De Graafschap vs FC Den Bosch pre-match info: Visitors in for a strenuous 90 minutes at Stadion De Vijverberg

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

The stage is set for Eerste Divisie and De Graafschap - FC Den Bosch. In this preview and news article you'll get stats, results, data, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Den Bosch is in the worst form (0-0-6)

De Graafschap's stadium, Stadion De Vijverberg, has a grass surface. FC Den Bosch have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for FC Den Bosch when playing on grass; 5 wins, 2 draws and 12 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 22 goals in these games and conceded 38.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap have collected 16 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 4-4-5.

The spoils were shared in Graafschap's previous game, also at home. Visiting FC Dordrecht (placed 18th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. The forward Hendriks bested all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.32 out of 10. Hendriks scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that match, a win away at Telstar.

De Graafschap are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew four and lost one.

De Graafschap are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. Graafschap have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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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 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-9 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for FC Den Bosch, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The FC Oss game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

FC Den Bosch are looking to quickly end their 196 minutes long goal drought in the Eerste Divisie.

Bosch are travelling again after losing away to NAC Breda in their previous match (0-2). Defender van Grunsven was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Grunsven won 10 of 14 duels.

A loss against ADO Den Haag was the result prior to that, in a home game.

You'll want to know how FC Den Bosch managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found eleven similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and ten home wins.

Bosch are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other before in this season, with the final score FC Den Bosch - De Graafschap 2-1 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four De Graafschap victories, two draws and four FC Den Bosch wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GraafschapJ. Konings
J. Konings
6 goals
De GraafschapJ. van Heertum
J. van Heertum
5 goals
De GraafschapG. Korte
G. Korte
5 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
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
13 4 1 Won W 1 2 8
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 2
7 5 1 Lost L 3 9 16
40 14 3 Scored S 4 15 27
27 18 3 Conceded C 7 26 48
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 69% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 73%
62% 54% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 54%
27% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 27%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 31% 27%
46% 46% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 42%
42% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 19%
23% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 38%
 
6.9 7.7 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 4.2
3.5 2.9 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 5.7
1.2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.8 14.5 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.6 9.4
5.4 5.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 3.8
28% 20% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 27%
 
9.3 8.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 13.2 12.7
3.5 3.3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.1 5.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Den Bosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Den Bosch is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 Volendam 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Jong Ajax 26 15 4 7 55 41 13 9 2 2 31 17 13 6 2 5 24 24 14 49
4 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
5 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
6 Excelsior 26 14 4 8 57 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 13 8 1 4 28 20 18 46
7 De Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 Jong PSV 26 10 5 11 43 38 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 3 6 17 21 5 35
10 NAC Breda 25 8 9 8 36 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 5 33
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Jong Utrecht 26 8 4 14 29 47 13 4 0 9 12 27 13 4 4 5 17 20 -18 28
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 FC Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
15 FC Den Bosch 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 26
16 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
17 Jong AZ 25 7 4 14 23 32 12 5 3 4 13 12 13 2 1 10 10 20 -9 25
18 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
19 Almere City 26 4 8 14 36 55 13 2 4 7 17 26 13 2 4 7 19 29 -19 20
20 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 18

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 Volendam 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Jong Ajax 26 15 4 7 55 41 13 9 2 2 31 17 13 6 2 5 24 24 14 49
4 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
5 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
6 Excelsior 26 14 4 8 57 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 13 8 1 4 28 20 18 46
7 De Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 Jong PSV 26 10 5 11 43 38 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 3 6 17 21 5 35
10 NAC Breda 25 8 9 8 36 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 5 33
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Jong Utrecht 26 8 4 14 29 47 13 4 0 9 12 27 13 4 4 5 17 20 -18 28
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 FC Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
15 FC Den Bosch 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 26
16 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
17 Jong AZ 25 7 4 14 23 32 12 5 3 4 13 12 13 2 1 10 10 20 -9 25
18 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
19 Almere City 26 4 8 14 36 55 13 2 4 7 17 26 13 2 4 7 19 29 -19 20
20 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 18

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