FC Utrecht chase points against Go Ahead Eagles
Sitting 15th with just two points from five games, Utrecht host Go Ahead Eagles in a rescheduled fixture as the Champions League returns elsewhere.
The Champions League league phase gets under way this evening, but the night's football starts earlier, with two pieces of unfinished Eredivisie business.
FC Utrecht and Go Ahead Eagles are completing a fixture that had to be suspended, while NEC play a rearranged match against Excelsior. Full details of both go into the matchcenter rather than the live blog itself.
Utrecht arrive in need of the points. The side sit 15th in the Eredivisie with 2 points from 5 matches, despite A. Stepanov's 7 goals leading the line, with Gzivi Zekhiel on 5 and Dani de Wit on 4. Their ground, Stadion Galgenwaard, holds 23,750.
A win before the Champions League anthem sounds again across Europe would ease the pressure on Utrecht heading into a congested run of fixtures; another slip at this stage would leave them looking anxiously over their shoulder.
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