ERIK SAYS :

FC Utrecht v Willem II Tilburg
Football: Netherlands, Eredivisie
Sunday, 9th August 2009 - Kickoff 14:30 CET

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FC Utrecht

FC Utrecht booked a 0-1 victory over RKC Waalwijk last Saturday in a game the visitors should have won with a higher score line.

After three minutes in the first half Van Wolfswinkel (att) opened the score for the visitors and the striker lightened up his debut for FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie with an early goal.

The hosts seemed thunder struck after falling behind early in the game but with FC Utrecht omitting to increase their lead RKC Waalwijk kept hope for a good result. However, FC Utrecht managed to survive easily and will be aiming to continue their winning ways against Willem II on Sunday.

FC Utrecht will mostly likely be without Keller (def), Somers (mid) and Silberbauer (mid) while Schut (def) will remain sidelined. Vandenbergh (att) will be able to make his appearance again after an administrative blunder which disallowed him to play against RKC Waalwijk.

Willem II Tilburg

Willem II grabbed a somehow unexpected 3-1 home win over Vitesse last Saturday with some luck in the final ten minutes of the game.

The hosts opened the score in the first half with Gregoire (mid) finding the net after poor defending from Vitesse and with the hosts keeping the pressure on the goal of the visitors it was Boutahar (mid) doubling the lead after half an hour of play.

In the second half a second yellow card for Gregoire (mid) allowed Vitesse back in the game with the visitors pulling a goal back one minute later and slowly taking over the initiative in the match.

Two balls on the woodwork and the denial of a stone wall penalty in the final ten minutes of the game allowed Willem II to keep their lead and a well performed counter attack in the final minute of the game secured the hosts of three points and the lead in the ranking.

The Betting Verdict

FC Utrecht played a strong game against RKC Waalwijk and their only omission was to increase the score line.

Willem II will miss some players against FC Utrecht and their win over Vitesse was in my opinion more caused by the poor play of Vitesse in the first half rather than the impressive performance of Willem II.

FC Utrecht will be looking to continue their winning ways and they should be able to bang in some goals against Willem II looking at the way they created chances against RKC Waalwijk.

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take FC Utrecht to win