Early betting action insinuate FC Utrecht superiority versus SC Cambuur

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

Game week two of the Eredivisie season and the squads have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the ultimate FC Utrecht - SC Cambuur pre-match guide:

It should be mentioned that SC Cambuur play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for SC Cambuur on grass are 9 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 22 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-34. You can compare this with overall results below.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

Last season, FC Utrecht's league results were 12 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, resulting in 7th spot in the Eredivisie. Over these 34 matches they scored 51 goals and let in 46. Playing as the home side in the last season FC Utrecht delivered 8-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 20 conceded.

An away draw last time out for FC Utrecht, facing RKC Waalwijk in a game that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against RKC Waalwijk as FC Utrecht were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Dost popped out and made it level in the 85th minute. Kruijs made a very successful substitution after 0-2 minutes in the game against RKC Waalwijk, bringing on Dost who later scored two goals to force the draw 2-2. The attacking player Dost was announced as "man of the match" for Utrecht with a rating of 8.64/10. Dost scored two goals.

Prior to that, an away loss at Vitesse (after extra-time).

FC Utrecht are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 2 and lost 0.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

Let's have a look at how SC Cambuur performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 6 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 70 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 24/35 goals scored/conceded.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Excelsior with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Hoedemakers was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.42. Hoedemakers hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 53 successful passes (of 64 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Groningen at their stadium, the result 3-2.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Utrecht wins - draws - SC Cambuur wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtB. Dost
B. Dost
2 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht SC Cambuur
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 10
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 29
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 8
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
FC Utrecht Last season SC Cambuur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 34
13 9   Won W   6 11
11 6   Drew D   3 6
12 3   Lost L   8 17
54 35   Scored S   24 53
50 21   Conceded C   35 70
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
78% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 85%
61% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 71%
33% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 44%
14% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   35% 32%
61% 67%   BTTS BTTS   53% 74%
22% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 12%
22% 17%   Failed to Score F T   35% 18%
 
6 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.5
4.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   7.6 7.1
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   0 3
 
13.5 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.7
4.6 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 40%
 
11.6 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   18.4 17.1
4.4 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 6.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 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 34 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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