📏 Form Guide

Roda JC Kerkrade

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Roda JC Kerkrade will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 3-2 Eerste Divisie defeat last time out to FC Volendam.

In that match, Roda JC Kerkrade had 47% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Roda JC Kerkrade, the goalscorers were Michael Breij (26') and Tiago Çukur (65'). FC Volendam had 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Aurelio Oehlers (7', 77') and Robert Mühren (70') scored for FC Volendam.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Roda JC Kerkrade have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Roda JC Kerkrade have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 13 goals along the way.

Looking at their past form shows that Roda JC Kerkrade:

• have not lost a league tie with FC Eindhoven in their previous 3 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.

FC Eindhoven

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Jong AZ in Eerste Divisie competition, FC Eindhoven and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, FC Eindhoven had 39% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For FC Eindhoven, the scorers were Boris van Schuppen (9'), Terrence Douglas (72' Own goal) and Tyrese Simons (84'). For their opponents, Jong AZ had 18 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Sem van Duijn (35', 87') and Ro-Zangelo Daal (41') scored for Jong AZ.

Indicating their bias toward productive encounters, the back of the net has been hit 21 times in the prior six games in which FC Eindhoven have taken to the field, making it an average of 3.5 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have hit 12 of this grand total. That trend might not be carried forward here, however.

Ahead of this clash, FC Eindhoven are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 18/12/2021, both clubs have shared the honours with Roda JC Kerkrade winning 1 of those games, FC Eindhoven 1 and 4 being drawn in regulation time.

An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 of them from De Koempels and 7 for FC Eindhoven. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Eerste Divisie match day 8 on 27/09/2024 when the final score was FC Eindhoven 0-0 Roda JC Kerkrade.

That time, FC Eindhoven had 46% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

At the other end, Roda JC Kerkrade got 9 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Edwin van de Graaf.

📋 Team News: Roda JC Kerkrade

Koen Jansen (Cruciate ligament injury), Cain Seedorf (unknown injury), Joey Müller (unknown injury) and Koen Bucker (Knee injury) won’t be playing for Roda JC Kerkrade gaffer Bas Sibum.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Roda JC Kerkrade will most probably dominate possession and create several successful chances.

Conversely, FC Eindhoven will not find it easy to score but we do fancy them managing to get on the scoresheet here.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Roda JC Kerkrade when the full-time whistle blows.

Peter Guest, 17:01 09/05/2025