Soccer match preview: Home fans with big optimism before FC Utrecht - Willem II

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

A total of ten rounds of games are done and both FC Utrecht and Willem II are up there with the best. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Willem II have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a KNVB Beker game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at RKC Waalwijk. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

The Eredivisie statistics at home this season for FC Utrecht are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for FC Utrecht bring valid hopes of a third.

FC Utrecht are returning here after visiting SteDoCo in a KNVB Beker game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Moussa Sylla, Adam Maher, Sander van de Streek, Remco Balk and Othman Boussaid scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Utrecht played a great game against SteDoCo and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player Adam Maher got a match rating of 8.72 in that game, the max score being 10. Maher scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 72 total).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against SC Heerenveen.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Utrecht home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

Utrecht always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadion Galgenwaard with 16 goals in 5 league games. On the other hand, Utrecht have conceded 5 goals.

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Willem II form and stats

Playing away, Willem II have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Eredivisie this season.

Two away games in a row for Willem, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus RKC Waalwijk in the KNVB Beker. Emil Bergstrom was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Bergstrom won 3 of 3 duels.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie.

You'll want to know how Willem II managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and three home wins.

The travelling fans enjoy Willem's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Willem have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Data for the previous ten meetings involving these two contenders are: seven wins for Utrecht, one draw and two wins for Willem II. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
4 goals
UtrechtS. Gustafson
S. Gustafson
3 goals
FC UtrechtB. Ramselaar
B. Ramselaar
3 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

Willem II missing players

FC Utrecht Willem II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
6 4 1 Won W 1 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
21 16 3 Scored S 3 8 14
11 5 1 Conceded C 0 5 12
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
70% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
70% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
50% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
50% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 60%
40% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 30%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
5.8 7.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 4.1
4.1 3.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 4.8
1.7 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.6 18.8 19 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10 9.7
4.7 7.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.6
45% 44% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 47% 39%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of FC Utrecht's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Utrecht have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Utrecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Utrecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Willem II have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 10 8 1 1 37 2 6 5 0 1 27 1 4 3 1 0 10 1 35 25
2 PSV 10 7 0 3 22 17 5 4 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 2 8 8 5 21
3 FC Utrecht 10 6 2 2 21 11 5 4 1 0 16 5 5 2 1 2 5 6 10 20
4 Feyenoord 9 6 1 2 25 13 4 3 1 0 12 6 5 3 0 2 13 7 12 19
5 Willem II 10 5 3 2 14 12 5 3 1 1 6 7 5 2 2 1 8 5 2 18
6 Vitesse 10 5 1 4 10 17 5 1 1 3 5 11 5 4 0 1 5 6 -7 16
7 FC Twente 10 4 3 3 16 13 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 15
8 NEC 10 4 2 4 12 17 4 1 1 2 2 4 6 3 1 2 10 13 -5 14
9 SC Heerenveen 10 4 1 5 12 16 5 2 0 3 7 10 5 2 1 2 5 6 -4 13
10 Go Ahead Eagles 10 4 1 5 13 19 5 3 0 2 8 5 5 1 1 3 5 14 -6 13
11 AZ 9 4 0 5 19 15 3 2 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 4 9 11 4 12
12 SC Cambuur 10 4 0 6 18 25 6 3 0 3 13 11 4 1 0 3 5 14 -7 12
13 RKC Waalwijk 10 2 4 4 13 15 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 3 2 8 10 -2 10
14 Heracles 9 3 1 5 11 15 5 3 0 2 7 7 4 0 1 3 4 8 -4 10
15 FC Groningen 10 2 4 4 10 15 5 1 3 1 4 3 5 1 1 3 6 12 -5 10
16 Fortuna Sittard 9 2 3 4 9 17 5 2 1 2 6 11 4 0 2 2 3 6 -8 9
17 Sparta Rotterdam 10 1 4 5 8 18 5 1 3 1 6 8 5 0 1 4 2 10 -10 7
18 PEC Zwolle 10 1 1 8 4 17 5 1 1 3 2 5 5 0 0 5 2 12 -13 4

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.