Betting preview: Feyenoord the front runner when FC Utrecht arrive

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

1st position in the Eredivisie table for Feyenoord at present, a strong showing. The match-going followers hope for more entertainment as 7th-placed FC Utrecht visit Stadion Feijenoord.

Insights:
  • Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (24) in Eredivisie
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much to rest for the host team, as they featured in a Europa League fixture only three days ago. That game was an away game at Roma, so at least Feyenoord are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Feyenoord form and stats

Feyenoord have performed here at Stadion Feijenoord this season with 10 wins from 14 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. days ago.

The supporters hope that Feyenoord will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away defeat in the Europa League fixture against Roma.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting SC Cambuur.

Feyenoord 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 9 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 2 and lost 1.

Some goal stats: A review of the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Goals decide football matches and Feyenoord are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Feyenoord have conceded only 8 goals.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, FC Utrecht have produced an overall stat of 6-4-4 so far.

FC Utrecht won their last game, 1-0 versus FC Twente played at home. Keijzer was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.03. The agile goalkeeper Keijzer topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at FC Groningen.

The Utrecht manager Silberbauer has got the team scoring on the road, with 30 away goals in 14 league matches. For FC Utrecht, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the squads met previously this season; FC Utrecht - Feyenoord 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for Feyenoord, three draws and two wins for FC Utrecht. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
14 goals
FeyenoordS. Giménez
S. Giménez
11 goals
FeyenoordO. Kökçü
O. Kökçü
8 goals

Feyenoord missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Feyenoord FC Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
21 10 2 Won W 1 6 12
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 9
1 0 0 Lost L 2 4 8
70 31 8 Scored S 9 30 45
27 8 2 Conceded C 13 29 42
97% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
86% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 72%
59% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 79% 59%
38% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 34%
24% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 14%
62% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 55%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 34%
3% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 14% 21%
 
7.8 8.9 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.9 5.9
4.1 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 4.4
1.5 1.5 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 22.4 23.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13.3 12.8
7.2 7.5 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.9 5.2
34% 30% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 43% 30%
 
8.7 6.1 6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 13 12.7
3 1.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.9 4.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Feyenoord have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (24) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Feyenoord is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eredivisie

  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 29 21 7 1 70 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 15 11 3 1 39 19 43 70
2 Ajax 29 18 8 3 79 29 15 9 4 2 44 13 14 9 4 1 35 16 50 62
3 PSV 29 19 5 5 78 35 14 12 1 1 46 10 15 7 4 4 32 25 43 62
4 AZ 29 17 6 6 56 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 15 10 1 4 29 15 24 57
5 Sparta Rotterdam 29 15 7 7 47 30 15 9 2 4 28 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 17 52
6 FC Twente 29 14 9 6 48 23 14 11 3 0 36 7 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 51
7 FC Utrecht 29 12 9 8 45 42 15 6 5 4 15 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 3 45
8 RKC Waalwijk 29 10 8 11 46 49 15 8 3 4 30 20 14 2 5 7 16 29 -3 38
9 SC Heerenveen 29 10 8 11 34 42 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 5 6 4 17 19 -8 38
10 NEC 29 7 14 8 38 34 15 3 9 3 26 22 14 4 5 5 12 12 4 35
11 Go Ahead Eagles 29 8 9 12 40 50 14 5 5 4 22 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -10 33
12 Fortuna Sittard 29 9 5 15 35 54 15 4 3 8 18 27 14 5 2 7 17 27 -19 32
13 Vitesse 29 7 9 13 36 48 14 3 5 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 30
14 FC Volendam 29 7 6 16 34 61 14 6 1 7 22 29 15 1 5 9 12 32 -27 27
15 Excelsior 29 8 3 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 14 1 1 12 8 42 -39 27
16 FC Emmen 29 5 10 14 26 49 15 3 9 3 15 17 14 2 1 11 11 32 -23 25
17 FC Groningen 29 4 5 20 28 59 14 3 3 8 18 25 15 1 2 12 10 34 -31 17
18 SC Cambuur 29 4 4 21 21 58 15 2 0 13 10 30 14 2 4 8 11 28 -37 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.