Match preview Eerste Divisie: FC Den Bosch - FC Dordrecht at Stadion de Vliert

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 29.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion de Vliert (9000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Eerste Divisie, FC Den Bosch holding 14th place and FC Dordrecht lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike FC Dordrecht's home stadium. The visitors last 24 games on artificial turf have ended in 6 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

2-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for FC Den Bosch so far this season. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Stadion de Vliert, but a victory now would be sweet for FC Den Bosch.

Happy days for FC Den Bosch in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at Almere City (placed 11th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, FC Den Bosch drew at home versus Excelsior.

The FC Den Bosch fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. FC Den Bosch's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Dordrecht, who have the most conceded goals (41) in Eerste Divisie, so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for FC Dordrecht as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the FC Volendam match.

The manager Cláudio Braga was unhappy after their last game, a Eerste Divisie match played at their home ground Stadion de Vliert. FC Dordrecht suffered a 2-3 loss to Telstar (placed 9th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Roda JC Kerkrade.

FC Dordrecht are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). FC Dordrecht are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches. There are big problems for the FC Dordrecht defense as they have conceded 21 goals in 7 away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Den Bosch 7 wins, 2 draws and FC Dordrecht 1 victory. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC Den Bosch
Ruben Rodrigues
7 goals
FC DordrechtJ. Schuurman
J. Schuurman
4 goals
FC DordrechtMarques
Marques
4 goals

FC Den Bosch missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 1 7 16
3 2 2 Won W 0 0 1
9 5 1 Drew D 1 2 5
4 1 0 Lost L 0 5 10
26 15 9 Scored S 1 8 20
26 8 1 Conceded C 1 21 41
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 56%
56% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 71% 50%
25% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 57% 44%
62% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 81%
31% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
19% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 12%
 
3.7 4.4 4 Corners For (avg) C F 9 4.3 4.5
5.4 4.9 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 7.9 7.4
1.2 1.4 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 1.8
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
179 105 37 Total Shots T S 15 76 208
70 39 17 Shots on Target S O 7 33 91
37% 38% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 24% 22%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of FC Dordrecht's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals (41)
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals in the second half (25)
  • FC Dordrecht has the the worst goal difference (-21)
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Dordrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Dordrecht have yet to win a game away.
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Dordrecht is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 16 11 3 2 38 10 7 6 1 0 25 5 9 5 2 2 13 5 28 36
2 De Graafschap 16 9 6 1 33 11 8 6 2 0 21 3 8 3 4 1 12 8 22 33
3 Jong Ajax 16 9 3 4 45 24 8 5 2 1 25 10 8 4 1 3 20 14 21 30
4 NEC 16 7 6 3 26 18 8 4 3 1 15 8 8 3 3 2 11 10 8 27
5 NAC Breda 16 8 3 5 25 18 8 4 2 2 12 7 8 4 1 3 13 11 7 27
6 FC Volendam 16 8 3 5 23 24 7 4 2 1 12 9 9 4 1 4 11 15 -1 27
7 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 8 2 28 21 9 4 5 0 18 8 7 2 3 2 10 13 7 26
8 Excelsior 16 7 4 5 32 31 8 6 0 2 24 16 8 1 4 3 8 15 1 25
9 Telstar 16 7 3 6 24 23 7 3 0 4 8 8 9 4 3 2 16 15 1 24
10 Jong Utrecht 16 6 5 5 24 23 7 4 3 0 16 7 9 2 2 5 8 16 1 23
11 Almere City 16 6 4 6 23 25 8 6 1 1 14 9 8 0 3 5 9 16 -2 22
12 FC Eindhoven 16 6 3 7 27 33 8 5 2 1 18 10 8 1 1 6 9 23 -6 21
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 16 4 7 5 21 22 8 3 2 3 15 12 8 1 5 2 6 10 -1 19
14 FC Den Bosch 16 3 9 4 26 26 8 2 5 1 15 8 8 1 4 3 11 18 0 18
15 Jong AZ 16 4 4 8 23 28 9 3 3 3 13 14 7 1 1 5 10 14 -5 16
16 MVV Maastricht 16 4 3 9 17 29 8 3 2 3 10 11 8 1 1 6 7 18 -12 15
17 Helmond Sport 16 3 5 8 17 34 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 1 3 4 8 21 -17 14
18 Jong PSV 16 3 3 10 18 32 9 3 3 3 13 13 7 0 0 7 5 19 -14 12
19 TOP Oss 16 3 3 10 14 31 8 2 2 4 8 10 8 1 1 6 6 21 -17 12
20 FC Dordrecht 16 1 5 10 20 41 9 1 3 5 12 20 7 0 2 5 8 21 -21 8

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.