Go Ahead Eagles vs Utrecht Predictions

• Go Ahead Eagles haven’t lost at home this season.
• Utrecht have lost 3 and drawn 4 of their 11 away games in the Eredivisie.
• Go Ahead Eagles have drawn 7 of their 13 home games in the Eerste Divisie.
• Both teams have scored in 69% of the hosts’ home games and 82% of the visitors’ away games.

The hosts look very strong in their own backyard this season

Go Ahead Eagles won 3-1 at home against Eindhoven last weekend and look like they could make a return to the Eredivisie this season, while Utrecht could only manage a 1-1 draw away at VVV in the league last time out but remain in the hunt for the European places. Both teams head into Thursday’s clash playing well but it’s Go Ahead Eagles that edge the form guide with four wins, one draw, and one defeat from their last six matches.

The hosts are yet to lose in their own backyard this season and look most confident when playing in front of their own fans, but seven of those thirteen matches have ended in stalemates. Utrecht have dropped points in seven of their eleven away games in the Eredivisie already this season, drawing of them, so you can start to see why we have backed the hosts with a double chance bet and for the game to end in a draw.

Go Ahead Eagles average 1.92 points per home game this season, but have drawn 54% of those matches, and score an average of 1.85 goals, while Utrecht average 1.45 points per away game, winning just 36% of those games, and score an average of 1.64 goals, which is why we have backed Thursday’s cup tie to end in a 2-2 draw.

Utrecht have dropped points in 63% of their away games

46% of Go Ahead Eagles’ home games have produced over 2.5 goals as have 64% of Utrecht’s away games, with both teams scoring in 69% of the hosts’ home matches and 82% of the visitors’ trips on the road, adding further weight to our prediction for a final scoreline of 2-2 this Thursday.

The hosts have only kept clean sheets in 31% of their home games and Utrecht have managed to keep their opponents out in 9% of their away matches, which is why we are convinced both teams will score in this Quarter-Final. 31% of Go Ahead Eagles’ home games this season have produced exactly 4-goals as have 27% of Utrecht’s away games.

We’re confident that a double chance bet on the hosts is the best way to bet on Thursday and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-2. The hosts ae the form favourites and are yet to lose at home this season but Utrecht play in a division above their hosts and have a better playing squad, but the visitors have already dropped plenty of points on the road this season and will be tested once again on Thursday.