Home advantage could prove decisive in Telstar - FC Dordrecht battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 28.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: BUKO Stadion (5200 seats)

Eerste Divisie: What this fixture might miss in style it should pay back in energy and attitude. Let's go: Telstar - FC Dordrecht!

Insights:
  • Telstar have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Eerste Divisie

Telstar have less rest than FC Dordrecht in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Jong AZ, so at least Telstar are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Telstar form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Telstar, who have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Eerste Divisie, have to build on here at BUKO Stadion in the Eerste Divisie.

An away draw last time out for Telstar, facing Jong AZ in a game that ended 0-0. Jr, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.45 out of 10 in that game. Jr topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, a fine away win at Koninklijke HFC. A KNVB Beker match. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Telstar matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Telstar with 13 goals conceded in these matches.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Dordrecht so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

FC Dordrecht might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. NAC Breda proved too strong as FC Dordrecht slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. The attacker Longo got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Longo hit the woodwork two (!) times and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

The game before was the KNVB Beker-battle against FC Groningen, a home defeat (0-3). Looking at the earlier recent performances of FC Dordrecht when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dordrecht have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Telstar won eight, FC Dordrecht were winners in two and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
3 goals
TelstarD. Min
D. Min
3 goals

Telstar missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

Telstar FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 3 6 12
4 2 1 Won W 1 1 4
4 1 1 Drew D 0 2 2
4 3 1 Lost L 2 3 6
12 6 4 Scored S 2 5 13
17 13 4 Conceded C 4 8 17
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 83%
50% 83% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 58%
17% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 8%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 58%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 17%
33% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 25%
 
3.8 3.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 4.1
4.4 4.3 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.8 4.3
1.6 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.8 9.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.7 8.3
3.1 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.7 3.2
32% 33% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 34%
 
10.8 12.3 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 11.7 9.8
4.6 5.3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Telstar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Telstar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Telstar have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Heracles 12 9 1 2 32 15 6 5 1 0 19 7 6 4 0 2 13 8 17 28
2 PEC Zwolle 12 8 2 2 28 16 6 3 2 1 13 10 6 5 0 1 15 6 12 26
3 MVV Maastricht 12 7 3 2 24 19 7 5 2 0 18 8 5 2 1 2 6 11 5 24
4 FC Eindhoven 12 6 4 2 20 13 6 4 2 0 14 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 22
5 Willem II 12 5 4 3 18 14 6 3 2 1 7 5 6 2 2 2 11 9 4 19
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 12 5 3 4 21 18 5 3 1 1 10 7 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 18
7 VVV-Venlo 12 5 3 4 18 21 6 2 2 2 7 8 6 3 1 2 11 13 -3 18
8 Jong AZ 12 5 2 5 20 17 6 4 1 1 15 7 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 17
9 Almere City 12 5 2 5 17 17 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 2 1 3 7 11 0 17
10 NAC Breda 12 5 2 5 17 18 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 1 3 9 12 -1 17
11 Jong Ajax 12 4 4 4 20 18 6 3 2 1 14 5 6 1 2 3 6 13 2 16
12 Jong PSV 12 4 4 4 19 18 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 1 4 1 9 9 1 16
13 Telstar 12 4 4 4 12 17 6 2 1 3 6 13 6 2 3 1 6 4 -5 16
14 ADO Den Haag 12 4 3 5 16 20 6 2 2 2 10 9 6 2 1 3 6 11 -4 15
15 FC Dordrecht 12 4 2 6 13 17 6 3 0 3 8 9 6 1 2 3 5 8 -4 14
16 FC Oss 12 4 1 7 16 18 6 2 1 3 9 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -2 13
17 Graafschap 12 3 3 6 17 21 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 1 1 4 9 15 -4 12
18 FC Den Bosch 12 4 0 8 17 22 6 2 0 4 10 11 6 2 0 4 7 11 -5 12
19 Helmond Sport 12 3 0 9 10 23 6 2 0 4 8 10 6 1 0 5 2 13 -13 9
20 Jong Utrecht 12 1 3 8 8 21 6 1 2 3 3 7 6 0 1 5 5 14 -13 6

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.