FC Utrecht travel to Willem II with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

Season ticket holders at Koning Willem II Stadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Willem II languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting FC Utrecht will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Willem II has the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Eredivisie

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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Willem II form and stats

Willem II's results here at Koning Willem II Stadion in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Willem lost their last game at Feyenoord (placed 5th) after a 0-5 scoreline. Before that, Willem II had a home game versus FC Emmen which ended with a victory 2-0.

As you see from the result above, Willem II suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Arijanet Murić had a busy but productive day in the Feyenoord match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Willem II have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Koning Willem II Stadion with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Willem with 21 goals conceded in these matches.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

2-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Utrecht in their Eredivisie matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Utrecht's previous game versus VVV-Venlo (placed 14th), a Eredivisie 3-1 win played at home. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against PEC Zwolle.

The 3-1 victory against VVV-Venlo could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times.

Utrecht have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, FC Utrecht have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Willem victories, one draw and six FC Utrecht wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Willem IIV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
7 goals
FC UtrechtM. Mahi
M. Mahi
6 goals
WillemK. Wriedt
K. Wriedt
5 goals

Willem II missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Willem II FC Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 9 21
3 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
4 1 0 Drew D 2 4 10
14 6 2 Lost L 0 3 4
24 15 5 Scored S 5 9 30
47 21 6 Conceded C 4 12 28
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 81%
67% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 48%
48% 60% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 33%
24% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 14%
62% 70% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 71%
14% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 19%
29% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.1 1.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 11 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 11.8 14.4
3.9 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 5.2 5.4
30% 38% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 19% 27%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of Willem II's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Willem II has the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Eredivisie
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Willem II 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 21 17 2 2 68 15 10 8 1 1 31 9 11 9 1 1 37 6 53 53
2 PSV 22 14 5 3 51 24 10 9 0 1 24 6 12 5 5 2 27 18 27 47
3 AZ 22 12 7 3 48 32 11 6 2 3 21 15 11 6 5 0 27 17 16 43
4 Vitesse 22 13 3 6 34 21 11 8 2 1 17 6 11 5 1 5 17 15 13 42
5 Feyenoord 21 12 5 4 42 20 11 6 4 1 23 9 10 6 1 3 19 11 22 41
6 FC Groningen 21 11 4 6 29 23 11 6 3 2 14 8 10 5 1 4 15 15 6 37
7 FC Twente 22 9 6 7 35 28 11 3 3 5 14 15 11 6 3 2 21 13 7 33
8 FC Utrecht 21 7 10 4 30 28 12 5 6 1 21 16 9 2 4 3 9 12 2 31
9 SC Heerenveen 22 7 8 7 30 30 10 5 2 3 16 11 12 2 6 4 14 19 0 29
10 Fortuna Sittard 22 8 4 10 33 41 11 3 2 6 17 23 11 5 2 4 16 18 -8 28
11 Heracles 22 8 4 10 24 32 11 5 1 5 15 11 11 3 3 5 9 21 -8 28
12 Sparta Rotterdam 21 6 5 10 30 34 11 2 3 6 20 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 -4 23
13 PEC Zwolle 22 4 11 7 26 34 11 2 6 3 11 13 11 2 5 4 15 21 -8 23
14 VVV-Venlo 21 6 4 11 35 52 10 3 3 4 15 28 11 3 1 7 20 24 -17 22
15 RKC Waalwijk 22 4 7 11 19 35 11 2 4 5 11 17 11 2 3 6 8 18 -16 19
16 Willem II 21 3 4 14 24 47 10 3 1 6 15 21 11 0 3 8 9 26 -23 13
17 ADO Den Haag 21 2 7 12 19 47 11 0 5 6 11 23 10 2 2 6 8 24 -28 13
18 FC Emmen 22 0 6 16 17 51 11 0 3 8 13 31 11 0 3 8 4 20 -34 6

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.