Willem II ship six again as -22 goal difference deepens

Six conceded at home. That is the short version of Willem II's 10th matchday, and it is not an outlier. Cambuur scored 6 at Willem II on Saturday 24 October, the fifth straight defeat for a side that has now shipped 32 goals in 10 league games.

The arithmetic is unforgiving. Willem II have scored 10 and conceded 32, a goal difference of -22 that is the worst in the Eredivisie by a distance. They sit 18th with 2 points from 10 matches: 0 wins, 2 draws, 8 losses. The form line reads LLLLL.

Nor is there a corner of the season to point at as the safe one. At home it is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats; away it is 0, 1 and 4. Same shape, same leaking. A defence conceding better than three goals a game does not need bad luck to explain a winless run.

What comes next is PSV, away, on Saturday 31 October, the 11th matchday. PSV are third on 20 points with a goal difference of +15. Read that pairing twice.

For context at the other end, Feyenoord lead on 25 points at +21, with Ajax on 21 and PSV on 20. The gap between 2 and the top is 25 minus two points, and between their goal difference and Feyenoord's is a swing of +21 to -22.

Two draws are all Willem II have to show for 10 games. The table does not care how the goals arrive — only how many. Thirty-two have arrived already.