Jan 15th features a match where Go Ahead Eagles plays host to FC Utrecht in a meeting of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Go Ahead Eagles is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Fortuna Sittard. Bas Edo Kuipers scored the first goal for Go Ahead Eagles in the 21st minute, then Bobby Adekanye added another in the 44th minute on a feed from Enric Llansana In the end, Fortuna Sittard couldn’t muster any offence and Go Ahead Eagles ran away with the shutout win. Go Ahead Eagles should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while fC Utrecht is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Feyenoord. Jens Toornstra struck first for FC Utrecht in the 3rd minute on a feed from Bas Dost, then Alireza Jahanbakhsh tied it up for Feyenoord in the 90th minute on a feed from Ezequiel Bullaude squeezing out at least the one point for Feyenoord. FC Utrecht should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Feb 13th, FC Utrecht won by a score of 4 to 1 in front of just over eight thousand dissapointed spectators. Simon Gustafsson scored the first goal for FC Utrecht in the 37th minute, then Adam Maher added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
Both Sander van de Streek and Taylor Booth have been the hottest scorers for FC Utrecht in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Bobby Adekanye has been the most effective weapon for Go Ahead Eagles lately. The Dutch attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches
René Hake’s squad will be without Erwin Mulder, while Bart Ramselaar, Nick Viergever, Django Warmerdam, Mimoun Mahi and Ramon Hendriks are unavailable to play for FC Utrecht.