Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Saturday’s football game at Stadion Galgenwaard pits together Utrecht and Emmen, the two teams who sit in the opposite halves of the table. Utrecht are determined to represent the Netherlands in European competitions next term, while Emmen are stuck at the bottom of the standings. Rene Hake’s troops are eyeing their third consecutive win in the national championship, and we are positive that they will adopt an attack-minded approach against Emmen.
Despite the 3-2 win over Zwolle, Dick Lukkien’s troops remained in the ultimate position in the table, and given their poor away record in the Eredivisie, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Utrecht. Van de Streek, who scored a brace in the 6-0 crushing of Willem II, will be one of the men to watch in the home team. Anyhow, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the in-form hosts.
Highlighted Player (Willem Janssen):
After starting his senior career at VVV-Venlo, Willem Janssen joined fellow Dutch club Roda JC in 2007. The 186-cm-tall centre-back scored 22 goals in 129 appearances for the Black and Yellows in the Eredivisie, and in 2011 he moved to Twente.
After ending his loan spell with Utrecht in 2014, he signed a permanent deal with the Stadion Galgenwaard outfit, and he has been playing for the club ever since. He scored his first league goal for Utrecht in a 1-1 draw with Zwolle on September 1, 2013. Willem Janseen was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands on July 4, 1986, but he has yet to earn a call-up for the national team. Janssen, though, has two caps with the Netherlands U21 team.
His main position is centre-back, but he is used as both defensive midfielder and central midfielder as well. His preferred foot is right. In the 2015/16 season he helped Utrecht make it to the Dutch Cup final, but Feyenoord proved to be a big catch for them in the title game.
Highlighted Team (Emmen):
Based in Emmen, Drenthe, FC Emmen is a Dutch football club that play home matches at De Oude Meerdijk. The amateur club was founded on August 21, 1925, with the team turning professional in 1985.
Emmen’s home kit is white and red, while black is the dominant colour of their away shirt. FC Emmen secured promotion to the Eredivisie in the 2018/19 season and they have been competing in the Dutch elite division ever since. On their debut it the Eredivisie Emmen defeated ADO Den Haag at Cars Jeans Stadion.
Glenn Bijl scored the first goal for the club in the Dutch top flight. Emmen finished the season in the 14th position in the standings, with the team securing survival in the Eredivisie. Cas Peters is the club’s all-time top scorer with 56 goals on his account. FC Emmen have never represented the Netherlands in European competitions.