📏 Form Guide

FC Utrecht

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FC Utrecht are hoping to win again following a 2-3 Eredivisie triumph against SC Heerenveen.

In that game, FC Utrecht managed 45% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For FC Utrecht, goals were scored by Isac Lidberg (37') and Sam Lammers (48', 83'). SC Heerenveen got 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Patrik Wålemark (90', 94') was the scorer for SC Heerenveen.

It has been seldom in recent times that FC Utrecht have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that FC Utrecht have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 10 goals during that time.

Ahead of this meeting, FC Utrecht haven't been defeated in their previous 11 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Go Ahead Eagles

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Last time out, Go Ahead Eagles drew 1-1 in the Eredivisie tie with Almere City.

In that match, Go Ahead Eagles managed 47% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Go Ahead Eagles was Oliver Edvardsen (11'). Almere City got 18 shots at goal with 6 on target. Thomas Robinet (23') was the scorer for Almere City.

In 5 of the previous six games involving Go Ahead Eagles, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game in that period is just 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Trots aan de IJssel standing at 1. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, of course.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Go Ahead Eagles:

• are undefeated by FC Utrecht in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 13/02/2020 shows that FC Utrecht have won 2 of them & Go Ahead Eagles 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

In all, 16 goals were scored between them in these games, with 10 of them for Utreg and 6 coming from Trots aan de IJssel. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league match between these sides was Eredivisie match day 22 on 10/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Go Ahead Eagles 0-2 FC Utrecht.

The match was refereed by Allard Lindhout.

📋 Team News: FC Utrecht

Tim Handwerker (Cruciate ligament tear), Taylor Booth (Knee injury), Jeppe Okkels (Knee injury), Anthony Descotte (Knee injury) and Ole Romeny (Toe injury) will not be taking part for FC Utrecht manager Ron Jans.

We think that Utreg will probably line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Vasilios Barkas, Mark van der Maarel, Mike van der Hoorn, Nick Viergever, Souffian Elkarouani, Oscar Fraulo, Ryan Flamingo, Jens Toornstra, Victor Jensen, Isac Lidberg and Sam Lammers.

ℹ️ Team News: Go Ahead Eagles

Owing to an otherwise available group of players, there’s only a single fitness problem for the Go Ahead Eagles manager René Hake to be concerned with. Philippe Rommens (Syndesmotic ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Trots aan de IJssel will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Jeffrey De Lange, Mats Deijl, Gerrit Nauber, Joris Kramer, Bas Kuipers, Enric Llansana, Evert Linthorst, Bobby Adekanye, Willum Willumsson, Oliver Edvardsen and Thibo Baeten.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that FC Utrecht can and should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the same time, Go Ahead Eagles are also probably going to find it difficult to get a goal of their own but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be hitting back at some stage.

We’re therefore anticipating a decent 3-1 win for FC Utrecht come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 12:11 14/04/2024