SC Telstar vs SC Cambuur

Neither side has enjoyed the start to the Eredivisie season they hoped for, which gives this early-September meeting at BUKO Stadion some extra edge. Telstar sit in the lower half of the table after an up-and-down opening month, while Cambuur, back in the top flight after promotion, are still chasing their first points of the campaign. Telstar opened with a surprise 2-1 win away at NEC Nijmegen, Patrick Brouwer and Rui Mendes scoring either side of an Abdelnour Soualhia assist, before a 1-3 home defeat to Sparta Rotterdam undid the good work, Soualhia again on target late on. Cambuur's comeback to the top flight has been rough: a 0-4 loss to Excelsior followed by a fireworks-disrupted 2-5 defeat to Feyenoord, though Rafik El Arguioui's late brace offered a glimpse of quality. Recent head-to-head meetings have favoured Cambuur, including a 2-1 and a 3-1 win. Our prediction: 2-1