FC Den Bosch hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 18th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Visiting Jong Ajax holds 8th place with 18 pts.
FC Den Bosch and Jong Ajax 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.
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; 11 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 46 goals in these games and conceded 38.
FC Den Bosch form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for FC Den Bosch at their home stadium (Stadion De Vliert) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bosch, their manager E. van der Ven and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
In their previous game, the manager E. van der Ven led his Bosch to a defeat in the Eerste Divisie match away at Go Ahead Eagles. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion De Vliert. Ahead of that match, Bosch lost 1-2 at home to Jong PSV.
The game against Go Ahead Eagles was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.
The Bosch fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Bosch's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Jong Ajax form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Jong Ajax playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season. Jong love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Two travels in a row for Jong, whose manager M. van der Gaag could celebrate last time after the Eerste Divisie win against SC Cambuur. A loss against Almere City was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Enric Llansana came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against SC Cambuur last time out, making the manager M. van der Gaag feel like a tactical genius.
After this away game Jong Ajax return home for a Eerste Divisie game against FC Volendam. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The Jong Ajax manager M. van der Gaag has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. Jong have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bosch one win, three draws and Jong Ajax six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Brobbey 5 goals |   J. Hornkamp 4 goals | K. Taylor 4 goals |
FC Den Bosch missing players
Jong Ajax missing players
| FC Den Bosch | Jong Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 24 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 126 | 74 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 56 | 139 |
| 45 | 22 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 29 | 64 |
| 24% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 41% | 36% |
- All of Jong Ajax's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Den Bosch has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Jong Ajax have scored more than double the goals of FC Den Bosch.
- Jong Ajax 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 | De Graafschap | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | Almere City | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 29 | 25 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | FC Volendam | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 21 |
| 6 | NEC | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Jong Ajax | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | FC Eindhoven | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | Telstar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 12 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -17 | 9 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 8 |
| 19 | Jong AZ | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 8 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 25 | -27 | 5 |