FC Emmen play host to visiting rivals SC Cambuur at De Oude Meerdijk in the Eerste Divisie tie on Friday.
View all of the FC Emmen v SC Cambuur predictions, poll and stats below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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FC Emmen
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FC Emmen will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 Eerste Divisie victory against MVV.
In that match, FC Emmen had 42% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Emmen was Jalen Hawkins (50'). At the other end, MVV Maastricht got 17 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Robert Klaasen (64' Own goal) and Luca Foubert (82') scored for MVV.
Alfons Arts's FC Emmen have found the net a sum total of 8 times over their preceding 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games stands at 6.
Going into this encounter, FC Emmen haven't been beaten in the league by SC Cambuur in their previous 7 matches.
SC Cambuur
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SC Cambuur come into this encounter after a 3-2 Eerste Divisie win to beat De Graafschap in their previous outing.
In that match, SC Cambuur had 60% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For SC Cambuur, the scorers were Jeredy Hilterman (19'), Remco Balk (52') and Michael de Leeuw (84'). On the other side, De Graafschap had 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Arjen van der Heide (11') and Reuven Niemeijer (78') scored for De Graafschap.
Over the course of their previous six clashes, SC Cambuur have helped themselves to the sum of 13 goals. SC Cambuur have also scored in every single one of those games. In that time, they have seen 7 goals scored by their opponents. It will be interesting to see if that trend will be continued on into this next match.
Going into this encounter, SC Cambuur haven't won against FC Emmen in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
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Head to head
A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 23/02/2018 tells us that FC Emmen have won 3 of these games and SC Cambuur 0, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.
A total of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 of them from Rood-Witten and 5 belonging to Herten. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.
The last league match between the two was Eerste Divisie match day 8 on 29/09/2024 when it ended SC Cambuur 1-3 FC Emmen.
On that occasion, SC Cambuur had 51% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Benjamin Pauwels (44').
On the other side, FC Emmen had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Torben Rhein (24'), Jalen Hawkins (33') and Kรฉlian Nsona (45') scored.
The referee was Jannick van der Laan.
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Team News: FC Emmen
Robin Schouten (unknown injury), Luca Unbehaun (minor knock), Franck Evina (minor knock) and Julius Kade (Knee injury) will be missing for FC Emmen boss Alfons Arts.
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Team News: SC Cambuur
SC Cambuur manager Henk de Jong has multiple availability issues to deal with. Marcel Schaapman (Cruciate ligament injury) and Gabi Caschili (Cruciate ligament tear) wonโt be making appearances.
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Prediction
We believe that FC Emmen will need things to go their way to register a score against this SC Cambuur side who we reckon should gain the upper hand.
Our tip is therefore for a highly competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for SC Cambuur when the full-time whistle blows.
Should be a close one.
Andre Moura,
00:02 03/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
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FC Emmen
Formed: 1925
Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk (8,600)
Captain: Mike te Wierik
Chairman: Cees Bijl
Manager: Alfons Arts
Competitions: Eerste Divisie position 8
โญ Key Man: Kรฉlian Nsona
Typically deployed in the Right Wing position, Kรฉlian Nsona was born in France. Having made a first senior appearance for SM Caen in the 2019 - 2020 season, the goalscoring Forward has managed 11 league goals in the Eerste Divisie 2024 - 2025 season so far in 32 appearances.