Eerste Divisie preview: Can Telstar edge out victory against MVV Maastricht?

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 14.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: BUKO Stadion (5200 seats)

Here's every little thing you must be aware of, and then some, before the Telstar - MVV Maastricht match!

Insights:
  • Telstar have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Both sides have had enough days rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an active match!

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Telstar form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Telstar have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at BUKO Stadion. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

Telstar lost their last game at FC Volendam (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. The gifted forward Plet outdid all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.43 out of 10. Plet scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).

Before that, Telstar drew at home versus Jong PSV.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Telstar have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost one.

Telstar has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Telstar with 23 goals conceded in these matches.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

There's been little loot from MVV Maastricht's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Eerste Divisie. MVV Maastricht only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. Recent form does not give Maastricht much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Telstar will be a tough nut to crack.

The attacking players of Maastricht have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 186 minutes.

Maastricht lost away at Roda JC Kerkrade (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Souren was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Souren hit two key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).

A loss against FC Emmen was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where MVV Maastricht have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, two draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Maastricht as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. The Maastricht manager Wels has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

MVV Maastricht - Telstar 3-0 was the scoreline in these sides' last H2H match, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Telstar two wins, three draws and MVV Maastricht five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtM. Ntelo
M. Ntelo
7 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
6 goals
MVV MaastrichtS. Blummel
S. Blummel
5 goals

Telstar missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players

Telstar MVV Maastricht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
4 1 0 Won W 3 3 7
8 4 1 Drew D 0 0 2
9 5 2 Lost L 0 7 12
23 12 4 Scored S 4 7 22
41 23 7 Conceded C 0 23 41
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 71%
52% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 52%
33% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 29%
19% 30% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 19%
62% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 48%
19% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 30% 24%
24% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 29%
 
5.4 6.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.9 3.3
4.9 5.6 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.2 6
1.3 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.9 9.7 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.5 6.6
3.6 4.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 2.9
31% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 23% 36%
 
10 10.1 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 16.5 13.4
4.7 5.1 6.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 7.8 6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • MVV Maastricht have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • MVV Maastricht is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Telstar have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Eerste Divisie

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Volendam 21 14 6 1 52 28 11 8 2 1 28 15 10 6 4 0 24 13 24 48
2 Excelsior 20 13 3 4 48 26 9 5 2 2 21 13 11 8 1 2 27 13 22 42
3 FC Emmen 21 13 3 5 32 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 12 7 3 2 15 9 17 42
4 ADO Den Haag 20 14 2 4 48 24 10 8 0 2 26 12 10 6 2 2 22 12 24 38
5 Jong Ajax 20 11 4 5 45 32 10 6 2 2 25 15 10 5 2 3 20 17 13 37
6 Graafschap 21 11 3 7 34 25 11 3 3 5 11 16 10 8 0 2 23 9 9 36
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 21 9 7 5 39 28 11 4 4 3 17 14 10 5 3 2 22 14 11 34
8 FC Eindhoven 21 9 5 7 34 28 10 6 3 1 19 11 11 3 2 6 15 17 6 32
9 NAC Breda 21 7 7 7 32 27 10 5 4 1 17 7 11 2 3 6 15 20 5 28
10 VVV-Venlo 21 8 2 11 25 29 11 5 1 5 16 15 10 3 1 6 9 14 -4 26
11 FC Den Bosch 21 8 2 11 25 39 11 6 0 5 12 19 10 2 2 6 13 20 -14 26
12 Jong PSV 20 6 5 9 29 32 10 4 2 4 16 14 10 2 3 5 13 18 -3 23
13 MVV Maastricht 21 7 2 12 22 41 11 4 2 5 15 18 10 3 0 7 7 23 -19 23
14 Jong AZ 20 6 4 10 19 25 11 4 3 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 22
15 Jong Utrecht 20 6 4 10 24 33 10 3 0 7 9 19 10 3 4 3 15 14 -9 22
16 Helmond Sport 21 5 5 11 19 32 11 3 2 6 10 19 10 2 3 5 9 13 -13 20
17 Telstar 21 4 8 9 23 41 10 1 4 5 12 23 11 3 4 4 11 18 -18 20
18 FC Oss 20 4 6 10 23 33 10 2 4 4 14 17 10 2 2 6 9 16 -10 18
19 Almere City 20 4 5 11 33 43 10 2 2 6 17 22 10 2 3 5 16 21 -10 17
20 FC Dordrecht 21 3 5 13 25 50 10 1 4 5 11 20 11 2 1 8 14 30 -25 14

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.