8 6 2 43 19 9 4 3 2 24 9 7 4 3 0 19 10 24 30
6 NAC Breda 16 9 2 5 27 15 8 5 0 3 15 9 8 4 2 2 12 6 12 29
7 FC Eindhoven 16 7 4 5 29 28 9 4 3 2 23 14 7 3 1 3 6 14 1 25
8 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 5 5 17 13 8 2 3 3 8 7 8 4 2 2 9 6 4 23
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 16 5 7 4 26 21 8 4 4 0 16 5 8 1 3 4 10 16 5 22
10 Telstar 16 6 4 6 27 23 9 3 2 4 18 13 7 3 2 2 9 10 4 22
11 Jong Ajax 16 6 4 6 30 32 8 3 2 3 13 16 8 3 2 3 17 16 -2 22
12 Excelsior 16 6 2 8 32 28 7 3 0 4 17 14 9 3 2 4 15 14 4 20
13 Jong Utrecht 16 6 1 9 24 31 9 3 0 6 11 16 7 3 1 3 13 15 -7 19
14 FC Oss 16 5 4 7 14 23 8 3 2 3 10 9 8 2 2 4 4 14 -9 19
15 Jong PSV 16 4 4 8 24 31 7 1 3 3 8 12 9 3 1 5 16 19 -7 16
16 Helmond Sport 16 4 4 8 15 26 8 2 1 5 6 14 8 2 3 3 9 12 -11 16
17 Jong AZ 16 3 2 11 21 44 7 1 2 4 14 21 9 2 0 7 7 23 -23 11
18 FC Dordrecht 16 3 2 11 13 40 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 1 0 7 4 27 -27 11
19 FC Den Bosch 16 2 4 10 16 37 8 2 3 3 11 11 8 0 1 7 5 26 -21 10
20 MVV Maastricht 16 2 4 10 18 41 7 1 1 5 11 24 9 1 3 5 7 17 -23 10

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.