Den Haag – Utrecht Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (11.08.2017)

Prediction for Den Haag – Utrecht

Over 2.5 goals @ 2.00

ADO Den Haag and FC Utrecht take their place at Kyocera Stadion in a match for Day 1 of the Eredivisie. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations indicates total balance between these two teams, as there was 1 tie and 2 wins for each team in the last 5 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a game in this stadium was on 04-12-2016, for the Eredivisie, which ended the victory of FC Utrecht by (0-2). The goals of the party were scored by N. Barazite (29 ‘) and S. Haller (83’) for FC Utrecht.

Den Haag :

This is the first game in this edition of the competition of the home team, which finished the previous edition in 11th place. In the last game he played, for the Friendly, won the Excelsior at home for (1-0). In his last 10 games at home, ADO Den Haag recorded 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. His attack has marked regularly, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 games.

This is a match for the first round of the national championship in which, last season, the team finished eleventh, with 38 points won in 34 games, after 11 victories, 5 draws and 18 losses, with 37 Goals scored and 59 suffered, a negative balance of 22 goals.

The team made an irregular season and the characteristics that need improving for this season, is the negative performance of their defensive system, which was one of the worst in the competition. His attack also left much to be desired, since he had a low goal average scored in relation to the other teams. In addition, it was one of the teams with more defeats and presented a low level of technical quality. In the home they started very badly and at the end of the season they started to get positive results, but it was late to try something better in the competition and so they only managed to stay away from the bottom of the table.

At the end of the season, they played several friendly matches and had an excellent advantage, because in the nine friendly games they won eight games and lost only one. So they had two strands, that is, one was to finish last season not very well, the other to make a perfect preseason, and thus arrive for that premiere presented very positive results. His last game was at home, against the Excelsior, and won the game by the score of 1-0.

Utrecht :

This is the first game in this edition of the competition of the visiting team, which finished the previous edition in the 4th position. The team reaches this match after a draw with Lech Poznań for (2-2). In the last 10 matches played as a visitor for all competitions, FC Utrecht won 4, tied 3 and lost 3. Their defense has not been very solid, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches.

The visiting team finished last season in fourth place in the national championship standings, with 62 points won in 34 games, with 18 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, 54 goals scored and 38 goals conceded, a positive balance of 16 goals.

They did a good last season, with an efficient attack and a balanced defense. They managed to maintain a comfortable fourth place in the table, with eleven points ahead of the fifth ranked. So we can say that he was one of the best teams of the previous championship. This is a team that does not usually lose: in their last six games they had only one defeat, plus three draws and two wins. Away from home they look for a defensive posture and do not mind to tie, because for the team the important thing is not to lose.

They played three friendly matches at the start of the season, in which they recorded a win, a draw and a loss. Note that there were few goals in these games. Currently they are disputing the Europa League, the previous phase to the groups. Their last match was just for that competition, where they played away against Lech Poznan of Poland and tied 2-2. With that they eliminated to their rival, after to have tied the first party at home, by 0-0.