Utrecht are desperately trying to find a way into the top eight of the Eerste Divisie, which is a standing that would qualify them for the playoffs. They’re currently six points adrift of these spots, and their story over recent weeks has been letting go of leads and throwing away strong positions in games.

Utrecht enter this clash having seen BTTS in each of their last five matches across all competitions. Each of their last four matches have ended with the point shared, Utrecht struggle to kill off games. This is costing them at a crucial point in the season, and they’ll need to find a way to turn their positive attacking play into three points.

Utrecht have scored 2+ goals in four of their last five matches, so they are capable of high goal counts, their issue is seeing out games. This has been the case for Utrecht all season, the initial league meeting between these sides produced five goals as De Graafschap ran out 3-2 winners over Utrecht.

Dr Graafschap’s home games in the Eerste Divisie this season have been really entertaining, with 48 goals across their 13 matches (3.69 per game). They’ve seen BTTS in three of their last five matches across all competitions, and we can expect another end to end affair here given Utrecht’s recent tendency to throw away leads, and De Graafschap’s strong home record.

This is a really important game for Willem II, they sit in the playoff spots, but that position is precarious with Waalwijk, Den Bosch and Venlo all in close pursuit if they were to give up points here. Vitesse have been a banana skin all season for sides in the Eerste Divisie, they aren’t in the playoff conversation at all and sit second from bottom of the division - but have caused some of the top sides serious problems.

Vitesse managed to get on the score sheet when these sides met earlier in the season, with Willem II coming away 2-1 winners on that occasion. Willem II have seen BTTS in each of their last four matches ahead of this clash, most recently drawing 1-1 with Utrecht, which was a result that really damaged their playoff hopes.

Vitesse have also seen BTTS in each of their last four matches in the Eerste Divisie, showing how the away side here have remained competitive in their league games, despite not really having too much to play for.

This is a very interesting game in the Eredivisie, as these are two sides that could still find themselves in either the European battle, or the relegation race, depending on how this result goes.

The sides are level on points in the Eredivisie and are only separated by goal difference ahead of this clash - the pair are only seven points clear of the drop zone, but also only five points away from a potential spot in the Conference League next season.

Fortuna Sittard have seen BTTS in each of their last five matches ahead of this clash - notably only winning one of these games, with their 11 home matches producing 36 goals (3.27 per game).

Excelsior’s defensive record on the road is of particular concern here, they’ve conceded 23 goals across their 11 away matches in the Eredivisie this term (2.09 per game), only three sides in the Dutch top flight have conceded more goals on the road this season.