It's early days in the Eredivisie and both FC Emmen and Willem II are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
FC Emmen form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Eredivisie game of the season here at De Oude Meerdijk. Last season these fans witnessed 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from FC Emmen's 13 home games.
Emmen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus PSV. Preceding that match was the home game against VVV-Venlo that was lost 3-5.
The defeat against PSV was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by M. Romero).
This is expected to be a close game, with FC Emmen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Emmen as a small favourite), we find five games. FC Emmen has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Emmen at home in the league. 3 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Willem II form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Eredivisie ended in defeat. Last season Willem II had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 6, drew 1 and lost 6.
Willem go into this game after a win, the home game against Heracles that ended 4-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Progres Niedercorn at their stadium, the result 5-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Willem was very dominant against Heracles, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with John Yeboah, Görkem Sağlam and Vangelis Pavlidis (2) providing the goals.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Willem II in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Willem II, one draw and four defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Willem II has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Emmen, zero draws and five wins for Willem II. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 2 goals |   M. Kolar 1 goals |  N. Laursen 1 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
Willem II missing players
| FC Emmen | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| FC Emmen | Last season | Willem II | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 26 | Scored | S | 20 | 37 | ||
| 45 | 12 | Conceded | C | 25 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 77% | ||
| 54% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 31% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 15% | ||
| 46% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 27% | ||
| 31% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 308 | 196 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 274 | ||
| 98 | 73 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 99 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Ajax | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | VVV-Venlo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Feyenoord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Willem II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | AZ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 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 |