Eredivisie preview: Can Go Ahead Eagles edge out victory against FC Volendam?

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Go Ahead Eagles in this match vs FC Volendam, but the away side will battle to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • FC Volendam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Eagles are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. FC Volendam are struggling to avoid relegation. FC Volendam play their home matches on artifical turf, while this fixture will be played on grass. The latest stats for FC Volendam when playing on grass are 3 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats from 22 matches. They have managed to score {30 goals} and conceded 48 times on these occasions.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

The complete Eredivisie statistics at home this season for Go Ahead Eagles are 6-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Go Ahead Eagles will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Feyenoord (placed 1st). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in three league fixtures. Rommens (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Rommens hit three key passes and had 46 successful passes (of 54 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus FC Groningen.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Eagles handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Go Ahead Eagles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Adelaarshorst with 25 goals in 16 league matches. Go Ahead Eagles's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Volendam form and stats

FC Volendam have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-5-10 (16 played). Volendam has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Mbuyamba (2) scored in FC Volendam's previous match, the home game against Sparta Rotterdam that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Mbuyamba scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Sparta Rotterdam. Mbuyamba, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 9.45. Mbuyamba scored two goals and won 8 of 12 duels.

A 1-4 defeat away at RKC Waalwijk before that.

FC Volendam are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting FC Volendam as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. The Volendam manager Jonk has some worries about the defense as 36 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other previously this match year: FC Volendam - Go Ahead Eagles 2-3. Data for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Go Ahead Eagles, three draws and two wins for FC Volendam. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Go Ahead EaglesW. Willumsson
W. Willumsson
8 goals
FC VolendamD. van Mieghem
D. van Mieghem
7 goals
Go Ahead EaglesI. Lidberg
I. Lidberg
6 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

FC Volendam missing players

Go Ahead Eagles FC Volendam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
9 6 2 Won W 0 1 9
10 6 3 Drew D 1 5 6
13 4 0 Lost L 4 10 17
43 25 8 Scored S 2 13 39
54 23 4 Conceded C 11 36 66
94% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
84% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 94% 94%
50% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 66%
38% 44% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 38%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 22%
59% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 62%
22% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 16%
25% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 38% 25%
 
4.8 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.3 4.9
5.6 6.1 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 7.7 7
1.5 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.1 13.1 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.4 11.6
3.9 4.8 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.3
34% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 21% 28%
 
13.9 12.6 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.4 18 15.5
5 4.8 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 6.6 5.9
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Volendam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
4 Ajax 31 18 9 4 79 32 16 9 5 2 44 13 15 9 4 2 35 19 47 63
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 31 4 6 21 29 61 15 3 3 9 18 26 16 1 3 12 11 35 -32 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 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.