FC Den Bosch vs FC Dordrecht: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vliert (9000 seats)

FC Den Bosch have harvested 25 of their 37 in total here at their familiar ground. Will they win more points versus FC Dordrecht?

Insights:
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (69) in Eerste Divisie

It should be mentioned that FC Dordrecht play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for FC Dordrecht on artifical turf are 2 victories, 1 draw and 20 defeats from 23 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 20-79. You can compare this with overall results below.

FC Den Bosch and FC Dordrecht should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

8-1-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for FC Den Bosch so far this season.

FC Den Bosch enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Telstar's place. The match ended 2-1 with den Bogert and Ahannach scoring. Defender den Bogert got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.85/10. Bogert scored one goal and won 2 of 7 duels.

In the match before that, Bosch hosted VVV-Venlo and drew the game 0-0.

FC Den Bosch are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 16 games. FC Den Bosch have conceded 25 from these games.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Dordrecht so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-11 (win-draw-lose). FC Dordrecht has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Dordrecht's previous game was their home loss versus FC Eindhoven (0-1). Azzouzi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Azzouzi won 8 of 12 duels.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus ADO Den Haag.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and FC Dordrecht playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.

Dordrecht have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that FC Dordrecht concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other before in this season, with the final score FC Dordrecht - FC Den Bosch 3-3 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bosch eight wins, one draw and FC Dordrecht one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC DordrechtS. Meijer
S. Meijer
10 goals
FC Den BoschR. Kuijpers
R. Kuijpers
9 goals
FC Den BoschS. Ahannach
S. Ahannach
6 goals

FC Den Bosch missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 33
11 8 5 Won W 1 3 8
4 1 0 Drew D 2 2 8
18 7 1 Lost L 2 11 17
35 18 11 Scored S 9 22 47
58 25 5 Conceded C 11 41 69
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 82%
55% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 94% 73%
30% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 56% 52%
24% 25% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 21%
42% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 67%
21% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 9%
42% 44% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 24%
 
4.4 4.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.6 3.3 3.9
5.4 5.8 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 7 7
1.7 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.4 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.4 8.6 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.8 9.6
4 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.5 4.4
26% 31% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 39% 32%
 
12.4 11.3 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.6 14.5 14.6
5.6 5.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 6.3 6.2
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest points (11) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (41) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (69) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht 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 FC Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 32 18 10 4 67 43 16 11 2 3 39 24 16 7 8 1 28 19 24 64
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 15 11 6 65 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 16 7 6 3 34 23 26 56
6 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
7 Jong Ajax 32 16 7 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 16 6 4 6 28 29 14 55
8 Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 32 13 10 9 49 38 16 8 7 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 32 11 5 16 33 41 16 7 3 6 19 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -8 38
13 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
14 Jong PSV 31 10 6 15 50 52 16 7 3 6 30 23 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 36
15 TOP Oss 32 9 8 15 41 50 16 5 5 6 24 24 16 4 3 9 17 26 -9 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 32 8 4 20 32 59 16 4 0 12 13 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -27 28
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 32 18 10 4 67 43 16 11 2 3 39 24 16 7 8 1 28 19 24 64
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 15 11 6 65 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 16 7 6 3 34 23 26 56
6 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
7 Jong Ajax 32 16 7 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 16 6 4 6 28 29 14 55
8 Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 32 13 10 9 49 38 16 8 7 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 32 11 5 16 33 41 16 7 3 6 19 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -8 38
13 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
14 Jong PSV 31 10 6 15 50 52 16 7 3 6 30 23 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 36
15 TOP Oss 32 9 8 15 41 50 16 5 5 6 24 24 16 4 3 9 17 26 -9 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 32 8 4 20 32 59 16 4 0 12 13 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -27 28
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

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