FC Utrecht

FC Utrecht’s attack was the clear limitation in this comparison, with Feyenoord and Ajax both scoring more freely overall and away from home. The defensive picture was more nuanced: they were close to Ajax overall and had the best home defensive record, but their away defending was the weakest of the three, behind both Ajax and Feyenoord.

FC Utrecht were noticeably more card-prone away from home, with the yellow-card rate rising from 1.1 at home to 1.8 on the road. That fits the wider profile of a side that controlled games better in Utrecht and had to defend with more stress away from it.

The biggest results captured both sides of FC Utrecht’s season. A 4-0 home win showed they could control and punish opponents when the game tilted their way, but the 5-0 defeat at Excelsior was a severe reminder of how exposed they could become away from home. Their worst home defeat was only 2-1, which underlined how much safer they were in their own ground.

FC Utrecht’s corner numbers were steady rather than spectacular, with almost no home-away split in the volume they won. The useful detail was the balance: they won slightly more than they conceded, which pointed to decent territorial pressure without suggesting a side built around overwhelming set-piece volume.