Match Report
The table gap was wide: 38 points between FC Utrecht (4th, 64 pts) and Willem II (16th, 26 pts). Per game in the league, Willem II were scoring 1 and conceding 1.65, FC Utrecht 1.82 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Willem II had not won in 7 games.
The sides have met 23 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Willem II, 2 draws and 16 for FC Utrecht, at 3.26 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 65% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 61% of meetings brought at least three goals. Recent editions have opened up: 5 goals per game across the last five meetings against 3.26 historically.
The match was played at Koning Willem II Stadion in Tilburg (capacity 14,637). On the scoreboard, Willem II led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 2-3.
Goal scorers
Willem II: Boris Lambert (17'), Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson (83') · FC Utrecht: Noah Ohio (75'), Adrian Blake (85'), Sébastien Haller (67')