Netherlands football overview

Netherlands Football Overview 2017-2018

Compare Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie through current-season scoring trends, clean-sheet rates, featured leaders and direct links into the Dutch football data hub.

Total leagues covered 2 Netherlands divisions currently in the stats hub
Total matches 686 Completed matches in 2017-2018
Avg goals across Netherlands 3.20 Across the covered leagues
Most attacking league Eerste Divisie 3.24 goals per match
Most defensive league Eredivisie 39.9% clean-sheet matches

League Comparison

A comparison table for the leagues currently covered in Netherlands.

League Avg Goals BTTS % Over 2.5 % Clean Sheets Late Goals
Eerste Divisie 3.24 64.5% 65.8% 35.5% 0.0%
Eredivisie 3.14 60.1% 62.7% 39.9% 0.0%

Netherlands Team Regions

A region-first board of the teams currently covered in Netherlands.

Randstad

The western urban belt led by Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague, with the densest concentration of covered Dutch clubs.

18 teams

League Sections

Cross-League Insights

Netherlands comparison insight

Eerste Divisie is averaging 3.2% more goals per match than Eredivisie.

Netherlands comparison insight

Eredivisie has the higher clean-sheet rate at 39.9%, compared with 35.5% in Eerste Divisie.

Netherlands comparison insight

Late goals are more common in Eredivisie, where 0.0% of matches feature a 75+ minute goal.

Featured Leaders Across Netherlands

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Jong Ajax Eerste Divisie
Top scoring team in Netherlands

90 goals scored so far.

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Ajax Eredivisie
Best defence in Netherlands

33 goals conceded.

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Emmen Eerste Divisie
Most draws across Netherlands

16 drawn matches.

Comparison Tool

Compare two teams side by side across goal production, defensive output, BTTS, over 2.5 and clean sheets.

2017-2018 season comparison

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