Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Telstar in 7th and Go Ahead Eagles in 11th place.
Telstar and Go Ahead Eagles should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Telstar form and stats
When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Telstar have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
An away draw last time out for Telstar, facing Jong AZ in a game that ended 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Heracles in the KNVB Beker.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Telstar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost two.
The manager A. Jonker will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to NAC Breda in only four days.
The Telstar manager A. Jonker has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. Telstar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Go Ahead Eagles, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Eerste Divisie, playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.
Eagles played 0-0 against Excelsior in their previous match. That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus NAC Breda in the KNVB Beker.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Eagles playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero Go Ahead Eagles wins, two draws and two defeats.
Go Ahead Eagles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Go Ahead Eagles are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Telstar three wins, two draws and Go Ahead Eagles five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Bronkhorst 6 goals |  S. Soto 5 goals | S. Pattynama 2 goals |
Telstar missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| Telstar | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | 63 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 57 | 104 |
| 39 | 23 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 25 | 36 |
| 49% | 52% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 28% |
- All of Telstar's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (4) away in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (7) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Telstar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Go Ahead Eagles have scored away.
- Telstar have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Telstar 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 | Almere City | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | NEC | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | FC Volendam | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | Telstar | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Jong Ajax | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -12 | 9 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 8 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 8 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 5 |