📊 Form Guide

De Graafschap

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De Graafschap will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-1 Eerste Divisie defeat last time out to FC Dordrecht.

In that game, De Graafschap had 52% possession and 12 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for De Graafschap was Ralf Seuntjens (12'). Dordrecht had 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Ilias Sebaoui (8') and Mathis Suray (54') scored for FC Dordrecht.

It has been seldom in recent games where De Graafschap haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that De Graafschap have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 11 goals during that time.

Telstar

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Telstar will come into the clash following on from a 3-1 Eerste Divisie win vs Jong PSV in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Telstar managed 47% possession and 17 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Telstar, the goalscorers were Mohammed Tahiri (23'), Devon Koswal (67') and Zakaria Eddahchouri (79'). For their opponents, Jong PSV got 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Dantaye Gilbert (44') scored for Jong PSV.

The stats don’t lie, and Telstar have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals in total. Defensively, Telstar can certainly do much better. Such a trend isn’t assured to follow through into this match, though.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Telstar:

• remain undefeated by De Graafschap when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings dating back to 12/03/2021 tells us that De Graafschap have won 4 of these games & Telstar 1, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

In all, 13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for Superboeren and 4 coming from Witte Leeuwen. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The last league game featuring these sides was Eerste Divisie match day 14 on 10/11/2023 when the final score was Telstar 1-2 De Graafschap.

On that occasion, Telstar had 51% possession and 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Mohammed Tahiri (87').

De Graafschap had 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. David Flakus Bosilj (60') and Devin Haen (81') scored.

The referee was Martin van den Kerkhof.

🗞️ Team News: De Graafschap

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the De Graafschap boss Jan Vreman to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Rio Hillen (Knee injury) is out of contention.

📰 Team News: Telstar

Owing to a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Telstar manager Ulrich Landvreugd doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this match.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Telstar have the ability to put a goal past this De Graafschap lineup, however that probably won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for De Graafschap by the conclusion of the game. There looks to be little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 17:02 12/04/2024