Eerste Divisie preview: Can FC Den Bosch edge out victory against Jong PSV?

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 06.November
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Vliert

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 17th position in the Eerste Divisie table. Visiting Jong PSV holds 13th place with 10 pts.

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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Jong PSV have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 8-5-12 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

FC Den Bosch have played 5 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

F. Helstrup (own goal) was the last player to score a league goal for Bosch and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as FC Den Bosch haven't scored in 311 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Bosch, facing Roda JC Kerkrade in a game that ended 0-0. Heartbreak before that as Bosch lost 2-4 at VVV-Venlo's place.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bosch's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn one and lost zero.

The Bosch fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Bosch's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jong PSV form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Jong PSV playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on P. Uneken, the Jong manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

There might be some fixture complaints from Jong PSV as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eerste Divisie match against Graafschap (1-2). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against NEC.

Jong were so close to getting something from the game against Graafschap, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.

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 Jong playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.

Jong are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. For Jong PSV, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Bosch-Jong PSV H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Den Bosch four wins, Jong PSV three wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BoschJ. Hornkamp
J. Hornkamp
4 goals
Jong PSVI. Saibari Ben El Basra
I. Saibari Ben El Basra
3 goals

FC Den Bosch missing players

Jong PSV missing players

FC Den Bosch Jong PSV
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 9
2 2 0 Won W 1 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
6 2 1 Lost L 0 3 5
10 6 0 Scored S 4 9 15
19 5 1 Conceded C 1 11 20
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 89%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 33%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 40% 33%
60% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 89%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
30% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
103 62 7 Total Shots T S 11 37 64
36 18 2 Shots on Target S O 8 18 28
28% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 54%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Jong PSV's away-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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Jong PSV have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jong PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong PSV have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Jong PSV 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 Almere City 10 7 3 0 23 9 5 4 1 0 9 1 5 3 2 0 14 8 14 24
2 SC Cambuur 9 7 1 1 33 8 5 4 0 1 15 4 4 3 1 0 18 4 25 22
3 Graafschap 9 7 1 1 21 12 4 4 0 0 12 3 5 3 1 1 9 9 9 22
4 NEC 10 6 1 3 19 10 4 3 0 1 10 3 6 3 1 2 9 7 9 19
5 FC Volendam 10 5 3 2 25 11 6 3 1 2 15 6 4 2 2 0 10 5 14 18
6 NAC Breda 9 6 0 3 18 10 6 4 0 2 14 8 3 2 0 1 4 2 8 18
7 Telstar 10 4 4 2 19 14 5 2 2 1 12 6 5 2 2 1 7 8 5 16
8 Jong Ajax 10 5 0 5 20 21 6 3 0 3 11 14 4 2 0 2 9 7 -1 15
9 Excelsior 10 4 2 4 19 16 4 1 0 3 8 10 6 3 2 1 11 6 3 14
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 10 3 4 3 17 14 5 2 3 0 9 2 5 1 1 3 8 12 3 13
11 Go Ahead Eagles 10 3 4 3 10 8 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 2 2 1 5 2 2 13
12 FC Eindhoven 10 3 3 4 13 20 5 1 3 1 9 7 5 2 0 3 4 13 -7 12
13 Jong PSV 9 3 1 5 15 20 4 1 1 2 6 9 5 2 0 3 9 11 -5 10
14 Jong Utrecht 9 3 0 6 14 20 4 0 0 4 3 10 5 3 0 2 11 10 -6 9
15 MVV Maastricht 10 2 3 5 11 23 4 1 0 3 5 14 6 1 3 2 6 9 -12 9
16 FC Oss 9 2 2 5 8 16 5 2 1 2 7 6 4 0 1 3 1 10 -8 8
17 FC Den Bosch 10 2 2 6 10 19 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 0 1 4 4 14 -9 8
18 Helmond Sport 10 2 2 6 7 17 5 0 1 4 3 11 5 2 1 2 4 6 -10 8
19 Jong AZ 10 2 2 6 19 32 5 1 2 2 14 17 5 1 0 4 5 15 -13 8
20 FC Dordrecht 10 1 2 7 7 28 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 0 0 5 2 20 -21 5

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.