Easy win predicted for De Graafschap when Jong Utrecht visits

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 10.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

De Graafschap perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Jong Utrecht can look both up and down from their 12th position.

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Eerste Divisie, are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at De Vijverberg. 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games. In general it's been a long time since De Graafschap tasted defeat here at De Vijverberg, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games. De Graafschap are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

De Graafschap drew their last game, 3-3 away at FC Volendam (placed 4th). In the match before that, De Graafschap hosted Telstar and drew the game 2-2.

A goal frenzy last time out for De Graafschap, with a total of 6 goals in the match against FC Volendam. Fun stuff to watch!

De Graafschap can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 24 times. De Graafschap are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Vijverberg in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Jong Utrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong Utrecht so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Jong Utrecht, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eerste Divisie home defeat versus Go Ahead Eagles with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against FC Eindhoven.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Jong Utrecht's match history for similar games we find ten matches. The home team won 7 of these as expected, 6 of them by at least two goals. Jong Utrecht managed 3 draws and 0 surprise wins.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jong Utrecht have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Jong Utrecht - De Graafschap 2-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for De Graafschap, 1 draw and 1 win for Jong Utrecht. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.

Top Goalscorers

De GraafschapR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
10 goals
De GraafschapM. Hamdaoui
M. Hamdaoui
7 goals
De GraafschapD. van Mieghem
D. van Mieghem
6 goals

De Graafschap missing players

Jong Utrecht missing players

De Graafschap Jong Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 10 20
9 6 1 Won W 0 2 7
10 4 3 Drew D 1 3 7
1 0 0 Lost L 3 5 6
41 24 6 Scored S 0 9 30
19 6 2 Conceded C 9 17 30
85% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 90%
85% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 85%
65% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 60%
40% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 40%
20% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
60% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 55%
40% 60% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 15%
15% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 70% 40%
 
5.2 5.3 4 Corners For (avg) C F 2.8 4.3 4.5
4.2 4.8 6.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.8 7 6.5
1.4 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.4
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 2 2 2
 
280 156 72 Total Shots T S 22 75 169
127 76 29 Shots on Target S O 11 39 81
32% 32% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 37%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
  • De Graafschap has the most clean sheets (6) at home
  • De Graafschap have not yet lost a game at home.
  • De Graafschap have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • De Graafschap have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jong Utrecht have scored 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 SC Cambuur 20 14 3 3 48 16 9 7 1 1 28 8 11 7 2 2 20 8 32 45
2 Jong Ajax 20 13 3 4 54 26 10 7 2 1 29 10 10 6 1 3 25 16 28 42
3 De Graafschap 20 9 10 1 41 19 10 6 4 0 24 6 10 3 6 1 17 13 22 37
4 FC Volendam 20 11 4 5 37 30 10 6 3 1 22 14 10 5 1 4 15 16 7 37
5 Go Ahead Eagles 20 8 10 2 35 24 10 4 6 0 19 9 10 4 4 2 16 15 11 34
6 NAC Breda 20 10 4 6 32 21 11 6 2 3 18 9 9 4 2 3 14 12 11 34
7 Excelsior 20 10 4 6 41 36 10 7 0 3 27 20 10 3 4 3 14 16 5 34
8 Almere City 20 9 4 7 32 30 10 8 1 1 19 9 10 1 3 6 13 21 2 31
9 NEC 20 8 6 6 34 27 9 4 3 2 17 11 11 4 3 4 17 16 7 30
10 Telstar 20 8 5 7 32 30 10 4 1 5 14 13 10 4 4 2 18 17 2 29
11 FC Den Bosch 20 6 10 4 35 32 11 4 6 1 22 13 9 2 4 3 13 19 3 28
12 Jong Utrecht 20 7 7 6 30 30 10 5 4 1 21 13 10 2 3 5 9 17 0 28
13 FC Eindhoven 20 6 4 10 32 46 10 5 2 3 20 18 10 1 2 7 12 28 -14 22
14 Jong AZ 20 5 5 10 31 37 10 4 3 3 17 15 10 1 2 7 14 22 -6 20
15 MVV Maastricht 20 5 4 11 23 37 10 4 3 3 15 13 10 1 1 8 8 24 -14 19
16 Roda JC Kerkrade 20 4 8 8 24 32 10 3 3 4 18 18 10 1 5 4 6 14 -8 17
17 Jong PSV 20 4 4 12 23 38 10 3 3 4 13 14 10 1 1 8 10 24 -15 16
18 FC Oss 20 4 3 13 17 39 10 3 2 5 11 13 10 1 1 8 6 26 -22 15
19 Helmond Sport 20 3 5 12 22 47 10 2 2 6 12 18 10 1 3 6 10 29 -25 14
20 FC Dordrecht 20 2 5 13 25 51 10 1 3 6 14 24 10 1 2 7 11 27 -26 11

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.