De Graafschap vs Roda JC Kerkrade match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion De Vijverberg

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 29.Sep
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

Action is likely at Stadion De Vijverberg when De Graafschap meet Roda JC Kerkrade in what should be a brilliant match. Read more!

Insights:
  • De Graafschap have the most points from losing position (6) in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the most scored goals (19) in Eerste Divisie

De Graafschap's stadium, Stadion De Vijverberg, has a grass surface. Roda JC Kerkrade have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Roda JC Kerkrade when playing on grass; 5 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from 14 matches. They have scored {23 goals} in these games and conceded 26.

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!

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De Graafschap form and stats

The complete Eerste Divisie statistics at home this season for De Graafschap are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Graafschap, who won 2-1 against MVV Maastricht (placed 14th). Defender Büttner got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.12/10. Büttner served one assist, hit four key passes and won 10 of 13 duels.

Before that, De Graafschap had a home game versus Helmond Sport which ended with a victory 2-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for De Graafschap here at Stadion De Vijverberg in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Graafschap are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion De Vijverberg in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Eerste Divisie away games so far for Roda JC Kerkrade with six points collected from three matches.

Roda JC Kerkrade go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Den Bosch that ended 4-1. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Schmid and that is quite the feat! Midfield player Ould-Chikh was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Ould-Chikh hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Telstar.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Roda JC Kerkrade in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Roda JC Kerkrade, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Roda JC Kerkrade are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these teams: Graafschap won five, Roda JC Kerkrade triumphed in four and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Roda JC KerkradeE. Peña Zauner
E. Peña Zauner
5 goals
Roda JC KerkradeW. Ould-Chikh
W. Ould-Chikh
4 goals
De GraafschapB. Onal
B. Onal
3 goals

De Graafschap missing players

Roda JC Kerkrade missing players

De Graafschap Roda JC Kerkrade
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
4 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
9 2 0 Scored S 0 6 19
7 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 4
86% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 86%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 71%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 43%
43% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
6.7 10.3 12 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6.4
4.7 5.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 5.4
2 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 14 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.3 14.7
4.4 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 6.7
29% 15% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 40%
 
12 8.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16 11.9
4.1 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 2.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • De Graafschap have the most points from losing position (6) in Eerste Divisie
  • De Graafschap have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have scored more than double the goals of De Graafschap.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the most scored goals (19) in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the the best goal difference (+15) in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade is in the best form (5-0-1) in Eerste Divisie

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roda JC Kerkrade 7 6 0 1 19 4 4 4 0 0 13 2 3 2 0 1 6 2 15 18
2 VVV-Venlo 7 4 2 1 14 8 4 3 0 1 10 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 6 14
3 FC Groningen 7 4 1 2 12 4 4 2 1 1 8 2 3 2 0 1 4 2 8 13
4 SC Cambuur 7 4 1 2 16 12 4 3 1 0 10 5 3 1 0 2 6 7 4 13
5 De Graafschap 7 4 1 2 9 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 13
6 FC Emmen 7 3 3 1 15 12 3 1 1 1 6 6 4 2 2 0 9 6 3 12
7 ADO Den Haag 7 3 3 1 9 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 12
8 Jong AZ 7 3 2 2 11 9 4 3 1 0 9 3 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 11
9 FC Dordrecht 7 2 4 1 12 11 4 0 4 0 7 7 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 10
10 Jong Utrecht 7 3 1 3 9 12 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 0 1 3 4 10 -3 10
11 Jong PSV 7 3 1 3 7 13 4 2 1 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 10
12 FC Eindhoven 5 2 3 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 9
13 Willem II 6 2 2 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 8
14 MVV Maastricht 6 2 1 3 11 11 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 8 8 0 7
15 NAC Breda 7 2 1 4 11 15 3 1 0 2 4 7 4 1 1 2 7 8 -4 7
16 Helmond Sport 7 2 1 4 8 12 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 0 0 3 3 8 -4 7
17 FC Den Bosch 7 2 0 5 8 14 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6 6
18 FC Oss 6 1 1 4 5 8 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 4
19 Telstar 7 0 1 6 5 14 3 0 0 3 3 6 4 0 1 3 2 8 -9 1
20 Jong Ajax 6 0 1 5 10 20 2 0 1 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 6 15 -10 1

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.