FC Emmen is currently in the best of all teams in the Jupiler League. The club from Drenthe hopes to book the sixth victory in a row on Friday-evening in Leeuwarden and perhaps to enter the top three.

Cambuur :

Recently SC Cambuur seemed to have the leak up. The Frisians put in four matches in a series of five games and that’s why the team of coach René Hake seemed to take the step to the top ten of the rankings to get involved in the battle for the tickets for the play. offs. In recent weeks, however, Cambuur has been rather stiff and as a result, the advance has come to an end for the time being. The last two games yielded only one point and that resulted in Cambuur currently in twelfth place to be found. The gap with the top eight is only five points, but for a formation like Cambuur it is now important to hook up as the season does not take too long anymore. The match against FC Emmen now offers Cambuur the chance to show the potential, but there will certainly have to be made progress to keep the points in-house.

As said, it did not go too well with the men of Hake in recent weeks. Home was surprisingly lost 0-2 from MVV Maastricht and last week Cambuur again failed to pull the longest end. The showdown with RKC Waalwijk seemed to be ideal in advance to work on trust, but that did not help. The match at the Mandemakers Stadium in Waalwijk went straight and that is why it was not surprising that after ninety minutes of football there was a 0-0 final score on the board, a somewhat disappointing result for the Frisians.

Hake will have to take some injuries into account in the preparation for the match against FC Emmen. Karim Rossi and Jurjan Mannes have been sidelined for some time because of their injuries and the names of Nigel Robertha, Furdjel Narsingh and Omar El Baad can already be crossed. The latest injury case is Justin Mathieu. The midfielder, who started the kick-off last week, will have to leave this match. His absence will probably result in a new opportunity for the recovered Sai van Wermeskerken.

FC Emmen :

From day one of the season FC Emmen has proven that the team is hard to beat. The formation of trainer Dick Lukkien actually had the misfortune that it was also difficult to turn games into profit and that ensured that the team from Drenthe did not end up in the top five. FC Emmen is still at the top when it comes to least defeats (3) and that is a statistic to be proud of. The last few weeks, FC Emmen has also managed to win matches and that has ensured that FC Emmen is starting to knock on the door of the top three. The last five games yielded fifteen points, which meant that the team played in teams like Fortuna Sittard, NEC Nijmegen and Telstar. The current number four has now passed Telstar and the gap with Fortuna Sittard is only a point. With the shape it is so good and because of that FC Emmen will work with a lot of confidence towards the showdown with SC Cambuur.

The fact that FC Emmen has the right flow has proven Lukkien’s formation again last week in the home match against De Graafschap. Alexander Bannink, one of the players in form, opened the score, but then it was the Superboers who put a 1-2 score on the board. After that second hit of the visitors FC Emmen pulled the game towards him. The hosts put in a lot of pressure and that resulted in quite a few chances and goals. The 3-2 was made when there were still eighteen minutes to play, but afterwards the resistance of De Graafschap seemed to have been broken. Goals from Bannink and Norair Mamedov eventually led to the 5-2 final score. It was already the eleventh victory of the season.

Lukkien actually has no reason to change his team before the match against SC Cambuur, but two fresh forces are expected to kick off in Leeuwarden. Jeroen Veldmate was missing De Graafschap last week due to family circumstances, but this week the central defender is back again. This will allow Nick Bakker to move to the left again and Tim Siekman will end up on the bench. Furthermore Glenn Bijl will make his appearance in the midfield. Bijl returns from a suspension and that’s why Michael Chacon has lost his place.

PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.76