FC Emmen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind FC Utrecht.
FC Emmen and FC Utrecht 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.
FC Emmen form and stats
29 points is a decent return from 13 Eredivisie games here at De Oude Meerdijk for FC Emmen. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. The FC Emmen fans aren't used to losing league-games here at De Oude Meerdijk and will expect new points from this game. FC Emmen has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
FC Emmen's last game was hosting VVV-Venlo (placed 13th) and winning 3-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-5 away at Sparta Rotterdam.
FC Emmen can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 26 times. FC Emmen have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Utrecht form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
FC Utrecht won their last game, 5-1 versus Sparta Rotterdam played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Ajax in the KNVB Beker.
As you can tell from the results above, FC Utrecht was very dominant against Sparta Rotterdam, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Sean Klaiber, Bart Ramselaar (2), Adrian Dalmau and Simon Gustafsson providing the goals.
FC Utrecht has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, FC Utrecht have conceded 22 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the FC Utrecht - FC Emmen 3-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): FC Emmen two wins, zero draws and FC Utrecht one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kerk 10 goals |   M. de Leeuw 9 goals |  S. Gustafson 6 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| FC Emmen | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 9 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 32 | 26 | 8 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 50 |
| 45 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 34 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 92% | 92% |
| 54% | 54% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 62% | 72% |
| 27% | 23% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 38% | 40% |
| 19% | 15% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 16% |
| 46% | 46% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 85% | 68% |
| 27% | 46% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 8% | 20% |
| 31% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 5.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 308 | 196 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 175 | 368 |
| 98 | 73 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 60 | 118 |
| 33% | 36% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | 42% |
- FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Emmen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- FC Utrecht has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
- FC Utrecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Utrecht 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 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 45 | 56 |
| 2 | AZ | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -33 | 15 |