De Graafschap hope to get a lot of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been demanding so far with 5 points and a 19th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Opponents Jong AZ own 9th place with 13 pts.
- De Graafschap have the fewest points (2) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
This pitch has the surface grass, unlike Jong AZ's home stadium. The previous 15 games by the away side on grass have given 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
De Graafschap form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for De Graafschap at their home stadium (Stadion De Vijverberg) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
De Graafschap's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Almere City (placed 11th). Brittijn (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.5/10. Brittijn hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Roda JC Kerkrade.De Graafschap have conceded 6 from these games.
Jong AZ form and stats
Playing away, Jong AZ have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.
Jong lost away at Willem II (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Stam was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.52. The defender Stam hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus PEC Zwolle.The visiting Jong AZ have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, Jong AZ have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Jong AZ have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing De Graafschap.Top Goalscorers
  S. Allouch 4 goals |  C. Neghli 3 goals |  G. Korte 2 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
Jong AZ missing players
| De Graafschap | Jong AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 6.4 | 7.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 14 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.2 | 10.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 5.6 |
| 26% | 21% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 38% | 36% |
| 10.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.8 | 13.6 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6 | 5.5 |
- All of De Graafschap's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- De Graafschap have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- De Graafschap have scored in all their matches so far.
- De Graafschap have the fewest points (2) at home in Eerste Divisie
- De Graafschap have yet to win a game at home.
- De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Jong AZ have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Jong AZ have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Jong AZ have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Jong AZ 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Willem II | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | MVV Maastricht | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | VVV-Venlo | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Jong AZ | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Almere City | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Telstar | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | TOP Oss | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | De Graafschap | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 5 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
