Eredivisie preview with statistics: Go Ahead Eagles welcomes Feyenoord to De Adelaarshorst

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

Both these squads are doing all right, Feyenoord having a 32 point lead on Go Ahead Eagles in the standings. Game on!

Insights:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (36) away in Eredivisie

Eagles can neither be promoted or relegated from Eredivisie. Feyenoord are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Go Ahead Eagles have played 16 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-1-8 (wins-draws-losses). Eagles has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Wonderen and the players.

Go Ahead Eagles lost their last game at NEC (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Noppert had a busy but productive day in the NEC match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

Before that game, the home loss against Vitesse with the scoreline 1-2.

The manager Wonderen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SC Heerenveen in only four days.

Go Ahead Eagles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Adelaarshorst with 25 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Eagles have conceded 23 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Feyenoord form and stats

Feyenoord's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Feyenoord collect 32 points from their 16 away matches in the Eredivisie. 10 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 4 defeats). Momentum is building for Feyenoord in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

There were no winners in Feyenoord's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs PSV (placed 2nd). Feyenoord's last match (vs PSV) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Dessers. The attacker Dessers got a match rating of 8.4 in that game. Dessers scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

After this away game Feyenoord return home for a Eredivisie game against FC Twente. That game is only four sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Feyenoord are regular goalscorers on their travels. 17 goals have been conceded by Feyenoord in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived match between these sides is the Feyenoord - Go Ahead Eagles 2-0 played earlier this season. Previous nine meetings between these participants: Eagles won four, Feyenoord triumphed in four and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordG. Til
G. Til
15 goals
FeyenoordB. Linssen
B. Linssen
12 goals
FeyenoordL. Sinisterra Lucumí
L. Sinisterra Lucumí
12 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Feyenoord missing players

Go Ahead Eagles Feyenoord
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
10 7 1 Won W 3 10 21
6 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
16 8 4 Lost L 1 4 6
36 25 6 Scored S 12 36 74
47 23 11 Conceded C 7 17 32
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
69% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
44% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 75% 69%
22% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 50%
16% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 19%
44% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 56%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 38% 38%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 9%
 
4 4.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 8.6 7.2 7
5.4 5.4 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 5.1 3.8
1.2 1.1 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.1 1.2
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 12.2 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 22 18.1 19.6
3.6 4.4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.8 6.7
31% 36% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 39% 35%
 
16.1 13.5 15 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.6 8.8
5.3 4.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of Go Ahead Eagles.
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (36) away in Eredivisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 32 25 4 3 91 17 16 13 1 2 57 8 16 12 3 1 34 9 74 79
2 PSV 32 24 3 5 81 39 16 13 0 3 46 20 16 11 3 2 35 19 42 75
3 Feyenoord 32 21 5 6 74 32 16 11 3 2 38 15 16 10 2 4 36 17 42 68
4 FC Twente 32 18 8 6 50 36 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 9 3 4 25 23 14 62
5 AZ 32 18 6 8 61 39 16 11 3 2 35 17 16 7 3 6 26 22 22 60
6 Vitesse 32 14 5 13 38 48 16 6 2 8 18 27 16 8 3 5 20 21 -10 47
7 FC Utrecht 32 12 10 10 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 18 16 4 5 7 19 23 8 46
8 SC Heerenveen 32 10 8 14 34 44 16 5 3 8 20 25 16 5 5 6 14 19 -10 38
9 NEC 32 10 8 14 36 48 16 3 5 8 13 21 16 7 3 6 23 27 -12 38
10 FC Groningen 32 9 9 14 39 49 16 4 6 6 16 18 16 5 3 8 23 31 -10 36
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 10 6 16 36 47 16 7 1 8 25 23 16 3 5 8 11 24 -11 36
12 SC Cambuur 32 10 5 17 49 67 16 5 2 9 28 34 16 5 3 8 21 33 -18 35
13 Heracles 32 9 7 16 32 44 16 7 5 4 21 18 16 2 2 12 11 26 -12 34
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 7 11 14 35 50 16 5 3 8 15 25 16 2 8 6 20 25 -15 32
15 Fortuna Sittard 32 9 5 18 34 65 16 6 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 15 36 -31 32
16 Sparta Rotterdam 32 6 11 15 25 47 16 3 7 6 14 21 16 3 4 9 11 26 -22 29
17 Willem II 32 8 5 19 28 56 16 6 3 7 15 20 16 2 2 12 13 36 -28 29
18 PEC Zwolle 32 7 6 19 25 48 16 3 5 8 12 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -23 27

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.