FC Utrecht and Go Ahead Eagles have both delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf expression. The teams both occupy mid-table places in the Eredivisie.
- Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
This has all the signs of an absorbing match with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
FC Utrecht form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for FC Utrecht at their home stadium (Stadion Galgenwaard) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
FC Utrecht shared the glory with NEC in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against NEC last time out, but a goal from Boussaid completed a comeback to a draw result for Utrecht. Toornstra (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.25/10. Toornstra hit three key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Fortuna Sittard that was lost 1-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier FC Utrecht matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
The FC Utrecht fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. From these home matches, Utrecht have conceded only 11 goals.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Go Ahead Eagles so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Go Ahead Eagles play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to SC Cambuur (placed 18th). Midfield player Rommens was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Rommens hit six key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
A 2-2 draw at FC Emmen's stadium before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Go Ahead Eagles playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.
The visiting Eagles have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
FC Utrecht have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing (4-3-0) when playing Go Ahead Eagles.The teams have played each other previously this season, with the final score Go Ahead Eagles - Utrecht 2-2 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 12 goals |  S. van de Streek 7 goals |  B. Dost 7 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| FC Utrecht | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 41 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 34 |
| 39 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 43 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 76% | 58% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 60% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 42% | 46% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 56% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 62% |
| 32% | 42% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 8% | 21% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 12.1 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 10.6 | 11.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 19% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 43% | 40% |
| 12.7 | 11.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 15.3 | 14.6 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
- Go Ahead Eagles 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 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 58 |
| 2 | Ajax | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 45 | 55 |
| 3 | AZ | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | PSV | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 36 | 52 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 44 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | NEC | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -13 | 29 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -26 | 23 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Excelsior | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 38 | -39 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 29 | -25 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -26 | 16 |
