This upcoming Eerste Divisie Play-offs meeting on Sunday sees Willem II lock horns with Telstar.
Our Willem II v Telstar tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
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Willem II
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Willem II go into this match following on from a 2-2 Eerste Divisie Play-offs drawn match versus Telstar.
In that match, Willem II managed 42% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Willem II, goals were scored by Ringo Meerveld (14'), Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson (56' Own goal) and Emilio Kehrer (81'). Telstar had 16 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Youssef El Kachati (65') was the scorer for Telstar.
It’s been all too rare in recent games that Willem II have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Willem II have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals during that time.
Telstar
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A run of hard-working displays from the Telstar defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their previous 6 clashes combined. In that period, their own forwards have managed to score 10. We will find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head to head results stretching back to 21/04/2014 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Telstar. They have not been able to get themselves any victories at all while Willem II have dominated them, winning in 67 per cent of those ties.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.
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Team News: Willem II
Mickaël Tirpan (inflammation), Dani Mathieu (Knee injury) and Khaled Razak (unknown injury) are unavailable for Willem II manager Kristof Aelbrecht.
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Team News: Telstar
Owing to a fully healthy group to choose from, the Telstar boss Anthony Correia has zero fitness worries whatsoever before this game.
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Prediction
Telstar have it in them to break down this Willem II team, however that might not be as many as they will have scored against them.
We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Willem II after 90 minutes. It really should be an interesting one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Checking out the betting prices for the game in the win-draw-win market, victory for Willem II is available for 2.1, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.3 and taking a punt on the winner to be Telstar will get you 3.5. They are the most competitive returns that can be secured as of now.
Peter Guest,
06:00 31/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Willem II
Formed: 1896
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion (14,800)
Captain: Jesse Bosch
Chairman: Meindert van Duijvenbode
Manager: Kristof Aelbrecht
Competitions: Eredivisie position 16, Eerste Divisie Play-offs (Round 3)
🔑 Star Man: Kyan Vaesen
Typically taking up the Striker position, Kyan Vaesen was born in Belgium. Having played his first senior match for KVC Westerlo in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has scored a sum of 4 league goals in this Eredivisie 2024 - 2025 campaign so far in 27 appearances.