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).
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.
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
![]() R. Alberg 2 goals | ![]() J. Croux 2 goals | ![]() T. van Huizen 1 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
Roda JC Kerkrade missing players
| De Graafschap | Roda JC Kerkrade | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |