FC Den Bosch vs Jong Ajax betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vliert (9000 seats)

Here's another interesting fixture in the Eerste Divisie. FC Den Bosch is in the 1st spot after participating in two matches. They greet Jong Ajax who are placed 20th after two games.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bosch and Jong Ajax.

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; 10 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses from 27 matches. They have scored 46 goals in these games and conceded 49.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

The hosts won their first Eerste Divisie game here at Stadion De Vliert, lifting spirits. Home statistics for FC Den Bosch last season were 6 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses from 19 games.

FC Den Bosch are confident in defense, having played 202 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for FC Den Bosch, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Jong PSV away with the result 1-0. Jizz Hornkamp found the net in that victory. Jizz Hornkamp, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.0 (out of 10). Hornkamp scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Helmond Sport in a game that was won 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with FC Den Bosch perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Den Bosch as a small favourite), we find six games. FC Den Bosch has won two of these, drawn one and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Den Bosch at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Eerste Divisie ended in defeat. Last season Jong Ajax had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 6, drew 4 and lost 9.

Jong failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs FC Dordrecht (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfield player Giovanni was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Giovanni served one assist, hit one key pass and had 34 successful passes (of 37 total). Jong goalkeeper Jay Gorter had a great day against FC Dordrecht, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

Prior to that match, the Jong manager J. Heitinga faced defeat when travelling to ADO Den Haag and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Jong in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Jong Ajax, one draw and four defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Jong Ajax has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these participants: Bosch won one, Jong Ajax were winners in six and we saw three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FC Den BoschJ. Hornkamp
J. Hornkamp
2 goals
Jong AjaxM. de Waal
M. de Waal
1 goals

FC Den Bosch missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

FC Den Bosch Jong Ajax
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 1 1 2
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
3 2 2 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
5.5 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 4
5.5 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 6.5
3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 14.5
6 8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 6.5
25% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 8%
FC Den Bosch Last season Jong Ajax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
8 6   Won W   6 10
8 6   Drew D   4 10
22 7   Lost L   9 18
59 38   Scored S   30 55
85 32   Conceded C   37 71
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
87% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 89%
71% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   84% 71%
47% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 39%
32% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 21%
66% 74%   BTTS BTTS   74% 74%
13% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 5%
24% 5%   Failed to Score F T   21% 21%
 
3.9 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.6
4.9 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 5.7
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
3 2   Red cards R C   2 7
 
10.4 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 10.7
4.6 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 4.7
34% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%

  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 Den Bosch 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
2 Jong AZ 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 FC Oss 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 FC Dordrecht 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 FC Eindhoven 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 ADO Den Haag 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 3
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
8 Excelsior 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
9 Graafschap 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 -1 3
10 MVV Maastricht 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
11 NAC Breda 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
12 Telstar 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
13 VVV-Venlo 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Almere City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 FC Emmen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
16 Jong PSV 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
17 Jong Utrecht 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 FC Volendam 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
19 Helmond Sport 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
20 Jong Ajax 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
Last season 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 38 29 5 4 109 36 19 15 1 3 60 19 19 14 4 1 49 17 73 92
2 Go Ahead Eagles 38 23 8 7 62 25 19 10 5 4 30 13 19 13 3 3 32 12 37 77
3 Graafschap 38 23 8 7 67 47 19 11 5 3 31 21 19 12 3 4 36 26 20 77
4 Almere City 38 22 9 7 75 48 19 13 4 2 34 9 19 9 5 5 41 39 27 75
5 NAC Breda 38 22 7 9 75 41 19 13 1 5 41 19 19 9 6 4 34 22 34 73
6 FC Volendam 38 19 9 10 79 52 19 9 3 7 42 28 19 10 6 3 37 24 27 66
7 NEC 38 20 6 12 68 45 19 11 4 4 34 19 19 9 2 8 34 26 23 66
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 15 12 11 67 61 19 8 7 4 35 24 19 7 5 7 32 37 6 57
9 Excelsior 38 14 6 18 65 66 19 8 2 9 35 31 19 6 4 9 30 35 -1 48
10 FC Oss 38 13 8 17 40 57 19 8 3 8 29 31 19 5 5 9 11 26 -17 47
11 MVV Maastricht 38 13 7 18 50 72 19 9 3 7 34 38 19 4 4 11 16 34 -22 46
12 Helmond Sport 38 11 12 15 51 68 19 8 4 7 26 30 19 3 8 8 25 38 -17 45
13 Telstar 38 10 11 17 57 61 19 5 6 8 37 31 19 5 5 9 20 30 -4 41
14 Jong PSV 38 10 10 18 54 65 19 4 6 9 22 27 19 6 4 9 32 38 -11 40
15 FC Eindhoven 38 10 10 18 50 62 19 6 6 7 33 30 19 4 4 11 17 32 -12 40
16 Jong Ajax 38 10 10 18 55 71 19 4 6 9 25 34 19 6 4 9 30 37 -16 40
17 Jong AZ 38 11 5 22 56 92 19 7 3 9 38 46 19 4 2 13 18 46 -36 38
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 2 25 53 77 19 5 0 14 23 38 19 6 2 11 30 39 -24 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 8 8 22 59 85 19 6 6 7 38 32 19 2 2 15 21 53 -26 32
20 FC Dordrecht 38 8 3 27 36 97 19 4 3 12 20 41 19 4 0 15 16 56 -61 27

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.