Football betting preview: De Graafschap vs Roda JC Kerkrade

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

It's game two of the Eerste Divisie season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of De Graafschap-Roda JC Kerkrade!

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!

3-5-11 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Roda JC Kerkrade when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 19 matches are 23-35 (scored/conceded).

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap have only played one Eerste Divisie game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats from 14 matches.

The Graafschap supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host FC Den Bosch in Eerste Divisie and win 4-2. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against FC Den Bosch.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Early season league goal statistics from De Graafschap's 1 home game: 4 goals, 2 conceded.

Last season, De Graafschap's league statistics were 17 wins, 11 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 2nd position in the Eerste Divisie. Over these 29 matches they scored 63 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season De Graafschap managed 10-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 10 conceded.

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Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eerste Divisie, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 15 matches.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kerkrade goalkeeper Youri Roulaux is eager to challenge this, with his 195 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Kerkrade had fun at their own home (Stadion De Vijverberg) last time out, beating TOP Oss 3-0. Roland Alberg, Jordy Croux and Stefano Marzo scored. Prior to that result Kerkrade won their away game at Jong Ajax. The scoreline was 4-0.

It was a convincing performance from Roda JC Kerkrade when TOP Oss were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Roland Alberg, Jordy Croux and Stefano Marzo scored their goals.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Roda JC Kerkrade has managed 4 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (De Graafschap wins - draws - Roda JC Kerkrade wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Roda JC KerkradeR. Alberg
R. Alberg
2 goals
Roda JC KerkradeJ. Croux
J. Croux
2 goals
GraafschapT. van Huizen
T. van Huizen
1 goals

De Graafschap missing players

Roda JC Kerkrade missing players

De Graafschap Roda JC Kerkrade
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 4 0 Scored S 0 4 7
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 8
2 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 14 0 Total Shots T S 0 12 26
6 6 0 Shots on Target S O 0 5 10
67% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 80% 70%
De Graafschap Last season Roda JC Kerkrade
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   15 29
17 10   Won W   1 5
11 4   Drew D   6 10
1 0   Lost L   8 14
63 36   Scored S   8 36
28 10   Conceded C   24 52
90% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 93%
90% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 90%
66% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 55%
38% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 38%
24% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 21%
66% 50%   BTTS BTTS   47% 66%
34% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 14%
10% 14%   Failed to Score F T   53% 28%
 
6 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.4
4.2 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   7.3 6.5
1.4 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
2 1   Red cards R C   0 3
 
413 215   Total Shots T S   115 292
185 103   Shots on Target S O   43 129
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 28%

  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 2 2 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 8 6
2 NAC Breda 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 6
3 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 6
4 Almere City 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 2 4
5 Telstar 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
6 Excelsior 2 1 0 1 10 7 1 0 0 1 4 6 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 3
7 De Graafschap 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 FC Eindhoven 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
9 FC Den Bosch 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
10 Helmond Sport 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 FC Dordrecht 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 MVV Maastricht 2 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 -6 1
15 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 TOP Oss 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
18 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
19 Jong AZ 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0
20 Jong PSV 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
Last season 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 29 21 3 5 68 25 14 11 1 2 40 14 15 10 2 3 28 11 43 66
2 De Graafschap 29 17 11 1 63 28 14 10 4 0 36 10 15 7 7 1 27 18 35 62
3 FC Volendam 29 16 7 6 57 42 15 9 5 1 35 20 14 7 2 5 22 22 15 55
4 Jong Ajax 29 16 6 7 72 47 14 9 3 2 40 17 15 7 3 5 32 30 25 54
5 NAC Breda 29 14 8 7 48 30 15 9 3 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 21 18 18 50
6 Go Ahead Eagles 29 12 12 5 49 41 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 5 5 4 22 27 8 48
7 Excelsior 29 13 8 8 65 55 15 9 3 3 44 32 14 4 5 5 21 23 10 47
8 NEC 29 12 9 8 51 37 14 6 5 3 24 17 15 6 4 5 27 20 14 45
9 Almere City 29 13 5 11 44 42 14 10 1 3 25 14 15 3 4 8 19 28 2 44
10 Telstar 29 12 8 9 47 48 15 8 1 6 21 21 14 4 7 3 26 27 -1 44
11 FC Den Bosch 29 10 11 8 56 49 15 6 6 3 31 20 14 4 5 5 25 29 7 38
12 Jong Utrecht 29 10 8 11 48 47 15 8 5 2 34 20 14 2 3 9 14 27 1 38
13 FC Eindhoven 29 9 7 13 46 59 15 7 5 3 29 23 14 2 2 10 17 36 -13 34
14 Jong AZ 29 7 7 15 45 61 15 6 4 5 26 25 14 1 3 10 19 36 -16 28
15 MVV Maastricht 29 7 6 16 37 53 14 6 4 4 23 17 15 1 2 12 14 36 -16 27
16 TOP Oss 29 6 7 16 28 53 14 5 3 6 17 19 15 1 4 10 11 34 -25 25
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 5 10 14 36 52 14 4 4 6 28 28 15 1 6 8 8 24 -16 22
18 Jong PSV 29 5 7 17 34 56 14 4 5 5 18 19 15 1 2 12 16 37 -22 22
19 FC Dordrecht 29 4 8 17 34 66 14 2 4 8 18 29 15 2 4 9 16 37 -32 20
20 Helmond Sport 29 3 8 18 25 62 15 2 5 8 14 25 14 1 3 10 11 37 -37 17

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.