Match report →
Eredivisie10/23/2026, 06:00 PM

Go Ahead Eagles – Telstar3 : 2

Why the model thinks so

Go Ahead Eagles
1.58
Total xG
3.25
Telstar
1.67
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorGo Ahead EaglesTelstar
Attack weakness (0.43x league average)−1.65
High-scoring league (3.8 goals/match)+1.34+1.34
Small sample (4 matches), regression to mean+0.92
Small sample (4 matches), regression to mean−0.32
Defensive weakness (1.8 conceded vs 2 league avg)−0.26
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1 goals/match)−0.13
Standings disadvantage (pos 16 vs 9, 7 places gap)−0.13
Standings advantage (pos 9 vs 16, 7 places gap)+0.05
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.8 goals/match)+0.04
Defensive strength (1.8 conceded vs 1.8 league avg)+0.03
Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson on the bench (4 goals, 1 assists)
20% of goal output missing (only 84% available)
Weak away record (0.7 vs 1.4 goals/match)

Key factors

  • Form: Go Ahead Eagles with 4 draws and 1 loss in their last 5 matches, Telstar with 2 draws and 3 losses
  • Defense: Go Ahead Eagles concede 2.33 goals per match in the league this season, Telstar concede 2.0 per match

Risks

  • Home/Away: Go Ahead Eagles score 2.75 goals per match at home in the league this season, Telstar score 0.5 per match away

All probabilities

Result
Go Ahead Eagles35%
Draw26%
Telstar39%
Double chance
Go Ahead Eagles or draw61%
Telstar or draw65%
No draw74%
Goals
Over 1.585%
Under 1.515%
Over 2.563%
Under 2.537%
Over 3.541%
Under 3.559%
Both teams score
Yes66%
No34%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.58 : 1.67, rounded up only from .912% probability

Other likely scores

1:2
9%
2:1
8%
2:2
7%
0:2
5%
3:2
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Go Ahead Eagles: 8 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. Go Ahead Eagles: opponent scores first in 9 of 11 games (82%)
  3. Go Ahead Eagles with Søren Tengstedt starting: 1.9 goals/game, without him: 0.9 (18/8 games, last 30)
  4. Ronald Koeman Jr.: 3 of 3 goals after minute 60 (last 12 games)
  5. Go Ahead Eagles: 71% of all goals in the second half (15 of 21, last 11 games)

Lineups

Go Ahead Eagles 4-2-3-1 · Telstar 4-2-3-1

Go Ahead Eagles
  • 1 C. Haug
  • 2 A. Sampsted
  • 26 J. Dirksen
  • 4 J. Kramer
  • 5 D. James
  • 21 M. Meulensteen
  • 8 E. Linthorst
  • 11 O. Sivertsen
  • 10 S. Tengstedt
  • 17 M. Suray
  • 16 V. Edvardsen
Telstar
  • 1 R. Koeman Jr.
  • 18 G. Caschili
  • 16 S. Valk
  • 4 A. Soualhia
  • 43 M. Peersman
  • 23 N. Shenkman
  • 17 N. Rossen
  • 42 A. Martha
  • 10 T. Owusu
  • 27 P. Brouwer
  • 11 N. Þórisson
Substitutes
  • 34 Yassir Salah Rahmouni
  • 25 G. van Zwam
  • 15 R. Weijenberg
  • 23 T. Baeten
  • 18 R. Margaret
  • 3 G. Nauber
  • 33 N. Verdoni
  • 29 E. Hovden Flataker
  • 24 J. Cillessen
  • 9 S. Sigurdarson
  • 27 T. Galvez
  • 6 T. Jukić
  • 3 G. Alders
  • 8 E. Demircan
  • 2 J. Hardeveld
  • 20 D. Reiziger
  • 28 R. Oudsten
  • 7 R. Mendes
  • 6 I. Ahmed
  • 9 J. Seedorf
  • 13 F. Mulder
  • 5 P. Aning
  • 14 H. Kuster
  • 21 F. Turay

Ready to Get Started?

Create an account and discover data-driven football analyses. Cancel anytime.

Create Account →