The Eredivisie is the Netherlands' top division and one of the most reliably entertaining leagues in Europe, built on attacking football, high defensive lines and a steady conveyor belt of academy talent. Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord have dominated the honours between them, with Alkmaar, Twente and Utrecht regularly disrupting the picture. Dutch sides play to score rather than to protect, which makes the Eredivisie one of the better leagues for goalscorer and correct score predictions on CalledItMate.
How to Predict VriendenLoterij Eredivisie Matches
The Eredivisie was founded in 1956 as the Netherlands' first fully professional national league, and its reputation was made by the Total Football era that produced Ajax's European Cup hat-trick in the early 1970s. It remains a proving ground rather than a destination, with the biggest clubs regularly selling their best players to England, Spain and Germany and reloading from the academy. The league also runs a play-off system for European places, so mid-table fixtures late in the season carry far more weight than the table alone suggests.
Eredivisie fixtures are spread across Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, with Sunday afternoon traditionally the busiest slot and the biggest matches often held back for Sunday. Kick-off times are set in Central European Time, and CalledItMate converts every fixture to your local time zone automatically. The match lobby opens 30 minutes before kick-off, so you can lock in your correct score and goalscorer picks before the first whistle.
Why is the Eredivisie good for goalscorer predictions?
Dutch football is built around forward play, wide attackers and pushed-up defensive lines, so Eredivisie matches tend to produce more goals than most European leagues. That gives you more scoring events to call, and more chances at the goalscorer, next team to score and highest scoring half markets. Because CalledItMate awards points the instant the game confirms your call, a busy Eredivisie afternoon can move you up the seasonal leaderboard quickly.
Do I need to know the Dutch clubs to predict well?
It helps, but it is not required. Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord are the three names most people recognise, and they win the vast majority of titles between them, so form and squad depth are usually the deciding factors. CalledItMate is free to play with no stakes and no deposits, so the cheapest way to learn the league is simply to make calls and watch them land. Sign up with Google, YouTube or Discord and start predicting.
