📊 Form Guide
Jong Utrecht LDWWLW
Jong Utrecht fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-4 Eerste Divisie triumph versus Jong AZ.
In that game, Jong Utrecht had 35% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Jong Utrecht, the goals were scored by Sil van der Wegen (11'), Emirhan Demircan (38', 65') and Neal Viereck (55'). Jong AZ got 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Yoël van den Ban (81') scored for Jong AZ.
Three or more goals per game were seen in 6 of the last 6 meetings where Jong Utrecht have participated. Opposition teams scored 12 of them in this period whereas Jong Utrecht bagged a total of 15.
Going into this one, Jong Utrecht are winless against Roda JC Kerkrade in their previous 4 league matches.
Roda JC Kerkrade DLDLWD
Last time out, Roda JC Kerkrade drew 1-1 in the KNVB Beker tie with Go Ahead Eagles.
The only name on the scoresheet from Roda JC Kerkrade was Jay Kruiver (71'). Kenzo Goudmijn (51') was the scorer for Go Ahead Eagles. The match went to penalties and was won 1-3 by Go Ahead Eagles.
The stats tell the story, and Roda JC Kerkrade have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals overall. Defensively, Roda JC Kerkrade can certainly do much better. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A review of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 06/03/2023 shows us that Jong Utrecht have won 1 of these and Roda JC Kerkrade 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.
A sum of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Jong Utrecht and 10 belonging to De Koempels. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
The last league meeting between the two was Eerste Divisie match day 14 on 01/11/2025 which ended up with the score at Roda JC Kerkrade 1-1 Jong Utrecht.
On that day, Roda JC Kerkrade managed 59% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Michael Breij (56').
On the other side, Jong Utrecht got 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Neal Viereck (78') scored.
The referee was Richard Martens.
📋 Team News: Roda JC Kerkrade
Roda JC Kerkrade manager Kevin Van Dessel has to choose a team with limited availability. Mitchel Paulissen (Knee injury), Dario Van den Buijs (Calf injury), Joshua Schwirten (Knee injury) and Tim Köther (Knee injury) won’t be making appearances.
💡 Prediction
Our feeling is that Roda JC Kerkrade and Jong Utrecht should end up playing out a closely-fought contest here.
Let’s see how it plays out, but we expect to see goals and there is to be a real possibility it will end up level. We’re therefore expecting a very competitive encounter with a 2-2 score draw at the end of the 90.
Renata Leite, 12:00 22/12/2025