Feyenoord expected to challenge FC Emmen at their own home

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Oude Meerdijk (8600 seats)

Preview: 51 points divide the sides before this game, Feyenoord having performed best. Will FC Emmen shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • FC Emmen have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+50) in Eredivisie

FC Emmen are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Happy, happy days for Feyenoord who are already winners of the Eredivisie. This could affect their motivation.

FC Emmen and Feyenoord 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.

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FC Emmen form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, FC Emmen have managed 3 wins, 9 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games.

The followers are hoping that FC Emmen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the match against AZ (placed 3rd). FC Emmen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The forward Živković outperformed all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 7.23 out of 10. Živković scored one goal.

Before that game, the home loss against FC Twente with the scoreline 0-3.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Emmen here at De Oude Meerdijk in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (15 from 16 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. FC Emmen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Feyenoord form and stats

Feyenoord's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Feyenoord collect 39 points from their 16 away matches in the Eredivisie. 12 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for Feyenoord as they haven't lost any of their last 25 games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow is eager to challenge this, with his 182 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The club members enjoyed Feyenoord's previous fixture versus Go Ahead Eagles (placed 11th), a 3-0 win played at home. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Giménez and that is quite the accomplishment! Midfielder Wieffer was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.02. Wieffer hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 56 successful passes (of 61 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Excelsior with the score of 2-0.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this team's 13 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.

Feyenoord are a potent attacking force on the road with their 41 goals in 16 league games. Feyenoord have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Feyenoord have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (5-2-0) when playing Emmen.

Feyenoord - FC Emmen 4-0 was the story when this pair of sides previously met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordS. Giménez
S. Giménez
15 goals
EmmenO. ter Haar Romeny
O. ter Haar Romeny
10 goals
FeyenoordS. Szymański
S. Szymański
9 goals

FC Emmen missing players

Feyenoord missing players

FC Emmen Feyenoord
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
6 3 1 Won W 5 12 24
10 9 1 Drew D 0 3 7
16 4 3 Lost L 0 1 1
30 15 4 Scored S 15 41 78
59 20 11 Conceded C 2 19 28
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
78% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 88%
53% 38% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 59%
38% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 38%
16% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 31% 22%
53% 38% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 69% 59%
22% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 31% 41%
38% 50% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 3%
 
4.2 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.6 6.4 7.2
6 4.6 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5 3.9
1.3 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12.1 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 18.8 17.4 19.4
3.8 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.2 6.8 7.1
25% 24% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 38% 34%
 
15.2 13 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 11 8.6
4.8 4.2 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 4 2.9
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Emmen have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of FC Emmen.
  • Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most points (39) away in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (24) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (41) away in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+22) away in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+50) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Feyenoord 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
4 Ajax 31 18 9 4 79 32 16 9 5 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 63
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 31 4 6 21 29 61 15 3 3 9 18 26 16 1 3 12 11 35 -32 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 16

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.