Evenly matched teams: FC Eindhoven vs De Graafschap match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie Playoffs
Competition: Fri 13.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

FC Eindhoven and De Graafschap match-goers have their most valued supporter shirts and scarves on for this first game week of a new Eredivisie Playoffs campaign. GO!

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not De Graafschap's everyday surface at their own football pitch. When playing on artifical turf De Graafschap have performed like this: Played 24 matches producing 13 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats with the goal difference 47-38 (scored/conceded).

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Eindhoven and De Graafschap.

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

In the previous season, FC Eindhoven's league stats were 21 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, results that produced 3rd position in the Eredivisie Playoffs. In these 38 matches they scored 69 goals and conceded 43. Appearing at home in the previous season FC Eindhoven generated 12-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 19 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with FC Eindhoven perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Eindhoven as a small favourite), we find 5 games. FC Eindhoven has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

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De Graafschap form and stats

Let's have a look at how De Graafschap performed last season in the Eredivisie Playoffs: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 34/18 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides get together this season, as the records show this recent game: De Graafschap - Eindhoven 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one FC Eindhoven victory, three draws and six De Graafschap wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC EindhovenJ. Sleegers
J. Sleegers
1 goals
De GraafschapD. Gravenberch
D. Gravenberch
1 goals

FC Eindhoven missing players

De Graafschap missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Eindhoven De Graafschap
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
4 3 0 Scored S 0 1 2
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.5
4.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.5 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 11.5
4 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 5
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 20%
 
11.5 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 5.5
5 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4
FC Eindhoven Last season De Graafschap
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
21 12   Won W   11 15
8 4   Drew D   3 11
9 3   Lost L   5 12
69 39   Scored S   34 52
43 19   Conceded C   18 43
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 87%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 79%
53% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 55%
42% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 26%
18% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 3%
53% 63%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
37% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 37%
16% 0%   Failed to Score F T   21% 26%
 
4.7 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 6.9
5.1 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.6
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.1
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.8 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13.8
4.7 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.6
39% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 25%
 
9.8 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 9.7
3.8 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.9

Last season 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 Emmen 38 26 5 7 64 24 19 15 0 4 41 12 19 11 5 3 23 12 40 83
2 FC Volendam 38 21 12 5 81 53 19 13 3 3 47 28 19 8 9 2 34 25 28 75
3 FC Eindhoven 38 21 8 9 69 43 19 12 4 3 39 19 19 9 4 6 30 24 26 71
4 ADO Den Haag 38 22 7 9 76 53 19 12 4 3 39 21 19 10 3 6 37 32 23 67
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 18 12 8 77 50 19 10 6 3 42 24 19 8 6 5 35 26 27 66
6 Excelsior 38 19 9 10 82 57 19 9 5 5 44 28 19 10 4 5 38 29 25 66
7 Jong Ajax 38 18 9 11 82 63 19 12 4 3 51 28 19 6 5 8 31 35 19 63
8 NAC Breda 38 16 11 11 60 45 19 10 7 2 33 13 19 6 4 9 27 32 15 59
9 De Graafschap 38 15 11 12 52 43 19 4 8 7 18 25 19 11 3 5 34 18 9 56
10 VVV-Venlo 38 14 6 18 50 64 19 7 4 8 27 33 19 7 2 10 23 31 -14 48
11 FC Den Bosch 38 14 5 19 42 61 19 10 1 8 23 27 19 4 4 11 19 34 -19 47
12 Jong PSV 38 11 11 16 61 63 19 7 6 6 35 28 19 4 5 10 26 35 -2 44
13 Jong AZ 38 12 6 20 39 50 19 7 3 9 19 22 19 5 3 11 20 28 -11 42
14 Almere City 38 11 8 19 57 69 19 5 4 10 26 32 19 6 4 9 31 37 -12 41
15 FC Oss 38 11 8 19 48 62 19 6 5 8 28 28 19 5 3 11 20 34 -14 41
16 MVV Maastricht 38 12 4 22 43 75 19 5 3 11 22 37 19 7 1 11 21 38 -32 40
17 FC Dordrecht 38 10 9 19 53 77 19 6 6 7 28 31 19 4 3 12 25 46 -24 39
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 5 22 43 67 19 5 0 14 16 35 19 6 5 8 27 32 -24 38
19 Telstar 38 8 11 19 47 74 19 4 5 10 21 39 19 4 6 9 26 35 -27 35
20 Helmond Sport 38 8 7 23 39 72 19 4 4 11 20 36 19 4 3 12 19 36 -33 28

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