📏 Form Guide

Telstar

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Telstar are hoping to win again following a 2-1 Eerste Divisie Play-offs victory versus Den Bosch.

In that match, Telstar managed 51% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Telstar, the goalscorers were Youssef El Kachati (30') and Danny Bakker (109'). On the other side, FC Den Bosch had 16 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Teun van Grunsven (18') was the scorer for Den Bosch. Telstar ran out winners in extra time.

Their most recent results reveal that much solidity has been shown by the Telstar backline. Telstar have been miserly, with the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their past 6 outings standing at 3.

Willem II

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Willem II will go into this match following on from a 3-2 Eerste Divisie Play-offs win as they beat FC Dordrecht in their last match.

In that game, Willem II managed 50% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Willem II, goals were scored by Tommy St. Jago (3'), Jens Mathijsen (7') and Boris Lambert (43'). FC Dordrecht got 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Jaden Slory (16') and Jayson Ezeb (80') scored for FC Dordrecht. Willem II won the match 5-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

Willem II have been a threat going forward of late, scoring 8 times in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Kristof Aelbrecht will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Willem II have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same outings. Such a trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this next game, though.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 01/11/2013 shows us that Telstar have won 1 of these & Willem II 4, with the tally of draws being 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 in all which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Eerste Divisie match day 38 on 10/05/2024 when it ended Willem II 3-2 Telstar.

In that game, Willem II had 61% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. The goalscorers were Freek Heerkens (45' Own goal), Thijs Oosting (47'), Rob Nizet (81') and Ringo Meerveld (93').

Telstar got 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Jay Kruiver (33') scored.

The referee was Marc Nagtegaal.

📰 Team News: Willem II

Willem II boss Kristof Aelbrecht has some current player fitness concerns. Mickaël Tirpan (inflammation), Dani Mathieu (Knee injury) and Khaled Razak (unknown injury) won’t be making appearances.

💭 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Willem II could find themselves struggling to find the net against this Telstar side who we think might well score one, at least.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a narrow 1-0 winning margin for Telstar at the end of the 90.

Should be interesting.

Renata Leite, 17:00 29/05/2025