Eerste Divisie table 2026/27 season: Netherlands, points and home and away records
updated 2026-09-01The Eerste Divisie table covers 20 clubs over 4 matches each. Points run three for a win and one for a draw, so the order follows points first, then goal difference and goals scored.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +9 | 12 |
| 2 | MVV Maastricht | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +4 | 12 |
| 3 | Almere City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | +8 | 10 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | +6 | 9 |
| 5 | Emmen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | +1 | 9 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | +2 | 7 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
| 8 | Jong PSV | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Volendam | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | +6 | 6 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Den Bosch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Dordrecht | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Jong Ajax | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | TOP Oss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Eindhoven | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 19 | De Graafschap | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 20 | Jong FC Utrecht | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -9 | 0 |
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Eerste Divisie table: how to read points and goal difference
The gap from top to bottom is 12 points. Heracles Almelo lead on 12 with a difference of +9; Jong FC Utrecht sit last on 0. Heracles Almelo and MVV Maastricht are level on points, with goal difference deciding first place.
Heracles Almelo score most with 16 goals. Almere City defend best, conceding 3, while Jong Ajax have shipped 13 — the spread between those two says how uneven the league is at the back.
A club takes 1.41 points per match on average and scores 7.7 goals across the season. The median is 6 points (Volendam), with 9 clubs above it. The median describes a league better than the mean does: one runaway side pulls the mean up and barely moves the median.
The drop zone is 3 points from safety: Eindhoven sit 17th on 3, against Jong FC Utrecht on 0. Those are the numbers that decide the closing weeks.
Eerste Divisie home and away: split points
The Eerste Divisie table recomputes separately for home fixtures and for away ones. They are the same matches split by venue, so points in the two tables always sum back to the overall one.
Jong PSV take the most at home, 7 points from 3 matches, while Almere City lead away on 7 — more often different clubs than you would expect.
Jong PSV depend on their ground most: 7 points at home against 1 away, a gap of 6. Vitesse show the smallest split at -5. Across the league a club takes 0.6 more points at home than away.
Eerste Divisie: goals, averages and difference
Across 40 matches the league has produced 154 goals, 3.77 per game. Home sides win 45% of the time, both teams score in 80%, and 72% finish over 2.5.
Jong PSV carry the flattest goal difference at 0 — clubs on those numbers usually sit mid-table, equally far from the title and the drop.
How the Eerste Divisie table looked in earlier seasons is in the archive: Netherlands, year by year, with final tables for every division and zone.
Eerste Divisie: division size and what it changes
The size of a division changes how its figures read. With 20 clubs each plays 4 matches, and a run of three or four results moves a position further than it would in a league twice the size: the sample is smaller, so chance weighs more.
For the same reason the points gap between neighbouring places tends to be narrower here and the middle of the table reorders more often. Goal difference is especially useful in a division this size, because it accumulates across every match and depends less on who a club happened to face recently.
Comparing this division with others on absolute numbers — goals scored, points taken — means little where the number of rounds differs. What compares is the relative measures: points per match, scoring rate, the share of draws.
Netherlands: the divisions and where Eerste Divisie sits
We cover 2 divisions in Netherlands. Above this one sit Eredivisie.
RKC Waalwijk have drawn most at 4, Heracles Almelo fewest at 0. VVV-Venlo defend best on the road, conceding 0 away from home.
Eerste Divisie: match results and head-to-head
The widest result of the season is Jong FC Utrecht against Heracles Almelo, 1-6, a margin of 5. The highest-scoring match is Jong Ajax against Emmen at 4-6, 10 goals in all.
8 of 40 matches ended level, 20%. The draw rate is among the steadiest numbers a league produces: it moves less from season to season than goals scored or final positions do.
Any two clubs can be compared in the panel alongside, which reads the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Common questions
How are points awarded in the Eerste Divisie table?
Three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. A side with more wins can still sit below one that draws often, but only where the number of matches played differs.
What separates clubs level on points?
Goal difference first, then goals scored. Heracles Almelo currently lead Eerste Divisie on 12 points with a difference of +9.
How does the home table differ from the overall one?
The home table counts only matches played at home and the away table only those on the road. They are the same fixtures, so the two sets of points add back to the overall table. A mid-table club is often in the top three of one of them.
How many goals does a match produce on average?
3.77 per game across 40 matches. Both teams score in 80% of them and 72% finish over 2.5 goals.
Where are previous seasons?
In the country archive: Netherlands, final tables year by year, split by division and, where they existed, by territorial zone.
How can two clubs be compared?
Through the head-to-head panel: pick two sides and it returns the score of their meetings this season, read from the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Season metrics
- Goals per match
- 3.77
- Home wins
- 45%
- Both scored
- 80%
- Over 2.5
- 72%
Head to head
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