Full preview: Go Ahead Eagles expected to defeat FC Volendam at De Adelaarshorst

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

It's the second window of opportunity for points this season as Go Ahead Eagles and FC Volendam fight it out at De Adelaarshorst.

FC Volendam play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this fixture will take part on grass. The latest results for FC Volendam when playing on grass are 3 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats from 22 matches. They have created {29 goals} and conceded 47 times on these occasions.

This has all the signs of an entertaining game with lots of action and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

The previous season, Go Ahead Eagles's league statistics were 10 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses, providing 11th position in the Eredivisie. From these 34 matches they scored {46 goals} and conceded 56. Appearing as the home team in the last season Go Ahead Eagles managed 7-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 23 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Hake led his Eagles to a defeat away at AZ. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at De Adelaarshorst. As you see from the result above, Go Ahead Eagles suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Rommens got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Rommens scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Prior to that, an away loss at SC Heerenveen.

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FC Volendam form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Volendam performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 12 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 81 and conceded {53 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 9 and lost 2 with 34/25 goals scored/conceded.

FC Volendam failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Vitesse (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2. It's a concern for FC Volendam that their goalie Backhaus pulled off seven saves in the Vitesse game, but still could not stop a defeat.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Excelsior.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Eagles won five games, three matches ended with a draw and FC Volendam have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

Go Ahead EaglesP. Rommens
P. Rommens
1 goals
FC VolendamR. Mühren
R. Mühren
1 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

FC Volendam missing players

Go Ahead Eagles FC Volendam
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
5 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% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 4
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 13
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 9
Go Ahead Eagles Last season FC Volendam
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   0 1
10 7   Won W   0 0
10 6   Drew D   0 1
14 4   Lost L   0 0
46 28   Scored S   0 1
56 23   Conceded C   0 1
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
85% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 0%
35% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
21% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
56% 53%   BTTS BTTS   0% 100%
24% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
26% 18%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
4.8 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   0 6
5.5 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   0 2
1.5 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 2
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.4 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   0 9
4 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 4
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 25%
 
14 12.8   Shots against (avg) S A   0 4
5.1 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AZ 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Feyenoord 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 NEC 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 FC Volendam 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 FC Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Heracles Almelo 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 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 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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.