One-sided contest expected as De Graafschap welcomes FC Den Bosch

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 19.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

Having a 14 point advantage in the league standings, De Graafschap fans want to see their adored players collect maximum points from this game against FC Den Bosch.

Insights:
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (82) in Eerste Divisie

3 - 3 - 8 with 14-25. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for FC Den Bosch when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. FC Den Bosch play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

De Graafschap and FC Den Bosch should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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De Graafschap form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, De Graafschap have managed 9 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 18 games.

No payout for Graafschap in their previous match, an away game at VVV-Venlo that ended in defeat 1-2. Heartbreak for De Graafschap in their last match as VVV-Venlo's Huisman scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Büttner was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Büttner hit two key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting MVV Maastricht in a game that was won 2-1.

De Graafschap have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion De Vijverberg with 28 goals in 18 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Den Bosch so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-13 (win-draw-lose).

Bosch's last game was the home draw against Almere City (2-2). Midfielder de Groot was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Groot scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Jong Utrecht.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting FC Den Bosch as they have only managed to score 16 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. FC Den Bosch are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 16 goals in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

FC Den Bosch - Graafschap 2-1 was the end result in these teams' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): De Graafschap three wins, three draws and FC Den Bosch four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

De GraafschapC. Neghli
C. Neghli
11 goals
FC Den BoschJ. Konings
J. Konings
10 goals
De GraafschapD. Haen
D. Haen
7 goals

De Graafschap missing players

FC Den Bosch missing players

Total First Half Second Half
De Graafschap FC Den Bosch
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
14 9 5 Won W 1 3 10
7 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
16 7 0 Lost L 4 13 22
61 28 12 Scored S 8 16 46
54 20 3 Conceded C 16 49 82
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
86% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 78% 81%
59% 44% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 61% 68%
32% 11% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 43%
19% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 24%
57% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 54%
30% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 17% 17% 16%
14% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 35%
 
5.8 6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.5
3.9 3.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.4 5.5
1.4 1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.1 14.7 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.2 8
4.9 4.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 3.4
34% 31% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 37%
 
10.1 8.7 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 14.3 12.8
4 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 6.6 5.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Den Bosch have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (49) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (82) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals in the first half (40) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the the worst goal difference (-33) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the the worst goal difference (-36) 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 Heracles Almelo 37 26 4 7 101 42 18 14 3 1 59 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 59 82
2 PEC Zwolle 37 26 4 7 96 41 19 15 2 2 58 18 18 11 2 5 38 23 55 82
3 Willem II 37 19 10 8 66 38 19 13 2 4 37 17 18 6 8 4 29 21 28 67
4 Almere City 37 20 7 10 57 41 18 9 4 5 28 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 16 67
5 MVV Maastricht 37 18 5 14 65 64 19 13 3 3 42 23 18 5 2 11 23 41 1 59
6 NAC Breda 37 18 5 14 63 62 19 10 3 6 34 27 18 8 2 8 29 35 1 59
7 VVV-Venlo 37 16 9 12 55 50 19 6 7 6 24 22 18 10 2 6 31 28 5 57
8 FC Eindhoven 37 16 9 12 57 53 19 10 4 5 37 23 18 6 5 7 20 30 4 57
9 Jong AZ 37 14 9 14 60 56 18 8 7 3 37 22 19 6 2 11 23 34 4 51
10 Telstar 37 13 11 13 37 51 18 7 5 6 20 24 19 6 6 7 17 27 -14 50
11 De Graafschap 37 14 7 16 61 54 18 9 2 7 28 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 7 49
12 ADO Den Haag 37 12 12 13 49 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 18 6 6 6 19 26 -8 48
13 Jong Ajax 37 12 10 15 69 70 19 7 5 7 41 31 18 5 5 8 28 39 -1 46
14 Jong PSV 37 12 8 17 58 62 18 8 2 8 33 28 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 44
15 Helmond Sport 37 11 10 16 37 54 18 7 4 7 24 22 19 4 6 9 13 32 -17 43
16 Roda JC Kerkrade 37 12 6 19 47 57 18 7 3 8 25 24 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 42
17 TOP Oss 37 10 6 21 43 74 19 6 3 10 27 37 18 4 3 11 16 37 -31 36
18 FC Den Bosch 37 10 5 22 46 82 19 7 3 9 30 33 18 3 2 13 16 49 -36 35
19 FC Dordrecht 37 9 7 21 39 66 18 6 3 9 21 26 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 34
20 Jong Utrecht 37 7 6 24 32 64 18 5 4 9 17 20 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 27

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 Heracles Almelo 37 26 4 7 101 42 18 14 3 1 59 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 59 82
2 PEC Zwolle 37 26 4 7 96 41 19 15 2 2 58 18 18 11 2 5 38 23 55 82
3 Willem II 37 19 10 8 66 38 19 13 2 4 37 17 18 6 8 4 29 21 28 67
4 Almere City 37 20 7 10 57 41 18 9 4 5 28 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 16 67
5 MVV Maastricht 37 18 5 14 65 64 19 13 3 3 42 23 18 5 2 11 23 41 1 59
6 NAC Breda 37 18 5 14 63 62 19 10 3 6 34 27 18 8 2 8 29 35 1 59
7 VVV-Venlo 37 16 9 12 55 50 19 6 7 6 24 22 18 10 2 6 31 28 5 57
8 FC Eindhoven 37 16 9 12 57 53 19 10 4 5 37 23 18 6 5 7 20 30 4 57
9 Jong AZ 37 14 9 14 60 56 18 8 7 3 37 22 19 6 2 11 23 34 4 51
10 Telstar 37 13 11 13 37 51 18 7 5 6 20 24 19 6 6 7 17 27 -14 50
11 De Graafschap 37 14 7 16 61 54 18 9 2 7 28 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 7 49
12 ADO Den Haag 37 12 12 13 49 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 18 6 6 6 19 26 -8 48
13 Jong Ajax 37 12 10 15 69 70 19 7 5 7 41 31 18 5 5 8 28 39 -1 46
14 Jong PSV 37 12 8 17 58 62 18 8 2 8 33 28 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 44
15 Helmond Sport 37 11 10 16 37 54 18 7 4 7 24 22 19 4 6 9 13 32 -17 43
16 Roda JC Kerkrade 37 12 6 19 47 57 18 7 3 8 25 24 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 42
17 TOP Oss 37 10 6 21 43 74 19 6 3 10 27 37 18 4 3 11 16 37 -31 36
18 FC Den Bosch 37 10 5 22 46 82 19 7 3 9 30 33 18 3 2 13 16 49 -36 35
19 FC Dordrecht 37 9 7 21 39 66 18 6 3 9 21 26 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 34
20 Jong Utrecht 37 7 6 24 32 64 18 5 4 9 17 20 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 27

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