Eredivisie match prediction: Little separates Willem II and SC Cambuur in quality

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Willem II's stadium, Koning Willem II Stadion, has a grass surface. SC Cambuur have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for SC Cambuur when playing on grass; 13 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from 22 matches. They have scored 37 goals in these games and conceded 26.

Willem II form and stats

Willem II have collected 10 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 3-1-3. When Willem II hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Feyenoord, PSV, FC Utrecht, Ajax and Vitesse), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Willem II with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Fortuna Sittard game, 49 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Stress levels are on the rise for Willem's attacking players as they have now played 201 minutes without scoring in a league game. C. Nunnely was their last goal scorer.

No payout for Willem in their previous match, an away game at Ajax that ended in defeat 0-5. Willem were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Nikolaos Michelis, defender, was given a rating of 6.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Michelis won 2 of 4 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Go Ahead Eagles (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Willem perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Willem II as a small favourite), we find six games. Willem II has won two of these, drawn zero and lost four.

Willem II aren't scoring a lot here at Koning Willem Stadion in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Willem have conceded 11 from these games. When Willem hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RKC Waalwijk, Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle and Heracles), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

SC Cambuur form and stats

4-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SC Cambuur, who have the most conceded goals (35) in Eredivisie, in their Eredivisie matches away. It’s been three wins in a row for Cambuur on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

SC Cambuur failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs Vitesse (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-6. Cambuur lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one. Robin Maulun got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Maulun hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 44 successful passes (of 55 total).

Prior to that result SC Cambuur won their away game at NEC. The scoreline was 3-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SC Cambuur playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were four SC Cambuur wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Cambuur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Cambuur have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Willem II-SC Cambuur H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Willem three wins, SC Cambuur zero wins, three draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Jacobs 5 goals

C. Nunnely 4 goals

K. Wriedt 4 goals

Willem II missing players

SC Cambuur missing players