VBV De Graafschap vs FC Utrecht, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
VBV De Graafschap vs FC Utrecht — Eredivisie at Stadion De Vijverberg.
- VBV De Graafschap 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- FC Utrecht 34 games · 53 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Allard Lindhout
- Referee Kevin Blom
- Referee Rob van de Ven
- Referee Ingmar Oostrom
- Referee Terry Hoekstra
23 games this season 🟨 0.1/game ⚽ 3.2 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Feb FC Utrecht H 0–1 L 09 Feb Feyenoord Rotterdam A 0–4 L 01 Feb NAC Breda H 3–0 W 26 Jan SBV Excelsior A 0–2 L 20 Jan Fortuna Sittard H 5–1 W 23 Dec SBV Vitesse H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Feb VBV De Graafschap A 1–0 W 10 Feb PSV H 2–2 D 03 Feb PEC Zwolle A 3–4 L 27 Jan Willem II Tilburg H 0–1 L 19 Jan AZ A 0–3 L 23 Dec AFC Ajax H 1–3 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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against VBV De Graafschap and FC Utrecht has kicked off!
- 5' It’s high time Henk de Jong made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, as he is very good at scoring at Stadion De Vijverberg with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' The travelling FC Utrecht supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 35' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Utrecht is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 40' Hidde Jurjus needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 45' Azor Matusiwa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 40 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 50' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Leeroy Owusu suffering a number of foals already.
- 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 65' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Utrecht that had 307 games and scored 349 goals.
- 67' Time for substitution for VBV De Graafschap. Furdjel Narsingh is replaced by Daryl van Mieghem.
- 68' Time for substitution for FC Utrecht. Michiel Kramer is replaced by Jean-Christophe Bahebeck.
- 73' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 75' The referee shows VBV De Graafschap player a Yellow card on 75.
- 76' Simon Gustafson puts FC Utrecht on the lead.
- 81' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. David Jensen made 307 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 86' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 86 minutes.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.
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Lineups
VBV De Graafschap Lineups
Starting XI
- 21
- 35
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- 7
- 44
- 8
- 2
- 5
- 20
- 25
- 3
Bench
- 24
- 18
- 13
- 23
- 4
- 6
- 28
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Daryl van Mieghem ↑ 67'
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Fabian Serrarens ↑ 67'
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Coach Henk de JongFC Utrecht Lineups
Starting XI
- 24
- 15
- 10
- 1
- 14
- 17
- 22
- 7
- 8
- 26
- 30
Bench
- 5
- 16
- 2
- 27
- 29
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Jean-Christophe Bahebeck ↑ 68'
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Coach Dick Advocaat -
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
VBV De Graafschap Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.31 VBV De Graafschap xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.5 FC Utrecht xGI would bet for: VBV De Graafschap or FC Utrecht 72% + Both teams to score 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Utrecht winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.81Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 53% 47% ± 3.5 31% 69% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
VBV De Graafschap or Draw 62%Draw or FC Utrecht 66%VBV De Graafschap or FC Utrecht 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.8%1 – 2 8.5%0 – 1 Actual0 – 0 7.9%2 – 1 7.5%1 – 0 7%0 – 2 6.6%2 – 2 5.6%2 – 0 5.1%1 – 3 4.3%3 – 1 3.3%0 – 3 3.3%Asian Handicap — VBV De Graafschap
Handicap VBV De Graafschap covers Push FC Utrecht covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 9% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 17% 68% -0.5 32% — 68% +0.5 60% — 40% +1 60% 20% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 12% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
VBV De Graafschap keeps clean sheet 23% ✓FC Utrecht keeps clean sheet 28% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.