Telstar take on the visitors Graafschap at “Rabobank IJmond Stadion” in the first-leg clash of the round two of the Promotion Play Offs to the Eredivisie. The match will be played in IJmuiden on Thursday, May 10th.
Telstar occupied the sixth place in the main stage table of the Eerste Divisie, having earned 61 points with 16 triumphs, 13 draws and nine defeats. It should be noted that the side demonstrated tremendously strong football in face of its supporters, having lost only three home tackles while got 36 points with six draws and 10 victories instead. And just one of those failures happened against the team which had settled higher than the seventh position. As for the overall Telstar’s statics against the top-seven clubs, it is quite impressive: two wins, two draws and single defeat.
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In their turn, Graafschap ended the Eerste Divisie main stage sitting on the fourth place with 65 points collected. “Superboeren” deserved 18 triumphs, 11 draws and nine losses in the first part of the season. It is worth mentioning that Henk de Jong’s side rarely succeeds on the road, having obtained only seven victories in 19 away battles with rest of them resulting in eight draws and four failures. Besides, Graafschap managed to beat only one rival from the top-six clubs, having earned three draws and one defeat against them instead.
Telstar have won two latest head-to-heads against Graafschap, including the first-lap clash of this season where the forthcoming hosts celebrated 3:2 victory on the 23rd of December. Taking into account the rivals’ statistics at the home field and on the road as well as the fact that Graafschap are not obliged to gain a victory in the upcoming tackle to promote further as they will have a reverse fixture, I presume that Telstar will avoid a failure this Thursday.
Prediction for the match: Telstar to win with +0.5 Asian handicap (1X).
