Emmen vs Telstar Predictions

• Emmen have won with a 2+ goal margin in each of their last four matches.
• Emmen are almost within touching distance of mathematical promotion.
• Telstar have not won an away league game since October 2021.

An Emmen Eredivisie return beckons

With an eight-point gap to third place ahead of the weekend, league leaders Emmen have their sights firmly set on making their place in the top-two an unassailable one. On the back of four straight wins, a visit from a poor travelling Telstar side should not overly faze the hosts.

However, manager Dick Lukkien will take no chances as sides managed by him are winless against Telstar (D4, L1), though the circumstances ahead of this clash seem to favour Lukkien finally breaking his hoodoo in this fixture.

Emmen are one of just three sides yet to draw a home league game ahead of this round (W11, L4) and with a 40% clean sheet rate, they should be confident of making life tough for the visitors.

Not the brightest Telstar in the sky

With a return of just three wins from 15 away league games and a current run of ten competitive winless away games, it is hard to see Telstar breaking that rotten run at the home of the league leaders.

Moreover, Telstar have nothing left to play for but pride this season, thus throwing motivation into question. Compounding matters for the visitors is their failure to score in three of their last four visits to De Oude Meerdijk, inspiring little confidence for manager Andries Jonker.

Considering the apparent gulf in class between these sides, we are siding with an Emmen win. The odds are not overly high for this selection, but they are about right. As for the correct score, we are sticking with Emmen’s most common winning scoreline at home this season, 2-0.