Home advantage could prove decisive in FC Dordrecht - Jong Ajax battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 20.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion (4088 seats)

Eerste Divisie: Top level against second-rate, at least that's what the table says. FC Dordrecht - Jong Ajax. Home victory or a shock?

Insights:
  • FC Dordrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Jong Ajax have the most conceded goals (24) in Eerste Divisie

FC Dordrecht 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.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, FC Dordrecht have managed 1 win, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

FC Dordrecht's last game was hosting SC Cambuur (placed 11th) and winning 5-2. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The forward Kriwak was announced as "man of the match" for FC Dordrecht with the rating of 9.02/10. Kriwak scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away draw at FC Eindhoven that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dordrecht handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 4 draws and 0 defeats.

FC Dordrecht are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at Helmond Sport awaits in three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 5 games), FC Dordrecht's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

Playing away, Jong Ajax, who have the most conceded goals (24) in Eerste Divisie, have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Jong, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

The fans enjoyed Jong Ajax's previous match versus VVV-Venlo (placed 8th), a 3-0 win played at home. Eureka; their first win in the league after eight matches not winning. Jong Ajax goalie Ramaj was high and low in the VVV-Venlo game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Ramaj was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.54. The agile goalkeeper Ramaj topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 2-3 defeat away at Telstar before that.

Jong are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting ADO Den Haag in just three days.

Jong Ajax has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. There are big problems for the Jong Ajax defense as they have conceded 18 goals in 5 away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): FC Dordrecht won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Jong Ajax have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one.

Top Goalscorers

Jong AjaxG. Osei Misehouy
G. Osei Misehouy
5 goals
DordrechtM. Suray
M. Suray
4 goals
FC DordrechtI. Sebaoui
I. Sebaoui
3 goals

FC Dordrecht missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

FC Dordrecht Jong Ajax
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 3 Played P 0 5 9
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
5 4 3 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 5 6
18 12 7 Scored S 0 8 16
14 9 7 Conceded C 0 18 24
89% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
78% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
56% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 89%
56% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 80% 56%
33% 40% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 80% 56%
67% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 89%
22% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
22% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.7 6.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 5.1
6.2 5.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.4
2.8 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 17.8 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.4 14.3
4.6 4.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.6 5.2
44% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 34%
 
14.6 13.6 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.8 15.8
5.7 5.8 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7.6 6.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Jong Ajax's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FC Dordrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Dordrecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Jong Ajax have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Jong Ajax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jong Ajax have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Ajax have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest points (0) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have the most conceded goals (18) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have the most conceded goals (24) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eerste Divisie
  • 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 Roda JC Kerkrade 9 7 1 1 22 5 5 5 0 0 16 3 4 2 1 1 6 2 17 22
2 FC Emmen 9 5 3 1 18 12 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 3 2 0 10 6 6 18
3 ADO Den Haag 9 5 3 1 14 8 4 2 1 1 7 6 5 3 2 0 7 2 6 18
4 FC Eindhoven 9 4 5 0 9 4 4 1 3 0 5 3 5 3 2 0 4 1 5 17
5 Willem II 9 5 2 2 14 10 5 4 0 1 11 8 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 17
6 FC Dordrecht 9 3 5 1 18 14 5 1 4 0 12 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 14
7 De Graafschap 9 4 2 3 11 11 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 3 0 2 9 9 0 14
8 VVV-Venlo 9 4 2 3 14 15 5 3 0 2 10 9 4 1 2 1 4 6 -1 14
9 Helmond Sport 9 4 1 4 16 12 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 1 0 3 7 8 4 13
10 FC Groningen 9 4 1 4 14 10 5 2 1 2 8 5 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 13
11 SC Cambuur 9 4 1 4 21 21 5 3 1 1 13 9 4 1 0 3 8 12 0 13
12 Jong PSV 9 4 1 4 13 19 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 2 0 2 7 12 -6 13
13 Jong AZ 9 3 2 4 12 14 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 -2 11
14 NAC Breda 9 3 2 4 15 18 4 2 0 2 7 9 5 1 2 2 8 9 -3 11
15 Jong Utrecht 9 3 2 4 10 17 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 0 1 4 4 14 -7 11
16 MVV Maastricht 9 3 1 5 14 17 4 1 0 3 3 7 5 2 1 2 11 10 -3 10
17 FC Den Bosch 9 3 0 6 11 15 5 2 0 3 6 7 4 1 0 3 5 8 -4 9
18 Jong Ajax 9 1 2 6 16 24 4 1 2 1 8 6 5 0 0 5 8 18 -8 5
19 TOP Oss 9 1 1 7 7 13 4 1 0 3 4 5 5 0 1 4 3 8 -6 4
20 Telstar 9 1 1 7 8 18 4 1 0 3 6 8 5 0 1 4 2 10 -10 4

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.