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

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

Moving closer to the top clubs is at stake when these two mid-table clubs meet. Both are trying to better their league status, De Graafschap in 9th and ADO Den Haag in 10th spot.

Insights:
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

9 - 1 - 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.

This could be an absorbing game with lots of action and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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De Graafschap form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, De Graafschap have managed 8 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games.

De Graafschap shared the glory with FC Oss in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. De Graafschap salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against FC Oss, trailing 1-3 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Kaandorp equalizing. Kaandorp was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against FC Oss after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Korte got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Korte hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 33 total).

Ahead of that match, De Graafschap won a home game hosting Heracles (5-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Graafschap handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

De Graafschap have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion De Vijverberg with 26 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Graafschap have conceded 18 goals.

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ADO Den Haag form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. ADO Den Haag are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

ADO Den Haag's previous game was their home loss versus Almere City (2-3). A huge disappointment for ADO Den Haag in their last match (vs Almere City). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat. The attacker Verheydt got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. Verheydt scored one goal.

Before that, Haag travelled to Roda JC Kerkrade and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's latest 11 league games.

22 goals have been conceded by Haag in these games.

Head 2 Head

De Graafschap have avoided a loss in the last 8 fixtures (3-5-0) facing ADO Den Haag.

ADO Den Haag - Graafschap 2-2 was the product when these two squads previously played each other, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

De GraafschapC. Neghli
C. Neghli
10 goals
ADO Den HaagT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
9 goals
De GraafschapB. Onal
B. Onal
7 goals

De Graafschap missing players

ADO Den Haag missing players

Total First Half Second Half
De Graafschap ADO Den Haag
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
13 8 2 Won W 2 5 11
7 2 1 Drew D 3 6 10
13 6 2 Lost L 0 5 12
56 26 7 Scored S 6 16 42
47 18 6 Conceded C 4 22 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 81% 88%
88% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 76%
58% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 61%
33% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 39%
18% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
55% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 64%
33% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 21%
12% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 27%
 
6.1 6.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.4 5.2
4 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.9 4.4
1.4 1.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
12.9 14.1 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.6 12.6
5 4.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.7
34% 33% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 23% 27%
 
10 8.8 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 11.8 11.5
3.8 3.1 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 33 19 5 9 49 36 16 9 3 4 27 18 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 62
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 55 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 20 56
5 VVV-Venlo 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 De Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 ADO Den Haag 33 11 10 12 42 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 16 5 6 5 16 22 -7 43
11 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
16 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
17 FC Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

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 PEC Zwolle 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 33 19 5 9 49 36 16 9 3 4 27 18 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 62
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 55 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 20 56
5 VVV-Venlo 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 De Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 ADO Den Haag 33 11 10 12 42 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 16 5 6 5 16 22 -7 43
11 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
16 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
17 FC Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

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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.