Eerste Divisie match prediction: Little separates FC Den Bosch and Jong Ajax in quality

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 10.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vliert (9000 seats)

Develop their own match tactics or switch tactics dependant on the opponent? Both FC Den Bosch and Jong Ajax must try something more original than what they have done uptil now. Read more!

Insights:
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (47) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

FC Den Bosch's stadium, Stadion De Vliert, has a artifical turf surface. Jong Ajax have grass 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 Jong Ajax when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses from 26 matches. They have scored {31 goals} in these games and conceded 54.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for FC Den Bosch, who have the most conceded goals (47) in Eerste Divisie, at their home stadium (Stadion De Vliert) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. When FC Den Bosch hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jong Utrecht, Graafschap, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, FC Oss and Helmond Sport), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

The regulars are hoping that FC Den Bosch will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against FC Oss (placed 19th). Defender Gyamfi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Gyamfi won 7 of 8 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus MVV Maastricht.

Goal party? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 15 of the 19 latest league games with this team has contained at least three goals.

The Bosch fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

Jong Ajax have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-5-4 (11 played).

Jong Ajax played 0-0 against PEC Zwolle in their previous match. Setford had red hot gloves after the game against PEC Zwolle, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made. Setford (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.02. Setford topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw at Helmond Sport's stadium before that.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored in 11 of this club's latest 13 league games.

Jong Ajax find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. For Jong, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Jong Ajax - FC Den Bosch 4-4 was the scoreline in these sides' last H2H game, played this season. Bosch-Jong Ajax H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Den Bosch one win, Jong Ajax five wins, four draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Jong AjaxC. Kjelder Rasmussen
C. Kjelder Rasmussen
9 goals
FC Den BoschJ. Konings
J. Konings
7 goals
FC Den BoschA. Ahannach
A. Ahannach
5 goals

FC Den Bosch missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

FC Den Bosch Jong Ajax
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
7 5 2 Won W 1 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 2 5 10
14 6 1 Lost L 1 4 8
32 20 7 Scored S 6 14 36
47 23 6 Conceded C 8 23 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
87% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 87%
74% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 57%
39% 42% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 45% 39%
26% 33% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 27% 22%
61% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 74%
13% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
26% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 22%
 
5.2 5.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.8 4.2
5.4 5.7 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6 5.2
1.7 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.4 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
8 8.2 5.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10.3 9.5
3.6 4.1 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.3 4.2
39% 41% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 38%
 
11.6 10.6 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 13.8 10.8
5.6 5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.9 4.3
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Den Bosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (23) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (47) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jong Ajax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 23 17 3 3 55 23 12 8 2 2 28 16 11 9 1 1 27 7 32 54
2 Heracles 22 15 2 5 62 28 11 9 1 1 41 13 11 6 1 4 21 15 34 47
3 Almere City 23 12 3 8 35 29 12 7 2 3 23 14 11 5 1 5 12 15 6 39
4 FC Eindhoven 23 11 6 6 36 32 11 7 3 1 24 11 12 4 3 5 12 21 4 39
5 Willem II 23 10 6 7 38 26 11 6 2 3 18 10 12 4 4 4 20 16 12 36
6 VVV-Venlo 23 10 6 7 34 34 11 3 5 3 11 12 12 7 1 4 23 22 0 36
7 Jong AZ 23 10 5 8 39 34 12 6 4 2 26 16 11 4 1 6 13 18 5 35
8 MVV Maastricht 22 10 5 7 41 38 10 7 3 0 25 10 12 3 2 7 16 28 3 35
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 23 10 4 9 34 31 12 6 2 4 20 16 11 4 2 5 14 15 3 34
10 Telstar 23 8 8 7 24 29 12 5 3 4 15 19 11 3 5 3 9 10 -5 32
11 NAC Breda 23 9 4 10 35 38 11 5 2 4 16 12 12 4 2 6 19 26 -3 31
12 Jong PSV 23 8 6 9 37 37 11 5 1 5 18 17 12 3 5 4 19 20 0 30
13 ADO Den Haag 23 7 7 9 26 33 12 4 4 4 17 16 11 3 3 5 9 17 -7 28
14 Graafschap 23 7 6 10 34 36 12 5 2 5 17 14 11 2 4 5 17 22 -2 27
15 FC Dordrecht 23 7 5 11 28 37 11 4 2 5 17 16 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 26
16 Jong Ajax 23 5 10 8 36 39 12 3 5 4 22 16 11 2 5 4 14 23 -3 25
17 FC Den Bosch 23 7 2 14 32 47 12 5 1 6 20 23 11 2 1 8 12 24 -15 23
18 Helmond Sport 23 6 4 13 20 41 11 4 2 5 14 16 12 2 2 8 6 25 -21 22
19 FC Oss 23 6 3 14 25 40 12 4 1 7 16 19 11 2 2 7 9 21 -15 21
20 Jong Utrecht 23 4 5 14 22 41 11 2 3 6 7 12 12 2 2 8 15 29 -19 17

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.