Go Ahead Eagles 3-2 Telstar: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction
Our picks against the result
8 of 13 right
- Result Go Ahead Eagles win57% 3-2
- Double chance Go Ahead Eagles or draw (1X)81% 3-2
- Both teams to score Yes69% Yes
- Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.565% 5 goals
- More corners Go Ahead Eagles70% Go Ahead Eagles (4-2)
- Yellow cards Around average 2 yellow cards · league 2.8
- Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Under69% 4.5 Under85% 5.5 Under94%
- Corners Above average 6 corners · league 10.3
- Corners 6 corners 8.5 Over74% 9.5 Over64% 10.5 Over54%
Match stats
- 3 Goals 2
- 1 Yellow cards 1
- 0 Red cards 0
- 4 Corners 2
Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.
Before kick-off
What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.
Match summary
Go Ahead Eagles vs Telstar opens Matchday 10 in the Eredivisie on Friday 23 October 2026, and our model backs a home win, with Go Ahead Eagles win or draw as the double chance.
Why this pick?
Our model goes with a Go Ahead Eagles win above all because of the gap in strength: their rating sits well above Telstar's, and the visitors are clearly below the Eredivisie average. Playing at De Adelaarshorst adds to it. What holds the call back is Go Ahead's own defending — five draws in nine games and a habit of conceding big chances mean they rarely make matches comfortable. Telstar's thin attacking output, short of the league norm on big chances created, is why the model still expects the home side to come through. The call is moderate rather than obvious.
Both teams to score: Go Ahead's recent play is full of shots and big chances created, and they concede chances at the other end too, so their games tend to be open. Telstar's attacking output is modest, but our goal model still gives them a goal.
Form guide
Go Ahead Eagles
- L 1-4 at PEC Zwolle (A) Eredivisie · 18 Oct
- D 3-3 vs Sparta Rotterdam (H) Eredivisie · 10 Oct
- D 1-1 at NEC Nijmegen (A) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
- D 1-1 vs FC Groningen (H) Eredivisie · 12 Sep
- D 3-3 at FC Utrecht (A) Eredivisie · 8 Sep
Telstar
- L 3-4 vs Feyenoord (H) Eredivisie · 17 Oct
- D 2-2 vs ADO Den Haag (H) Eredivisie · 11 Oct
- L 0-1 at AZ Alkmaar (A) Eredivisie · 20 Sep
- D 0-0 at SC Heerenveen (A) Eredivisie · 13 Sep
- L 0-1 at FC Twente (A) Eredivisie · 9 Sep
Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.
Attack and defence ratings
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.
Head-to-head
18 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.
- 8 Feb 2026 · Eredivisie Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 Telstar
- 5 Feb 2026 · KNVB Cup Telstar 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles
- 28 Sep 2025 · Eredivisie Telstar 4-2 Go Ahead Eagles
- 13 Feb 2021 · Eerste Divisie Go Ahead Eagles 1-0 Telstar
- 10 Nov 2020 · Eerste Divisie Telstar 1-2 Go Ahead Eagles
Eredivisie so far
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 20:21 | -1 | 11 |
| 16 | | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10:18 | -8 | 6 |
Positions in our table of 18 clubs, before kick-off. Full table
Match facts
- Competition
- Eredivisie, Matchday 10
- Kick-off
- Venue
- De Adelaarshorst, Deventer
Questions and answers
What was the score of Go Ahead Eagles vs Telstar?
Go Ahead Eagles 3-2 Telstar in the Eredivisie (Matchday 10) on Friday 23 October 2026.
Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Go Ahead Eagles vs Telstar right?
Yes: our result pick was Go Ahead Eagles win, and the score after 90 minutes was 3-2. 8 of our 13 picks and markets for this match were right.
How many cards and corners were there in Go Ahead Eagles vs Telstar?
2 yellow cards (Go Ahead Eagles 1, Telstar 1), no red cards and 6 corners (Go Ahead Eagles 4, Telstar 2).
Times are UTC.