Go Ahead Eagles - FC Utrecht: Small difference between teams in Eredivisie clash

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

Eredivisie: The middle-of-the-table positions shows the journey Go Ahead Eagles and FC Utrecht have taken uptil now. Both participants are eager to play; bring it!

Insights:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Go Ahead Eagles nor FC Utrecht as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Go Ahead Eagles have collected 9 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 2-3-3. days ago.

Eagles are returning here after guesting Heracles in a KNVB Beker game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Defender Amofa got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.14/10. Amofa won 5 of 7 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Fortuna Sittard and winning 2-0.

The Go Ahead Eagles fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Eagles defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Utrecht in their Eredivisie matches away. Momentum is building for FC Utrecht in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Two away games in a row for FC Utrecht, whose manager Silberbauer could celebrate last time after the KNVB Beker win against Blauw Geel '38. The attacker Younes got a match rating of 8.14 in that game. Younes hit five key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Feyenoord in the Eredivisie.

Utrecht have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 7 away matches. For FC Utrecht, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

FC Utrecht have not lost in the last 6 games (4-2-0) against Go Ahead Eagles.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
6 goals
FC UtrechtB. Dost
B. Dost
6 goals
EaglesO. Edvardsen
O. Edvardsen
5 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Go Ahead Eagles FC Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 7 15
4 2 1 Won W 2 4 7
6 3 1 Drew D 1 1 4
5 3 0 Lost L 0 2 4
23 13 4 Scored S 5 16 24
24 14 2 Conceded C 3 15 22
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 73%
40% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 86% 60%
40% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 71% 40%
27% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 43% 20%
60% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 60%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 33%
27% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
5.2 5.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.9 6.1
6.1 6.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 5.2
1.4 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 13 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.1 12.4
4 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 5 5.1
38% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 46% 32%
 
15.1 14 13 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.6 13.3
5.5 5.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.6 5.2
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Utrecht have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 15 10 4 1 36 14 7 5 2 0 16 2 8 5 2 1 20 12 22 34
2 Ajax 15 9 4 2 45 18 7 4 2 1 26 7 8 5 2 1 19 11 27 31
3 PSV 15 10 1 4 42 20 8 6 1 1 25 7 7 4 0 3 17 13 22 31
4 FC Twente 15 9 3 3 26 9 8 7 1 0 21 2 7 2 2 3 5 7 17 30
5 AZ 15 9 3 3 26 17 7 3 3 1 10 8 8 6 0 2 16 9 9 30
6 Sparta Rotterdam 15 7 4 4 25 16 8 5 1 2 17 8 7 2 3 2 8 8 9 25
7 FC Utrecht 15 7 4 4 24 22 8 3 3 2 8 7 7 4 1 2 16 15 2 25
8 SC Heerenveen 15 6 6 3 16 13 7 3 2 2 7 6 8 3 4 1 9 7 3 24
9 NEC 15 3 9 3 20 17 8 1 6 1 14 10 7 2 3 2 6 7 3 18
10 Go Ahead Eagles 15 4 6 5 23 24 8 2 3 3 13 14 7 2 3 2 10 10 -1 18
11 RKC Waalwijk 15 4 6 5 25 28 8 3 3 2 18 13 7 1 3 3 7 15 -3 18
12 Excelsior 15 5 1 9 17 37 7 4 0 3 9 11 8 1 1 6 8 26 -20 16
13 Fortuna Sittard 15 4 3 8 18 27 8 2 1 5 9 14 7 2 2 3 9 13 -9 15
14 Vitesse 15 3 5 7 18 31 7 1 2 4 8 19 8 2 3 3 10 12 -13 14
15 FC Groningen 15 3 3 9 17 30 7 2 1 4 12 15 8 1 2 5 5 15 -13 12
16 FC Emmen 15 2 5 8 13 29 7 1 5 1 8 10 8 1 0 7 5 19 -16 11
17 FC Volendam 15 2 3 10 16 39 7 1 0 6 7 20 8 1 3 4 9 19 -23 9
18 SC Cambuur 15 2 2 11 9 25 8 1 0 7 3 12 7 1 2 4 6 13 -16 8

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.