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 Utrecht will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- FC Emmen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- FC Utrecht has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Eredivisie
It's no vacation for neither Emmen nor FC Utrecht as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Emmen form and stats
FC Emmen's results here at De Oude Meerdijk in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for FC Emmen who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against VVV-Venlo, 100 days ago.
Emmen shared the glory with PEC Zwolle in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, Emmen won a home game hosting FC Groningen (2-1).
The Emmen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, FC Emmen having conceded 17 goals here at De Oude Meerdijk so far.
FC Utrecht form and stats
There's been little loot from FC Utrecht's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Eredivisie. FC Utrecht only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.
Utrecht played 1-1 against Fortuna Sittard in their previous match. A 4-5 defeat away at Ajax before that.
The attacking power of Utrecht when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Utrecht struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Emmen-FC Utrecht H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: FC Emmen two wins, FC Utrecht one win, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. de Leeuw 5 goals |   M. Mahi 4 goals |  M. Araujo Blanco 2 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| FC Emmen | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 30 | 17 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 85% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 46% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 23% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 69% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.7 | 14.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 27% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 15% | 20% |
- All of FC Emmen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Emmen has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) 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 Emmen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- FC Utrecht has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 30 |
| 2 | PSV | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | FC Groningen | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 7 | AZ | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 14 | Heracles | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -11 | 9 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -19 | 9 |
| 16 | Willem II | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -18 | 7 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 5 |