Cambuur vs Meppen tips and predictions

Meppen over-priced to see off Cambuur

With the gulf in class between the sides, the hosts are expected to get through this. But perhaps this will not be as clear-cut as it seems. Meppen are really up against it but they can weather the storm. The home win price is just too short so for a bit of fun, the pick is with the outsiders.

Occasionally the hosts have seemed out of sorts in some of their latest moderate performances. Cambuur have been frustratingly patchy. They've lost 9 of their last 14 games at home. Those reverses have not been helped by their latest goal count. They've scored one or less goals in all of their last 4 matches on their own paddock. They'll be expected to improve that number in this game. In the most part they've got away with it but sometimes losing their shape has cost them. They have conceded at least once in all of their last 16 home matches. So perhaps the upset is not ludicrous.

Meppen have actually won 6 of their last 13 away matches. While they are facing a huge challenge there is still some justification for an away win at the big price. Notably they've scored 3.0 goals on average over their last 3 games which is something they'll have to take encouragement from to have any chance of making things happen for them here.

Few could argue with the notion that both sides can score despite the ardent favouritism for Cambuur. It isn't The Yes BTTS bet could be interesting. Obviously all of this depends on how the visitors adapt to a level of football they aren't familiar with.