Eerste Divisie match preview and numbers: ADO Den Haag host Willem II

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Prinses Irene (3000 seats)

High flying Willem II arrive at ADO Den Haag after their 2-3-result against PEC Zwolle. Check out our comprehensive match preview!

Insights:
  • ADO Den Haag have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This football pitch uses artifical turf, unlike Willem II's home ground. The last 17 games by the away team on artifical turf have seen 4 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses.

Haag have less rest than Willem II in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. That game was an away game at FC Eindhoven, so at least ADO Den Haag are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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ADO Den Haag form and stats

The total Eerste Divisie statistics at home this season for ADO Den Haag are 5-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The ADO Den Haag coach Advocaat and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus FC Eindhoven (placed 5th). Kemper was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Kemper hit two key passes and won 7 of 12 duels.

Before that match, a win away at FC Oss.

ADO Den Haag has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. On the other hand, Haag have conceded 20 goals.

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Willem II form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. Willem II has drawn their two previous away games.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus PEC Zwolle with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Until that defeat this club had won at least a draw from six league matches in a row. Schouten was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Schouten scored one goal and won 6 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Jong AZ.

Willem II has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 14 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Willem in these games.

Head 2 Head

Willem II have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when facing ADO Den Haag.

The two duelists also encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Willem II - ADO Den Haag 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

HaagT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
7 goals
Willem IIM. Svensson
M. Svensson
7 goals
Willem IIJ. Bokila
J. Bokila
6 goals

ADO Den Haag missing players

Willem II missing players

ADO Den Haag Willem II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 14 28
10 5 2 Won W 1 4 12
9 4 0 Drew D 1 6 8
10 5 2 Lost L 1 4 8
35 20 6 Scored S 7 23 46
41 20 7 Conceded C 5 19 33
86% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
72% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 75%
59% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 64%
34% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 32%
10% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 14%
59% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 68%
24% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 29%
31% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 11%
 
5.1 5.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.1 6.4
4.8 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.3 2.7
1.8 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.7 13.9 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.6 12.5
4.8 5.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 4.2
25% 27% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 45% 39%
 
11.4 11.4 16 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 9.5 8.2
4.4 4.6 6.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • ADO Den Haag have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Willem II have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 29 21 3 5 79 32 14 10 2 2 45 17 15 11 1 3 34 15 47 66
2 Heracles 28 19 3 6 78 32 14 11 2 1 51 14 14 8 1 5 27 18 46 60
3 VVV-Venlo 29 15 6 8 47 38 14 5 5 4 18 14 15 10 1 4 29 24 9 51
4 Almere City 28 15 4 9 40 32 14 7 3 4 24 17 14 8 1 5 16 15 8 49
5 FC Eindhoven 29 13 7 9 43 41 15 8 4 3 30 18 14 5 3 6 13 23 2 46
6 Willem II 28 12 8 8 46 33 14 8 2 4 23 14 14 4 6 4 23 19 13 44
7 NAC Breda 29 13 4 12 49 52 15 8 2 5 27 21 14 5 2 7 22 31 -3 43
8 MVV Maastricht 28 12 5 11 52 52 14 9 3 2 33 16 14 3 2 9 19 36 0 41
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 12 4 13 40 39 15 7 2 6 23 20 14 5 2 7 17 19 1 40
10 Jong AZ 29 11 7 11 48 48 14 7 5 2 31 19 15 4 2 9 17 29 0 40
11 De Graafschap 29 11 6 12 46 39 15 7 2 6 21 15 14 4 4 6 25 24 7 39
12 ADO Den Haag 29 10 9 10 35 41 14 5 4 5 20 20 15 5 5 5 15 21 -6 39
13 Telstar 28 10 9 9 28 39 14 5 4 5 16 21 14 5 5 4 12 18 -11 39
14 Jong PSV 29 9 8 12 44 48 14 5 2 7 23 24 15 4 6 5 21 24 -4 35
15 Helmond Sport 28 9 5 14 26 43 14 7 2 5 20 16 14 2 3 9 6 27 -17 32
16 Jong Ajax 29 7 10 12 51 56 14 4 5 5 27 20 15 3 5 7 24 36 -5 31
17 FC Oss 28 9 3 16 33 49 14 5 1 8 20 22 14 4 2 8 13 27 -16 30
18 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 37 69 14 6 2 6 24 25 14 2 1 11 13 44 -32 27
19 FC Dordrecht 28 7 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 18 23 14 3 3 8 13 25 -17 26
20 Jong Utrecht 28 5 5 18 27 49 15 3 3 9 12 18 13 2 2 9 15 31 -22 20

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.