Match Report
The table read 5th (FC Emmen, 12 pts) against 19th (De Graafschap, 4 pts), 8 points apart. Per game in the league, FC Emmen were scoring 2.67 and conceding 2.33, De Graafschap 1.17 and 3, against a competition average of 1.91 goals per team per game.
De Graafschap arrived off four straight defeats. Recent form was uneven: 12/15 points for FC Emmen, 1/15 for De Graafschap.
11 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — FC Emmen 6, draws 2, De Graafschap 3, at 2.82 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 64% of the meetings.
S. Teuben officiated: 85 games logged, averaging 1.3 yellow cards each. The match was played at De Oude Meerdijk (capacity 8,600). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
FC Emmen: Jack Cooper-Love (29') · De Graafschap: Julian Kania (7'), Donny Warmerdam (63')
Key stats
Possession: FC Emmen 64% · De Graafschap 36% · Total shots: 27-11 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 13-4