Eerste Divisie preview: Can De Graafschap edge out victory against ADO Den Haag?

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 11.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

The brand new season is about to kick off and the supporters are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as De Graafschap welcome ADO Den Haag for the opening game at Stadion De Vijverberg. Read on!

10 - 0 - 9 with 30-36. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for ADO Den Haag when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. ADO Den Haag play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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De Graafschap form and stats

The season before, De Graafschap's league results were 15 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses, resulting in 10th place in the Eerste Divisie. In these 38 matches they scored {64 goals} and gave away 54. Performing as the home team in the previous season De Graafschap managed 10-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with {31 goals} and 20 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does De Graafschap handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for De Graafschap, who have participated in four training matches. Graafschap have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.

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ADO Den Haag form and stats

Let's have a look at how ADO Den Haag performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 12 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded {57 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 21/26 goals scored/conceded.

ADO Den Haag are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. ADO Den Haag have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from five fixtures.

Head 2 Head

De Graafschap-ADO Den Haag H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: De Graafschap three wins, ADO Den Haag two wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

De Graafschap missing players

ADO Den Haag missing players

De Graafschap ADO Den Haag
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
De Graafschap Last season ADO Den Haag
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 10   Won W   7 13
7 2   Drew D   6 12
16 7   Lost L   6 13
64 31   Scored S   21 51
54 20   Conceded C   26 57
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
87% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 76%
61% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 61%
32% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 42%
18% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
55% 42%   BTTS BTTS   58% 63%
32% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 24%
13% 21%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
5.8 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
3.9 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.4
1.4 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   4 7
 
13.3 15   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 12.7
5.1 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.8
33% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 28%
 
10 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.9
4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.5

  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 Den Haag 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 De Graafschap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Den Bosch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Dordrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Eindhoven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Emmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Helmond Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Jong Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jong AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jong PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Jong Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MVV Maastricht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 NAC Breda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Telstar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 TOP Oss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 VVV-Venlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heracles 38 27 4 7 103 42 19 15 3 1 61 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 61 85
2 PEC Zwolle 38 27 4 7 99 43 19 15 2 2 58 18 19 12 2 5 41 25 56 85
3 Almere City 38 21 7 10 58 41 19 10 4 5 29 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 17 70
4 Willem II 38 19 11 8 68 40 19 13 2 4 37 17 19 6 9 4 31 23 28 68
5 MVV Maastricht 38 18 5 15 65 65 19 13 3 3 42 23 19 5 2 12 23 42 0 59
6 NAC Breda 38 18 5 15 64 64 19 10 3 6 34 27 19 8 2 9 30 37 0 59
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 10 12 56 51 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 10 3 6 32 29 5 58
8 FC Eindhoven 38 16 10 12 58 54 19 10 4 5 37 23 19 6 6 7 21 31 4 58
9 Telstar 38 14 11 13 39 52 19 8 5 6 22 25 19 6 6 7 17 27 -13 53
10 De Graafschap 38 15 7 16 64 54 19 10 2 7 31 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 10 52
11 Jong AZ 38 14 9 15 60 58 19 8 7 4 37 24 19 6 2 11 23 34 2 51
12 ADO Den Haag 38 13 12 13 51 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 19 7 6 6 21 26 -6 51
13 Jong Ajax 38 12 10 16 69 72 19 7 5 7 41 31 19 5 5 9 28 41 -3 46
14 Jong PSV 38 12 9 17 59 63 19 8 3 8 34 29 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 45
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 12 7 19 49 59 19 7 4 8 27 26 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 43
16 Helmond Sport 38 11 10 17 39 57 19 7 4 8 26 25 19 4 6 9 13 32 -18 43
17 TOP Oss 38 10 7 21 45 76 19 6 3 10 27 37 19 4 4 11 18 39 -31 37
18 FC Dordrecht 38 9 8 21 41 68 19 6 4 9 23 28 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 10 5 23 46 85 19 7 3 9 30 33 19 3 2 14 16 52 -39 35
20 Jong Utrecht 38 7 7 24 33 65 19 5 5 9 18 21 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 28

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.