Soccer betting preview: ADO Den Haag welcomes FC Volendam in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cars Jeans Stadion (17023 seats)

Eerste Divisie: Two participants in pretty good shape get together for this fixture. FC Volendam hold a tiny edge with their 2nd spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Eerste Divisie

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for ADO Den Haag and FC Volendam.

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ADO Den Haag form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cars Jeans Stadion as ADO Den Haag have scored 30 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 9-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

ADO Den Haag travelled for their previous game, a trip to FC Eindhoven that ended 1-1. The attacking player Verheydt won the honour of being "man of the match" for Haag with a rating of 7.82/10. Verheydt served one assist and hit four key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Jong Ajax (3-6).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how ADO Den Haag have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Haag, as the Eerste Divisie home game vs Telstar is only three days away.

The ADO Den Haag manager Franken has got the team scoring with 30 from 13 home games in the league. Haag's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Volendam form and stats

Playing away, FC Volendam have won 7 games, drawn 7 and suffered 1 defeat in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Two away games in a row for FC Volendam, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus FC Emmen. Attacker van Mieghem got a player rating of 7.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Mieghem scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A loss against Excelsior was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Volendam playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one FC Volendam win, two draws and two defeats.

FC Volendam has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. FC Volendam have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams encountered each other earlier on this campaign: FC Volendam - Haag 1-3. Previous six meetings with these teams: ADO Den Haag won four, FC Volendam triumphed in one and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC VolendamR. Mühren
R. Mühren
23 goals
ADO Den HaagT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
21 goals
HaagS. Steijn
S. Steijn
14 goals

ADO Den Haag missing players

FC Volendam missing players

Total First Half Second Half
ADO Den Haag FC Volendam
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 5 Played P 4 15 30
17 9 3 Won W 2 7 18
4 1 0 Drew D 2 7 9
7 3 2 Lost L 0 1 3
60 30 9 Scored S 4 27 65
41 15 6 Conceded C 0 18 40
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 87% 93%
82% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 67% 80%
57% 54% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 67%
50% 46% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 50%
43% 46% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 37%
54% 54% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 67%
32% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 33%
21% 15% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 13% 7%
 
5.5 6.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.1 6.1
4.6 4.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.9 5.2
1.8 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
13 15.5 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13 13.1
6.2 7.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 7 6.9
35% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 26% 32%
 
9.4 8.9 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10 10.4
4.4 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.5 5.3
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Volendam have the most points from losing position (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Eerste Divisie

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Emmen 30 20 4 6 50 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 15 9 4 2 19 10 29 64
2 FC Volendam 30 18 9 3 65 40 15 11 2 2 38 22 15 7 7 1 27 18 25 63
3 Excelsior 30 18 4 8 69 41 15 8 3 4 35 19 15 10 1 4 34 22 28 58
4 FC Eindhoven 30 17 6 7 57 33 15 10 4 1 33 13 15 7 2 6 24 20 24 57
5 Jong Ajax 30 16 5 9 66 52 15 10 2 3 38 23 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 53
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 14 10 6 60 35 15 7 5 3 29 15 15 7 5 3 31 20 25 52
7 ADO Den Haag 28 17 4 7 60 41 13 9 1 3 30 15 15 8 3 4 30 26 19 49
8 NAC Breda 30 13 9 8 49 34 15 8 6 1 26 10 15 5 3 7 23 24 15 48
9 De Graafschap 30 13 8 9 40 31 15 4 6 5 14 18 15 9 2 4 26 13 9 47
10 VVV-Venlo 30 12 4 14 40 42 15 6 3 6 22 22 15 6 1 8 18 20 -2 40
11 Jong PSV 29 10 5 14 47 47 15 7 2 6 27 20 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 35
12 FC Den Bosch 30 10 3 17 33 55 15 8 0 7 18 25 15 2 3 10 15 30 -22 33
13 Jong AZ 30 9 5 16 30 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 15 3 2 10 13 22 -11 32
14 TOP Oss 30 8 7 15 38 48 15 5 4 6 23 23 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 31
15 Almere City 30 7 8 15 44 58 15 3 4 8 20 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -14 29
16 FC Dordrecht 30 7 8 15 44 66 15 4 6 5 22 26 15 3 2 10 22 40 -22 29
17 Telstar 29 6 11 12 33 56 15 3 5 7 18 33 14 3 6 5 15 23 -23 29
18 Jong Utrecht 30 8 4 18 31 56 15 4 0 11 13 30 15 4 4 7 18 26 -25 28
19 MVV Maastricht 30 8 2 20 31 63 15 4 2 9 18 29 15 4 0 11 13 34 -32 26
20 Helmond Sport 30 6 6 18 28 55 15 3 3 9 14 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -27 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Emmen 30 20 4 6 50 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 15 9 4 2 19 10 29 64
2 FC Volendam 30 18 9 3 65 40 15 11 2 2 38 22 15 7 7 1 27 18 25 63
3 Excelsior 30 18 4 8 69 41 15 8 3 4 35 19 15 10 1 4 34 22 28 58
4 FC Eindhoven 30 17 6 7 57 33 15 10 4 1 33 13 15 7 2 6 24 20 24 57
5 Jong Ajax 30 16 5 9 66 52 15 10 2 3 38 23 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 53
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 30 14 10 6 60 35 15 7 5 3 29 15 15 7 5 3 31 20 25 52
7 ADO Den Haag 28 17 4 7 60 41 13 9 1 3 30 15 15 8 3 4 30 26 19 49
8 NAC Breda 30 13 9 8 49 34 15 8 6 1 26 10 15 5 3 7 23 24 15 48
9 De Graafschap 30 13 8 9 40 31 15 4 6 5 14 18 15 9 2 4 26 13 9 47
10 VVV-Venlo 30 12 4 14 40 42 15 6 3 6 22 22 15 6 1 8 18 20 -2 40
11 Jong PSV 29 10 5 14 47 47 15 7 2 6 27 20 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 35
12 FC Den Bosch 30 10 3 17 33 55 15 8 0 7 18 25 15 2 3 10 15 30 -22 33
13 Jong AZ 30 9 5 16 30 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 15 3 2 10 13 22 -11 32
14 TOP Oss 30 8 7 15 38 48 15 5 4 6 23 23 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 31
15 Almere City 30 7 8 15 44 58 15 3 4 8 20 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -14 29
16 FC Dordrecht 30 7 8 15 44 66 15 4 6 5 22 26 15 3 2 10 22 40 -22 29
17 Telstar 29 6 11 12 33 56 15 3 5 7 18 33 14 3 6 5 15 23 -23 29
18 Jong Utrecht 30 8 4 18 31 56 15 4 0 11 13 30 15 4 4 7 18 26 -25 28
19 MVV Maastricht 30 8 2 20 31 63 15 4 2 9 18 29 15 4 0 11 13 34 -32 26
20 Helmond Sport 30 6 6 18 28 55 15 3 3 9 14 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -27 21

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The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.