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Eredivisie11/01/2026, 01:30 PM

Telstar – FC Utrecht4 : 2

Why the model thinks so

Telstar
1.63
Total xG
2.99
FC Utrecht
1.36
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.

FactorTelstarFC Utrecht
High-scoring league (3.8 goals/match)+1.26+1.26
Attack weakness (0.71x league average)−0.52
Small sample (5 matches), regression to mean+0.24
Rising form (1.8 vs 1.4 season average)+0.09
Small sample (5 matches), regression to mean+0.02
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.4 goals/match)−0.01
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.6 goals/match)−0.01
Patrick Brouwer on the bench (2 goals, 2 assists)
Noach Shenkman on the bench (1 goals, 2 assists)
28% of goal output missing (only 60% available)
Ángel Alarcón on the bench (3 goals, 0 assists)
42% of goal output missing (only 76% available)

Key factors

  • Home/Away: Telstar scores 1.6 goals per game at home in the league, FC Utrecht concedes 2.4 per game away
  • Goals: FC Utrecht scores 1.6 goals per game away in the league, Telstar concedes 3 goals per game at home

Risks

  • Form: FC Utrecht won 3 of their last 5 matches, Telstar zero
  • Table: FC Utrecht is 11th with 12 points from 10 matches, Telstar is 16th with 6 points from 10 matches
  • Personnel: Telstar without G. Alders, in the starting XI in 4 of the last 5 matches

All probabilities

Result
Telstar42%
Draw27%
FC Utrecht31%
Double chance
Telstar or draw69%
FC Utrecht or draw58%
No draw73%
Goals
Over 1.581%
Under 1.519%
Over 2.557%
Under 2.543%
Over 3.535%
Under 3.565%
Both teams score
Yes61%
No39%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.63 : 1.36, rounded up only from .913% probability

Other likely scores

2:1
9%
1:2
8%
2:0
7%
2:2
6%
4:2
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. FC Utrecht: 9 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. FC Utrecht: 83% of all goals in the second half (15 of 18, last 11 games)
  3. Telstar: 6 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  4. Telstar: opponent scores first in 8 of 11 games (73%)
  5. Ronald Koeman Jr.: 3 of 3 goals after minute 60 (last 12 games)
  6. FC Utrecht: 33% of all goals between minutes 46-60 (6 of 18)

Lineups

Telstar 4-2-3-1 · FC Utrecht 4-2-3-1

Telstar
  • 1 R. Koeman Jr.
  • 18 G. Caschili
  • 16 S. Valk
  • 4 A. Soualhia
  • 43 M. Peersman
  • 6 I. Ahmed
  • 17 N. Rossen
  • 42 A. Martha
  • 10 T. Owusu
  • 8 E. Demircan
  • 11 N. Þórisson
FC Utrecht
  • 22 S. Padt
  • 2 S. Horemans
  • 3 M. Didden
  • 5 N. Panayiotou
  • 92 A. Zagre
  • 8 J. van Overeem
  • 38 O. Agougil
  • 23 N. Vesterlund
  • 80 M. Sivertsen Broholm
  • 10 Y. Cathline
  • 20 D. de Wit
Substitutes
  • 2 J. Hardeveld
  • 20 D. Reiziger
  • 27 P. Brouwer
  • 28 R. Oudsten
  • 15 N. Nwankwo
  • 13 F. Mulder
  • 5 P. Aning
  • 14 H. Kuster
  • 21 F. Turay
  • 23 N. Shenkman
  • 19 F. Rust
  • 18 J. Medić
  • 1 V. Barkas
  • 15 A. Blake
  • 34 D. van den Berg
  • 11 Ángel Galiot
  • 17 S. van Duijn
  • 31 M. Eppink
  • 6 G. Offerhaus
  • 21 N. Ogidi Nwankwo
  • 9 A. Stepanov
  • 32 P. Kloosterboer
  • 39 N. Amrabat

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