Eerste Divisie match prediction and preview for SC Cambuur vs De Graafschap clash

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cambuurstadion (10000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for SC Cambuur - De Graafschap!

Insights:
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals (104) in Eerste Divisie
  • De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

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 21 matches resulting in 11 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 42-34 (scored/conceded).

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SC Cambuur form and stats

42 points is a decent return from 17 Eerste Divisie games here at Cambuurstadion for SC Cambuur. The data says 14 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Cambuur has won five games in a row. The Roda JC Kerkrade match was the last time out without a victory. After failing to beat FC Volendam here at Cambuurstadion, SC Cambuur has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

Cambuur are returning here after visiting Jong AZ in a Eerste Divisie game and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Issa Kallon, Robert Muhren and Erik Schouten scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Helmond Sport.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Cambuur is on fire here. A stunning 56 from 17 league matches. From these home matches, Cambuur have conceded only 16 goals.

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De Graafschap form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 12 wins, 1 draw and only 4 losses in the Eerste Divisie. Momentum is building for Graafschap in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

There were no winners in Graafschap's previous match, a Eerste Divisie home game that ended 2-2 vs Almere City (placed 4th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jong PSV at their stadium, the result 2-0.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Graafschap are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Graafschap in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: De Graafschap - Cambuur 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Cambuur victories, three draws and five De Graafschap wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC CambuurR. Mühren
R. Mühren
35 goals
De GraafschapR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
13 goals
CambuurI. Kallon
I. Kallon
11 goals

SC Cambuur missing players

De Graafschap missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SC Cambuur De Graafschap
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 3 Played P 4 17 35
27 14 2 Won W 1 12 23
4 0 0 Drew D 1 1 5
4 3 1 Lost L 2 4 7
104 56 9 Scored S 3 34 65
33 16 4 Conceded C 5 24 45
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 97%
86% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 80%
66% 71% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 65% 57%
51% 53% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 41% 37%
34% 41% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 20%
51% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 65% 57%
43% 41% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 34%
11% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15.3 15.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 14.2 14.3
7.3 8.2 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 5.6 5.7
41% 40% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 35% 32%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SC Cambuur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • SC Cambuur have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most points (42) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals (104) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals (56) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals in the first half (47) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals in the second half (57) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the the best goal difference (+40) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur have the the best goal difference (+71) in Eerste Divisie
  • SC Cambuur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SC Cambuur is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 35 27 4 4 104 33 17 14 0 3 56 16 18 13 4 1 48 17 71 85
2 De Graafschap 35 23 5 7 65 45 18 11 4 3 31 21 17 12 1 4 34 24 20 74
3 Go Ahead Eagles 35 20 8 7 54 23 17 8 5 4 23 11 18 12 3 3 31 12 31 68
4 Almere City 35 20 8 7 70 46 17 12 3 2 32 8 18 8 5 5 38 38 24 68
5 NAC Breda 35 20 7 8 69 38 18 12 1 5 39 19 17 8 6 3 30 19 31 67
6 NEC 35 19 6 10 65 40 17 10 4 3 32 16 18 9 2 7 33 24 25 63
7 FC Volendam 34 16 8 10 72 49 17 7 3 7 38 27 17 9 5 3 34 22 23 56
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 14 12 9 65 57 17 7 7 3 33 22 18 7 5 6 32 35 8 54
9 Excelsior 35 13 6 16 61 63 17 7 2 8 32 30 18 6 4 8 29 33 -2 45
10 Helmond Sport 35 11 10 14 49 62 18 8 3 7 25 29 17 3 7 7 24 33 -13 43
11 TOP Oss 34 12 6 16 37 52 17 7 3 7 27 27 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 42
12 MVV Maastricht 35 12 6 17 45 67 17 8 2 7 29 35 18 4 4 10 16 32 -22 42
13 Telstar 34 10 10 14 53 51 17 5 5 7 34 27 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 40
14 Jong PSV 34 10 7 17 51 61 17 4 5 8 22 26 17 6 2 9 29 35 -10 37
15 FC Eindhoven 35 9 9 17 46 58 17 5 5 7 30 28 18 4 4 10 16 30 -12 36
16 Jong Ajax 35 9 9 17 52 68 18 4 5 9 24 33 17 5 4 8 28 35 -16 36
17 Jong AZ 35 9 5 21 52 89 18 6 3 9 36 45 17 3 2 12 16 44 -37 32
18 Jong Utrecht 35 10 1 24 46 72 18 5 0 13 22 35 17 5 1 11 24 37 -26 31
19 FC Den Bosch 35 7 8 20 54 80 18 5 6 7 34 31 17 2 2 13 20 49 -26 29
20 FC Dordrecht 35 8 3 24 35 91 18 4 3 11 20 40 17 4 0 13 15 51 -56 27

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 SC Cambuur 35 27 4 4 104 33 17 14 0 3 56 16 18 13 4 1 48 17 71 85
2 De Graafschap 35 23 5 7 65 45 18 11 4 3 31 21 17 12 1 4 34 24 20 74
3 Go Ahead Eagles 35 20 8 7 54 23 17 8 5 4 23 11 18 12 3 3 31 12 31 68
4 Almere City 35 20 8 7 70 46 17 12 3 2 32 8 18 8 5 5 38 38 24 68
5 NAC Breda 35 20 7 8 69 38 18 12 1 5 39 19 17 8 6 3 30 19 31 67
6 NEC 35 19 6 10 65 40 17 10 4 3 32 16 18 9 2 7 33 24 25 63
7 FC Volendam 34 16 8 10 72 49 17 7 3 7 38 27 17 9 5 3 34 22 23 56
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 14 12 9 65 57 17 7 7 3 33 22 18 7 5 6 32 35 8 54
9 Excelsior 35 13 6 16 61 63 17 7 2 8 32 30 18 6 4 8 29 33 -2 45
10 Helmond Sport 35 11 10 14 49 62 18 8 3 7 25 29 17 3 7 7 24 33 -13 43
11 TOP Oss 34 12 6 16 37 52 17 7 3 7 27 27 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 42
12 MVV Maastricht 35 12 6 17 45 67 17 8 2 7 29 35 18 4 4 10 16 32 -22 42
13 Telstar 34 10 10 14 53 51 17 5 5 7 34 27 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 40
14 Jong PSV 34 10 7 17 51 61 17 4 5 8 22 26 17 6 2 9 29 35 -10 37
15 FC Eindhoven 35 9 9 17 46 58 17 5 5 7 30 28 18 4 4 10 16 30 -12 36
16 Jong Ajax 35 9 9 17 52 68 18 4 5 9 24 33 17 5 4 8 28 35 -16 36
17 Jong AZ 35 9 5 21 52 89 18 6 3 9 36 45 17 3 2 12 16 44 -37 32
18 Jong Utrecht 35 10 1 24 46 72 18 5 0 13 22 35 17 5 1 11 24 37 -26 31
19 FC Den Bosch 35 7 8 20 54 80 18 5 6 7 34 31 17 2 2 13 20 49 -26 29
20 FC Dordrecht 35 8 3 24 35 91 18 4 3 11 20 40 17 4 0 13 15 51 -56 27

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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.