Go Ahead Eagles ease through, RKC need penalties at Barendrecht
Go Ahead Eagles had a comfortable cup evening at Koninklijke HFC on Tuesday. RKC Waalwijk needed more than 120 minutes and a penalty shootout to beat amateur side BVV Barendrecht.
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Go Ahead Eagles had a comfortable cup evening at Koninklijke HFC on Tuesday. RKC Waalwijk needed more than 120 minutes and a penalty shootout to beat amateur side BVV Barendrecht.
Willem II suffered a heavy home defeat against SC Cambuur. Captain Hidde Ter Avest said the side fell apart and looked like loose sand when it failed to stay together.
Cambuur beat fellow promoted side Willem II 1-6 on Saturday. Adrie Koster was back in charge of Willem II as interim coach after John Stegeman's dismissal.
Go Ahead Eagles beat Telstar 3-2 at home on Friday in the opening match of Eredivisie round 10. Søren Tengstedt scored twice for the home side.
After four straight defeats to start the Eredivisie season, Cambuur have now gone six matches without losing, and on Saturday they beat Willem II 1-6, their biggest league victory ever. Nicolas Binder, who scored no goals in the first division last season, has scored five times this campaign, including two in Tilburg.
Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.
0 to 100 against this season's Eredivisie clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.
22 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 23:23 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19:22 | -3 | 12 |
Positions in our table of 18 clubs, before kick-off. Full table
Cambuur vs Go Ahead Eagles kicks off at 20:00 UK time (20:00 UTC) on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Kooi Stadion, Leeuwarden. It is an Eredivisie match (Matchday 11).
Our picks and their reasons are published 48 hours before kick-off at the earliest, from 20:00 UTC on Thursday 29 October 2026, once both teams have played their previous match. The result percentages follow for everyone 2 hours before kick-off, at 18:00 UTC on Saturday 31 October 2026; every other percentage is for members until the match is over.
Cambuur have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in their last 5 matches in all competitions, and have won their last 2. Go Ahead Eagles have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches in all competitions, and have won their last 2.
Cambuur and Go Ahead Eagles have met 22 times in our records since 2010: Cambuur won 11, Go Ahead Eagles won 5 and 6 ended level. Last meeting: 2023-03-05, Cambuur 4-1 Go Ahead Eagles.
The referee is Serdar Gözübüyük. In the last 50 matches we have on record, Serdar Gözübüyük has averaged 3.8 yellow cards per match.
Times are UTC.