Your Web 3 Guru and Moonbet presenting todays match: FC Utrecht against FC Volendam
In the Eredivisie, FC Utrecht remains a club that upholds the traditional kickoff time of 2:30 PM on Sunday afternoons. However, this season, their loyal season ticket holders haven’t seen much value for money at this specific time. Only eight meager points were collected in the nine home games. When focusing solely on home performances this Eredivisie season, only RKC Waalwijk, FC Volendam, and the last-placed Vitesse Arnhem are performing worse.
The progress initiated under head coach Ron Jans in the last few months of the previous calendar year hasn’t exactly come to a halt. However, post-Christmas, Utrecht’s team has predominantly been involved in stalemates. Home games against Vitesse and PSV, as well as a trip to Excelsior, all ended in shared points. During the winter break, they introduced some new talent, including Sam Lammers, Tim Handwerker, Jeppe Okkels, Niklas Vesterlund, and Andreas Dithmer.
The North Hollanders have yet to find stability after their struggles that began in November. In both home games since the winter break, they suffered 1-0 losses to Almere City FC and Fortuna Sittard, two direct competitors for Eredivisie survival. They secured a point from a visit to Heracles Almelo, marking their 12th of this season. Volendam, therefore, shared the direct relegation spot with Vitesse Arnhem before the start of this round.
Volendam made only two additional acquisitions: the Frenchman Axel Guessand, and the Portuguese Vivaldo Semedo, both coming from Udinese. Two other players, Flip Klomp and Koen Blommestijn, were loaned out to top amateur clubs. The most significant blow was the interim departure of Lequincio Zeefuik, who was initially set to move to AZ next summer but left immediately.
Players to watch: At the end of 2023, Victor Jensen (4 goals) was on a roll for FC Utrecht, but their top scorer has been dry in his last four games. For FC Volendam, top scorer Robert Mühren (5 goals) has been suffering from a goal drought since the first week of November 2023.
Hot stat: In their three Eredivisie away trips to clubs starting today in the bottom half of the standings, Volendam collected a 2-1 win (Heerenveen), a 1-1 draw (Heracles Almelo), and lost 2-1 to RKC Waalwijk.