Soccer match preview: Home supporters have big expectations when De Graafschap host Jong AZ

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 04.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

De Graafschap have delivered 4 home victories so far, Jong AZ have won 2 away. Who improves their results after this one?

Insights:
  • De Graafschap have the most clean sheets (12) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (24) in Eerste Divisie

1 - 2 - 14 with 14-41. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Jong AZ when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Jong AZ play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

De Graafschap and Jong AZ 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

4-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for De Graafschap so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

De Graafschap drew their last game, also a home match. FC Den Bosch (placed 15th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Baas was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.52 out of 10. The defender Baas hit three key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

In the match before that, De Graafschap hosted FC Dordrecht and drew the game 2-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for De Graafschap home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, four draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

Graafschap's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Jong AZ form and stats

Jong AZ have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-1-10 (13 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Jong AZ have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the VVV-Venlo game.

Jong might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FC Eindhoven proved too strong as Jong AZ slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at AFAS Trainingscomplex. Koopmeiners got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Koopmeiners served one assist, hit two key passes and had 65 successful passes (of 81 total).

A loss against NAC Breda was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Jong AZ played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected five times.

A new game in only three days for Jong, the Eerste Divisie home match versus Telstar. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Jong AZ as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. Jong AZ have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head meeting ended Jong AZ - Graafschap 2-1, played this season. De Graafschap-Jong AZ H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: De Graafschap two wins, Jong AZ three wins, two draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

De 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

Jong AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
De Graafschap Jong AZ
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 6 13 27
13 4 1 Won W 1 2 7
7 5 3 Drew D 1 1 4
7 5 1 Lost L 4 10 16
40 14 5 Scored S 3 10 24
27 18 5 Conceded C 7 20 37
85% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
74% 64% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 63%
59% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 46% 41%
26% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 15%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
44% 43% 40% BTTS BTTS 17% 46% 44%
44% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 8% 15%
26% 36% 40% Failed to Score F T 67% 46% 44%
 
6.8 7.5 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.9 5.6
3.5 2.9 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.4 5.4
1.1 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.2 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.9 14.6 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.2 9.5
5.4 5.4 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3.8
27% 18% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 21% 23%
 
9.4 8.8 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 12.2 11.6
3.5 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 6 5.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have the most clean sheets (12) in Eerste Divisie
  • De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Jong AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest points (7) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (10) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (24) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 27 18 8 1 62 31 14 11 2 1 36 17 13 7 6 0 26 14 31 62
2 FC Emmen 26 17 4 5 40 17 12 9 0 3 24 8 14 8 4 2 16 9 23 55
3 Excelsior 28 16 4 8 60 39 14 7 3 4 31 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 21 52
4 FC Eindhoven 27 15 5 7 50 31 13 9 3 1 28 12 14 6 2 6 22 19 19 50
5 Jong Ajax 28 15 4 9 57 46 14 9 2 3 32 20 14 6 2 6 25 26 11 49
6 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
7 De Graafschap 27 13 7 7 40 27 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 46
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 27 11 10 6 52 34 13 5 5 3 23 15 14 6 5 3 29 19 18 43
9 NAC Breda 27 10 9 8 41 32 14 7 6 1 24 10 13 3 3 7 17 22 9 39
10 VVV-Venlo 27 11 3 13 37 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 13 5 1 7 15 16 -1 36
11 Jong PSV 27 10 5 12 44 41 14 7 2 5 26 17 13 3 3 7 18 24 3 35
12 TOP Oss 27 8 6 13 35 43 14 5 4 5 22 21 13 3 2 8 13 22 -8 30
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 Jong Utrecht 28 8 4 16 30 52 14 4 0 10 12 28 14 4 4 6 18 24 -22 28
15 FC Den Bosch 27 8 3 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 14 2 3 9 15 26 -21 27
16 MVV Maastricht 27 8 2 17 27 55 13 4 2 7 15 24 14 4 0 10 12 31 -28 26
17 Jong AZ 27 7 4 16 24 37 14 5 3 6 14 17 13 2 1 10 10 20 -13 25
18 FC Dordrecht 27 6 7 14 40 59 13 3 5 5 18 23 14 3 2 9 22 36 -19 25
19 Almere City 28 5 8 15 39 57 14 2 4 8 17 27 14 3 4 7 22 30 -18 23
20 Helmond Sport 26 5 6 15 25 46 13 3 3 7 13 24 13 2 3 8 12 22 -21 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 27 18 8 1 62 31 14 11 2 1 36 17 13 7 6 0 26 14 31 62
2 FC Emmen 26 17 4 5 40 17 12 9 0 3 24 8 14 8 4 2 16 9 23 55
3 Excelsior 28 16 4 8 60 39 14 7 3 4 31 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 21 52
4 FC Eindhoven 27 15 5 7 50 31 13 9 3 1 28 12 14 6 2 6 22 19 19 50
5 Jong Ajax 28 15 4 9 57 46 14 9 2 3 32 20 14 6 2 6 25 26 11 49
6 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
7 De Graafschap 27 13 7 7 40 27 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 46
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 27 11 10 6 52 34 13 5 5 3 23 15 14 6 5 3 29 19 18 43
9 NAC Breda 27 10 9 8 41 32 14 7 6 1 24 10 13 3 3 7 17 22 9 39
10 VVV-Venlo 27 11 3 13 37 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 13 5 1 7 15 16 -1 36
11 Jong PSV 27 10 5 12 44 41 14 7 2 5 26 17 13 3 3 7 18 24 3 35
12 TOP Oss 27 8 6 13 35 43 14 5 4 5 22 21 13 3 2 8 13 22 -8 30
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 Jong Utrecht 28 8 4 16 30 52 14 4 0 10 12 28 14 4 4 6 18 24 -22 28
15 FC Den Bosch 27 8 3 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 14 2 3 9 15 26 -21 27
16 MVV Maastricht 27 8 2 17 27 55 13 4 2 7 15 24 14 4 0 10 12 31 -28 26
17 Jong AZ 27 7 4 16 24 37 14 5 3 6 14 17 13 2 1 10 10 20 -13 25
18 FC Dordrecht 27 6 7 14 40 59 13 3 5 5 18 23 14 3 2 9 22 36 -19 25
19 Almere City 28 5 8 15 39 57 14 2 4 8 17 27 14 3 4 7 22 30 -18 23
20 Helmond Sport 26 5 6 15 25 46 13 3 3 7 13 24 13 2 3 8 12 22 -21 18

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