Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Willem II (3rd, 68 pts) and FC Dordrecht (10th, 47 pts). FC Dordrecht had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 10th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: FC Dordrecht 1.26 scored and 1.47 conceded per game, Willem II 1.55 and 1.11, with the league averaging 1.6.
Willem II arrived on a run of four straight wins. The last-five ledger: FC Dordrecht 4/15, Willem II 12/15.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for FC Dordrecht, 2 draws and 6 for Willem II, at 4 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. 67% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 56%. Recent editions have opened up: 5 goals per game across the last five meetings against 4 historically.
The venue was Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion, with room for 4,100 spectators. On the scoreboard, Willem II led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
FC Dordrecht: Nick Venema (78') · Willem II: Thomas Verheydt (43'), Calvin Twigt (83')
Key stats
Possession: FC Dordrecht 50% · Willem II 50% · Total shots: 8-10 · On target: 2-7 · Corners: 4-7