FC Dordrecht vs Jong AZ match preview: Even contest expected at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 22.Sep
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion (4088 seats)

Jong AZ journey to FC Dordrecht and Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion brimming with hope and confidence, but the host team is hard to beat. More information on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have lost all their away matches so far.

This pitch uses the playing surface grass, unlike Jong AZ's home arena. The latest 15 games by the away team on grass have seen 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses.

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 Dordrecht and Jong AZ.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

Three Eerste Divisie home games done for FC Dordrecht, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

A good away victory last time out for FC Dordrecht, who won 1-0 against TOP Oss (placed 18th). Goalkeeper Plogmann got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.14 out of ten. Plogmann topped it up with a clean sheet.

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

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), FC Dordrecht's attacking play is working. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Dordrecht with 7 goals conceded in these matches.

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Jong AZ form and stats

It's not happening yet for Jong AZ on their Eerste Divisie travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?

The supporters enjoyed Jong AZ's previous game versus Jong Ajax (placed 19th), a 5-2 win played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Jong Ajax was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Kewal got a match rating of 9.03 in that game, top player of the team. Kewal scored one goal, signed up for three assists and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against FC Eindhoven.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jong AZ playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Jong AZ wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Jong AZ has managed {2 goals} and let in 6 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Dordrecht won four, Jong AZ were winners in three and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC DordrechtM. Suray
M. Suray
3 goals
FC DordrechtS. ’t Zand
S. ’t Zand
2 goals

FC Dordrecht missing players

Jong AZ missing players

FC Dordrecht Jong AZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 0 2 6
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 3
3 3 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
12 7 0 Scored S 0 2 11
11 7 0 Conceded C 0 6 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 83%
83% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
33% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
4.8 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.2
5.8 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8.5 4.7
3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.7 16.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 12.5
4.8 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 4.5
41% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 41%
 
14.2 12.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.5 13
6.2 6.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4.2
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of FC Dordrecht's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of Jong AZ's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FC Dordrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FC Dordrecht have yet to win a game at home.
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jong AZ have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Jong AZ have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Jong AZ have scored in all their away matches so far.

  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 6 5 0 1 15 3 3 3 0 0 9 1 3 2 0 1 6 2 12 15
2 VVV-Venlo 6 4 1 1 14 8 4 3 0 1 10 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 6 13
3 SC Cambuur 6 4 1 1 14 9 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 5 13
4 ADO Den Haag 6 3 2 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 11
5 FC Groningen 6 3 1 2 10 3 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 7 10
6 Jong AZ 6 3 1 2 11 9 4 3 1 0 9 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 10
7 Graafschap 6 3 1 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 10
8 FC Eindhoven 5 2 3 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 9
9 FC Dordrecht 6 2 3 1 12 11 3 0 3 0 7 7 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 9
10 FC Emmen 6 2 3 1 12 11 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 9
11 Jong PSV 6 3 0 3 7 13 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 9
12 Willem II 6 2 2 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 8
13 MVV Maastricht 5 2 1 2 10 9 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 2 8 8 1 7
14 NAC Breda 6 2 1 3 10 12 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 7 8 -2 7
15 Helmond Sport 6 2 1 3 7 10 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 0 3 3 8 -3 7
16 Jong Utrecht 6 2 1 3 6 10 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 4 10 -4 7
17 FC Den Bosch 6 2 0 4 7 10 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 6
18 TOP Oss 6 1 1 4 5 8 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 4
19 Jong Ajax 6 0 1 5 10 20 2 0 1 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 6 15 -10 1
20 Telstar 6 0 0 6 4 13 3 0 0 3 3 6 3 0 0 3 1 7 -9 0

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.