Willem II vs Cambuur - prediction, team news, lineups

Two of the Eredivisie's recently promoted sides spell head-to-head connected Sunday arsenic Willem II look Cambuur astatine the Koning Willem II Stadion successful gameweek 10 of the 2026-27 season.

After some sides made shaky starts, the visitors person since recovered their footing, portion the hosts stay successful hunt of a archetypal league victory.

Match preview

The feeling of desolation astatine the dependable of the last whistle is becoming an all-too-familiar communicative for Willem II, who fto a pb gaffe for the 2nd crippled moving successful Saturday’s 3-2 nonaccomplishment to Sparta Rotterdam, wherever Tonny Vilhena’s opener and Uriel van Aalst’s onslaught counted for nought.

That proved to beryllium 1 decision excessively galore for John Stegeman, who became the 2nd managerial casualty of the existent campaign.

Adrie Koster returns arsenic interim boss, having antecedently managed the nine from July 2018 to January 2021 and successful an earlier spell betwixt July 1990 and June 1991.

Given his past stint ended winless successful the last 10 matches (L8, D2), determination is understandable pessimism among the Willem II faithful contempt the interim quality of Koster’s appointment, and the 71-year-old volition beryllium hopeless to marque a affirmative start.

Winless against Cambuur successful the past 7 meetings dating backmost to the past clip erstwhile some teams were successful the apical formation earlier their caller promotion, De Superkruiken person been connected the receiving extremity successful this fixture much often than not of late, with nary wins since 2015.

A league-high 26 goals conceded and a league-low 9 scored permission Saturday’s hosts with plentifulness of enactment to bash astatine some ends of the transportation if they are to crook their play around. However, arsenic seen connected respective occasions, a alteration successful the dugout could beryllium conscionable what the doc ordered.

Like Willem II, Cambuur initially recovered the measurement up to the apical formation daunting, failing to triumph immoderate of their opening 5 matches earlier yet getting disconnected the people with a broad 3-0 triumph implicit NEC successful their penultimate lucifer starring up to the planetary break.

Johan Plat’s broadside person since followed that up with a 1-0 triumph implicit PEC Zwolle, sandwiched betwixt draws with ADO Den Haag and, astir recently, AZ Alkmaar contempt playing astir of the 2nd fractional a antheral down aft Devid Bouah’s reddish card.

The Yellow-Blues are present 1 of conscionable 3 teams - alongside Ajax and aboriginal pacesetters Feyenoord - unbeaten successful the past 5 league matches, collecting 9 points from a imaginable 15, portion lone the league leaders person conceded less goals successful that span.

A cardinal origin successful Cambuur’s resurgence has been their accelerated starts, scoring the opening extremity successful each of their past 5 matches. They volition look to exploit this inclination against a Willem II broadside that person conceded archetypal successful 5 of their past six outings.

With matches against Kloetinge and Go Ahead Eagles rounding disconnected their October schedule, Saturday’s visitors person a beardown accidental to decorativeness the period connected a precocious earlier facing reigning champions PSV Eindhoven to commencement November.

Willem II Eredivisie form:

Cambuur Eredivisie form:

Team News

Amine Lachkar (groin) and Justin Hoogma (knee) are some sidelined for Willem II, with the erstwhile yet to play since past July.

Goalkeepers Thomas Didillon and Wouter van der Steen are some unavailable, meaning Maxime Delanghe is acceptable to proceed successful goal.

Armin Culum (foot) completes the hosts’ absentees, with Kasper Boogaard returning to the seat past clip out.

Jamal Amofa is retired for the play with a cruciate ligament injury, portion Daan Visser is stepping up his betterment from a akin problem.

Wout Asselman remains unfit for enactment owed to injury, portion 25-year-old Italian Devid Bouah volition service a suspension.

Willem II imaginable starting lineup:

Delanghe; Ter Avest, Stam, Dekker, Tjoe-A-On; Zarrouk, Vilhena; Slory, Van Aalst, Van Crooy; Haen

Cambuur imaginable starting lineup:

Jansen; Costarelli, Van Duijl, Baouf, Berkhout; Souren, Maertens; Hamache, El Arguioui, Ceka; Binder

We say: Willem II 1-2 Cambuur

Cambuur person the borderline heading into Saturday’s clash, wherever a decision would permission Willem II successful deeper information of an contiguous instrumentality to the Eerste Divisie.

The hosts’ mean of a extremity per crippled is apt to continue, but their antiaircraft frailties mean they are tipped to travel distant empty-handed again.

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