Soccer game preview: Home supporters with high hopes before De Graafschap - TOP Oss

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 28.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

This match involves two sides residing in the lower section of the Eerste Divisie, De Graafschap at 18th place and TOP Oss in 15th. A good chance for one of the participants to better their situation.

Insights:
  • De Graafschap have the most conceded goals (21) in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This football pitch has grass, which is not TOP Oss's usual surface at their own arena. When playing on grass TOP Oss have performed like this: Played 20 matches taking 5 wins, 2 draws and 13 defeats with the goal data 16-36 (scored/conceded).

Both participants have had time to rest since their last match. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap have collected 8 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 2-2-2. When De Graafschap hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jong Utrecht, FC Den Bosch, De Graafschap, Jong PSV, Helmond Sport and NAC Breda), they have won 1 of 2 matches! De Graafschap has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion De Vijverberg, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

An away draw last time out for De Graafschap, facing ADO Den Haag in a game that ended 2-2. Midfielder Önal was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.41 (out of ten) in that game. Önal scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory at Rijnsburgse Boys. A KNVB Beker match.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had goals from both teams.

The Graafschap fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. De Graafschap has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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TOP Oss form and stats

TOP Oss have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-0-4 (6 played).

Margaritha (2) and van Eijma scored in TOP Oss's previous match, the home game against Roda JC Kerkrade that ended 3-0. Goalkeeper Jansen was absolutely vital in the TOP victory against Roda JC Kerkrade, making eight saves. Jansen (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.3. Jansen topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat, in the KNVB Beker away at Almere City, before that.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.

TOP Oss find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. TOP struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games. When TOP Oss is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Jong Utrecht, FC Den Bosch, TOP Oss, Jong PSV, Helmond Sport and NAC Breda.

Head 2 Head

De Graafschap-TOP Oss H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: De Graafschap five wins, TOP Oss three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TOP OssJ. Mathieu
J. Mathieu
5 goals
TOP OssJ. Margaritha
J. Margaritha
4 goals
GraafschapD. Gravenberch
D. Gravenberch
3 goals

De Graafschap missing players

TOP Oss missing players

De Graafschap TOP Oss
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 4 6 12
3 2 1 Won W 2 2 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 0 Lost L 2 4 7
17 8 3 Scored S 6 7 16
21 6 1 Conceded C 6 11 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 83%
58% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 83% 75%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 17%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 8%
75% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
25% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 25%
 
5.8 6.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.8 4.2
4.7 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.3 5
1.4 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 13.2 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 5.8 7.5
4.6 5.2 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 1.8 2.8
31% 26% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 86% 64% 47%
 
9.7 7.7 6 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 7.7 10.6
3.8 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of De Graafschap's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • De Graafschap have scored in all their matches so far.
  • De Graafschap have the most conceded goals (21) in Eerste Divisie
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • TOP Oss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • TOP Oss 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 Heracles Almelo 12 9 1 2 32 15 6 5 1 0 19 7 6 4 0 2 13 8 17 28
2 PEC Zwolle 11 7 2 2 27 16 6 3 2 1 13 10 5 4 0 1 14 6 11 23
3 FC Eindhoven 12 6 4 2 20 13 6 4 2 0 14 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 22
4 MVV Maastricht 11 6 3 2 21 18 6 4 2 0 15 7 5 2 1 2 6 11 3 21
5 Willem II 12 5 4 3 18 14 6 3 2 1 7 5 6 2 2 2 11 9 4 19
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 12 5 3 4 21 18 5 3 1 1 10 7 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 18
7 Almere City 12 5 2 5 17 17 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 2 1 3 7 11 0 17
8 VVV-Venlo 11 5 2 4 17 20 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 3 0 2 10 12 -3 17
9 Jong AZ 11 5 1 5 20 17 5 4 0 1 15 7 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 16
10 Jong Ajax 11 4 3 4 19 17 5 3 1 1 13 4 6 1 2 3 6 13 2 15
11 ADO Den Haag 12 4 3 5 16 20 6 2 2 2 10 9 6 2 1 3 6 11 -4 15
12 Telstar 11 4 3 4 12 17 6 2 1 3 6 13 5 2 2 1 6 4 -5 15
13 FC Dordrecht 11 4 2 5 13 14 5 3 0 2 8 6 6 1 2 3 5 8 -1 14
14 NAC Breda 11 4 2 5 14 18 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 1 1 3 6 12 -4 14
15 TOP Oss 12 4 1 7 16 18 6 2 1 3 9 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -2 13
16 Jong PSV 11 3 4 4 13 18 5 2 0 3 4 9 6 1 4 1 9 9 -5 13
17 FC Den Bosch 11 4 0 7 16 19 6 2 0 4 10 11 5 2 0 3 6 8 -3 12
18 De Graafschap 12 3 3 6 17 21 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 1 1 4 9 15 -4 12
19 Helmond Sport 11 3 0 8 10 17 6 2 0 4 8 10 5 1 0 4 2 7 -7 9
20 Jong Utrecht 11 1 3 7 8 20 5 1 2 2 3 6 6 0 1 5 5 14 -12 6

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.