Against All Odds: Emmen to continue good home form

5Apr 2013

Betfair

Volendam are odds-on for their trip to Emmen this evening but Paul Robinson thinks the home side can continue their good form and pick up a positive result.

Emmen have climbed to 13th place in the Dutch Jupiler league thanks to a run of five wins and a draw from their last seven matches. The only defeat they suffered came away at De Graafschap and they were plying their trade in the Eredevisie last season.

At their home of the Univé Stadion, Joop Gall's side began their campaign quite poorly with four draws and three defeats. A superb comeback against Fortuna Sittard from 0-2 down in February proved the catalyst for a run of three straight victories though and while they were held by Telstar last time out, a draw would do for us tonight.

Volendam are fighting for promotion to the top flight as they sit in second, just three points behind the leaders Helmond Sport, but with two games in hand. It's been quite the turnaround for a club who finished in 12th last year and one of the reasons has been that they have been scoring so many goals.

Hans de Koning's men have notched 59 times from 25 matches with Michiel Kramer and Jack Tuyp sharing 44 of them. They are a deadly duo and the Emmen defence will have their hands full come kick off.

Away from Kras Stadion, The Other Orange aren't bombproof though. While they are undefeated in six on the road, three of those were draws and their win percentage throughout the year has been 50% - six wins, three draws and three defeats.

Emmen have turned the corner in the past couple of months and with home advantage tonight, I think they can take something from the game. That's why, with Volendam trading around the 1.87 mark, I have to make them my lay of the day.

Recommended Bet

Lay Volendam v Emmen @ 1.87