Perhaps a welcome break from league football as De Graafschap & FC Emmen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
De Graafschap form and stats
De Graafschap was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the KNVB Beker.When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, De Graafschap have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
Graafschap's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus FC Eindhoven. The home side are looking to build on that result. Warmerdam (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.3/10. Warmerdam scored one goal, hit five key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 77 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Jong AZ (0-3).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how De Graafschap have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as NAC Breda are coming to town in three days.
De Graafschap have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Emmen form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the round of 16.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Eerste Divisie.
FC Emmen had fun at their own home (Stadion De Vijverberg) last time out, beating Jong AZ 2-1. Vlak (2) scored. Late drama in the previous game, when Vlak scored the winning goal seven minutes into stoppage time to defeat Jong AZ. Midfielder Vlak was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.51. Vlak scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to FC Groningen.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Emmen in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for FC Emmen, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy FC Emmen's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Graafschap won four, FC Emmen triumphed in three and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Onal 4 goals |   B. Scholte 4 goals |  J. Vlak 4 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
FC Emmen missing players
| De Graafschap | FC Emmen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 11.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.9 | 14.1 | ||
| 5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Willem II | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | FC Dordrecht | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | De Graafschap | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | VVV-Venlo | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Helmond Sport | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Telstar | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 9 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Jong Ajax | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -13 | 6 |
