Football betting preview: Dongen with moderate expectations before welcoming Blauw Geel '38

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Competition: Netherlands Derde Divisie: Zondag
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Biezen (1800 seats)

Struggling Dongen are aching to pull off an upset when they greet top team Blauw Geel '38 in the upcoming league game. It’s 18th vs 4th and the home fans will have not-so-high confidence.

Insights:
  • Dongen have the most conceded goals (69) in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Blauw Geel '38 have the most clean sheets (10) in Derde Divisie: Zondag

Dongen's stadium, Sportpark De Biezen, has a grass surface. Blauw Geel '38 have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Blauw Geel '38 when playing on grass; 9 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 19 matches. They have scored {33 goals} in these games and conceded 28.

This promises to be an absorbing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Dongen form and stats

Dongen's results here at Sportpark De Biezen in the Derde Divisie: Zondag have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Sportpark De Biezen is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

In their previous game, the manager Erbas led his Dongen to a defeat away at HV & CV Quick. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sportpark De Biezen.

Ahead of that match, Dongen lost 3-5 at home to VVSB.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows the future, but we do know that 10 of the 11 most recent league games with this team has had at least three goals.

The Dongen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Dongen have allowed the opposition to score 35 goals here at Sportpark De Biezen. When Dongen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Gemert, UDI '19, Groene Ster, Baronie and JOS Watergraafsmeer), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.

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Blauw Geel '38 form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Blauw Geel '38, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Derde Divisie: Zondag, have produced an overall stat of 6-3-4 so far.

There might be some fixture complaints from Blauw Geel '38 as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 2-3 against VVSB.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting TOGB.

Blauw find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blauw Geel '38 have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended Blauw Geel '38 - Dongen 2-0, played this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Dongen victories, two draws and two Blauw Geel '38 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Dongen missing players

Blauw Geel '38 missing players

Dongen Blauw Geel '38
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
3 2 1 Won W 2 6 13
5 2 1 Drew D 2 3 8
19 9 3 Lost L 0 4 6
34 23 11 Scored S 7 18 42
69 35 17 Conceded C 3 16 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 93%
85% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 74%
70% 77% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 48%
56% 69% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 41%
41% 54% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 31% 22%
63% 77% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 56%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 37%
33% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 15%
 
3.9 4.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.4 3.9
5.4 4.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 3.3
0.9 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.7 8.8 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 6.8 9
3.9 4.9 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 3.6 5.1
30% 32% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 32%
 
12.3 10.6 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 21 13 10
6.1 5.1 6.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.8 4.7
Key stats in Derde Divisie: Zondag this season:
  • Blauw Geel '38 have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Blauw Geel '38 have the most clean sheets (10) in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dongen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Dongen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dongen have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have the fewest points (8) at home in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have the most conceded goals (69) in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have the most conceded goals in the second half (46) in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have the the worst goal difference (-35) in Derde Divisie: Zondag
  • Dongen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dongen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ADO '20 27 20 3 4 62 33 14 11 2 1 33 13 13 9 1 3 29 20 29 63
2 VVSB 27 19 4 4 76 42 14 11 1 2 40 20 13 8 3 2 36 22 34 61
3 USV Hercules 27 14 7 6 53 29 14 9 3 2 32 13 13 5 4 4 21 16 24 49
4 Blauw Geel '38 27 13 8 6 42 33 14 7 5 2 24 17 13 6 3 4 18 16 9 47
5 UNA 28 11 12 5 50 30 13 5 6 2 21 15 15 6 6 3 29 15 20 45
6 TOGB 27 12 6 9 57 46 14 7 3 4 29 18 13 5 3 5 28 28 11 42
7 HSC '21 27 11 7 9 51 33 13 6 3 4 34 17 14 5 4 5 17 16 18 40
8 OJC Rosmalen 27 11 6 10 47 44 14 6 3 5 27 21 13 5 3 5 20 23 3 39
9 DEM 27 10 8 9 45 43 13 6 3 4 25 18 14 4 5 5 20 25 2 38
10 HV & CV Quick 27 9 9 9 45 40 13 3 6 4 17 17 14 6 3 5 28 23 5 36
11 GVV Unitas 27 10 5 12 34 45 13 6 3 4 16 17 14 4 2 8 18 28 -11 35
12 OSS '20 27 8 9 10 33 46 13 4 3 6 15 25 14 4 6 4 18 21 -13 33
13 Gemert 27 9 5 13 36 49 14 4 4 6 17 24 13 5 1 7 19 25 -13 32
14 JOS Watergraafsmeer 28 8 8 12 33 60 14 3 5 6 14 27 14 5 3 6 19 33 -27 32
15 Groene Ster 27 5 12 10 29 38 14 3 4 7 19 27 13 2 8 3 10 11 -9 27
16 Baronie 27 6 3 18 35 53 14 3 2 9 17 25 13 3 1 9 18 28 -18 21
17 UDI '19 27 4 5 18 21 50 13 2 3 8 12 19 14 2 2 10 9 31 -29 17
18 Dongen 27 3 5 19 34 69 13 2 2 9 23 35 14 1 3 10 11 34 -35 14

Read more about Derde Divisie: Zondag

The Derde Divisie (meaning the Third Division in English) is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands. It was formerly known as Topklasse. Derde Divisie is divided in two divisions each holding 18 teams. The top team of each league table is promoted while the bottom two are relegated.