Eredivisie match preview and statistics: FC Emmen fight FC Twente

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: De Oude Meerdijk (8600 seats)

Season ticket holders at De Oude Meerdijk haven’t seen too many victories this season, with FC Emmen languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting FC Twente will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • FC Emmen has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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FC Emmen form and stats

FC Emmen's struggle is real here at De Oude Meerdijk with only 3 points collected from 7 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-4. All in all it has been a very rough period for FC Emmen who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against VVV-Venlo, 118 days ago. Emmen are slowly digging their own grave here at De Oude Meerdijk with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the VVV-Venlo match.

The Emmen crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to FC Utrecht here at De Oude Meerdijk in a Eredivisie match. Before that, Emmen played out a draw 0-0 when visiting PEC Zwolle.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Emmen as they are travelling to their away game against Heracles in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.

FC Emmen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Oude Meerdijk with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, FC Emmen having conceded 20 goals here at De Oude Meerdijk so far.

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FC Twente form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Eredivisie. Having won their last three away games Twente has no reason to fear anyone.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus Sparta Rotterdam with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against VVV-Venlo with the score of 2-1.

Twente have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 13 goals from 6 away matches. As opposed to that, FC Twente have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: FC Twente - FC Emmen 1-1. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two FC Emmen victories, two draws and four FC Twente wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
11 goals
EmmenM. de Leeuw
M. de Leeuw
5 goals
FC TwenteQ. Menig
Q. Menig
5 goals

FC Emmen missing players

FC Twente missing players

FC Emmen FC Twente
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 3 6 14
0 0 0 Won W 3 4 7
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
9 4 1 Lost L 0 1 4
15 11 2 Scored S 9 13 26
33 20 3 Conceded C 3 7 18
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 57%
50% 71% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 29%
29% 57% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 14%
71% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 83% 71%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 14%
29% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.8 13.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.5 12.3
3.7 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 5.5 5
29% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 39% 37%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of FC Emmen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of FC Twente's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Emmen has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Eredivisie
  • FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Emmen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • FC Emmen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Emmen have yet to win a game.
  • FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Twente have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • FC Twente 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 Ajax 14 11 1 2 52 10 7 6 0 1 25 6 7 5 1 1 27 4 42 34
2 PSV 14 10 3 1 33 11 7 7 0 0 18 3 7 3 3 1 15 8 22 33
3 Feyenoord 14 8 5 1 29 12 7 3 4 0 12 5 7 5 1 1 17 7 17 29
4 Vitesse 14 9 2 3 24 12 7 6 1 0 14 3 7 3 1 3 10 9 12 29
5 AZ Alkmaar 14 7 6 1 35 22 7 4 2 1 16 9 7 3 4 0 19 13 13 27
6 FC Groningen 14 8 2 4 18 15 8 4 2 2 8 6 6 4 0 2 10 9 3 26
7 FC Twente 14 7 3 4 26 18 8 3 2 3 13 11 6 4 1 1 13 7 8 24
8 SC Heerenveen 14 5 5 4 22 21 6 3 1 2 10 7 8 2 4 2 12 14 1 20
9 Sparta Rotterdam 14 5 3 6 24 23 7 2 2 3 16 14 7 3 1 3 8 9 1 18
10 FC Utrecht 14 3 8 3 18 21 7 2 4 1 10 10 7 1 4 2 8 11 -3 17
11 PEC Zwolle 14 3 7 4 16 22 7 2 3 2 7 7 7 1 4 2 9 15 -6 16
12 Heracles 14 4 3 7 15 24 6 2 1 3 9 7 8 2 2 4 6 17 -9 15
13 Fortuna Sittard 14 3 4 7 20 32 7 2 2 3 13 17 7 1 2 4 7 15 -12 13
14 RKC Waalwijk 14 3 3 8 13 26 7 1 3 3 8 13 7 2 0 5 5 13 -13 12
15 Willem II 14 2 3 9 16 30 7 2 1 4 10 15 7 0 2 5 6 15 -14 9
16 VVV-Venlo 14 2 3 9 20 42 7 1 2 4 8 25 7 1 1 5 12 17 -22 9
17 ADO Den Haag 14 1 4 9 13 35 7 0 2 5 7 16 7 1 2 4 6 19 -22 7
18 FC Emmen 14 0 5 9 15 33 7 0 3 4 11 20 7 0 2 5 4 13 -18 5

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.