FC Utrecht vs VBV De Graafschap, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Utrecht vs VBV De Graafschap — Eredivisie .
- FC Utrecht 34 games · 53 pts (2025/26)
- VBV De Graafschap 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
- Referee Allard Lindhout
- Referee Laurens Gerrets
- Referee Terry Hoekstra
- Referee Maarten Ketting
35 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 4.5 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Nov VBV De Graafschap H 5–0 W 10 Nov SBV Vitesse A 1–2 L 04 Nov ADO Den Haag H 3–0 W 28 Oct Willem II Tilburg A 1–0 W 20 Oct AZ H 2–1 W 05 Oct NAC Breda H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Nov FC Utrecht A 0–5 L 10 Nov PSV H 1–4 L 03 Nov AZ A 0–1 L 27 Oct SBV Excelsior H 4–1 W 21 Oct Fortuna Sittard A 1–3 L 06 Oct SC Heerenveen H 0–5 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
FC Utrecht this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
FC Utrecht0-153/116-30–/131-451/146-60–/461-753/176+6/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between FC Utrecht and VBV De Graafschap is underway.
- 5' FC Utrecht is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' Timo Letschert has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 39 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 14' GOAL! Sander van de Streek scores on 14. Assisted by Sean Klaiber
- 17' What a strike from Willem Janssen! The score is 2-0.
- 22' It looks surprising VBV De Graafschap does not make any changes. Youssef Jebli has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 23' It’s a booking for VBV De Graafschap player. Lars Nieuwpoort gets a Yellow card.
- 24' What a strike from Gyrano Kerk! The score is 3-0.
- 29' VBV De Graafschap is showing some good football. However, VBV De Graafschap are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 34' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 39' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Utrecht that had 306 games and scored 347 goals.
- 44' FC Utrecht seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 46' Time for substitution for VBV De Graafschap. Furdjel Narsingh is replaced by Daryl van Mieghem.
- 51' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 56' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Utrecht needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 61' The travelling VBV De Graafschap supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 66' It looks like no one’s ball. VBV De Graafschap is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 70' The VBV De Graafschap manager makes a substitution. Fabian Serrarens departs to be replaced by Delano Burgzorg.
- 73' The supporters are chanting for Cyriel Dessers. He replaces Gyrano Kerk on 73 minute.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for Nick Venema. He replaces Oussama Tannane on 74 minute.
- 77' The supporters are chanting for Lukas Gortler. He replaces Sander van de Streek on 77 minute.
- 80' Goal! Nick Venema scores his 8 goal in 306 matches.
- 85' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Delano Burgzorg.
- 89' Goal! Nick Venema scores his 8 goal in 306 matches.
- The final score is 5-0.
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Lineups
FC Utrecht Lineups
Starting XI
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- 10
- 1
- 2
- 14
- 17
- 28
- 22
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7
Gyrano Kerk ↓ Cyriel Dessers 73'
- 8
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21
Oussama Tannane ↓ Nick Venema 74'
Bench
- 31
- 25
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27
Lukas Gortler ↑ 77'
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29
Nick Venema ↑ 74'
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11
Cyriel Dessers ↑ 73'
- 26
- 13
- 33
- 35
Coach Dick AdvocaatVBV De Graafschap Lineups
Starting XI
- 17
- 18
- 7
- 44
- 23
- 4
- 5
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6
Robert Klaasen ↓ Frank Olijve 46'
- 20
- 22
- 3
Bench
- 10
- 8
- 47
- 13
- 1
- 2
- 12
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28
Frank Olijve ↑ 46'
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11
Daryl van Mieghem ↑ 46'
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25
Delano Burgzorg ↑ 70'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Nick Venema 2 Willem Janssen 1 Sander van de Streek 1 Gyrano Kerk 1 Simon Gustafson 1 Head to Head
FC Utrecht Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.7 FC Utrecht xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.63 VBV De Graafschap xGI would bet for: FC Utrecht to win 75% + Over 2.5 goals 63%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Utrecht winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.33Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 84% 16% ± 2.5 63% 37% ± 3.5 42% 58% ± 4.5 24% 76% Double Chance
FC Utrecht or Draw 91%Draw or VBV De Graafschap 25%FC Utrecht or VBV De Graafschap 84%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Utrecht win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 13.2%3 – 0 11.5%1 – 0 9.7%2 – 1 8%4 – 0 7.7%3 – 1 7.1%1 – 1 6.6%4 – 1 4.9%0 – 0 4.9%5 – 0 Actual5 – 1 2.7%2 – 2 2.5%Asian Handicap — FC Utrecht
Handicap FC Utrecht covers Push VBV De Graafschap covers -2.5 37% — 63% -2 37% 22% 41% -1.5 59% — 41% -1 59% 20% 20% -0.5 80% — 20% +0.5 94% — 6% +1 94% 4% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
FC Utrecht keeps clean sheet 54% ✓VBV De Graafschap keeps clean sheet 8% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.