Eerste Divisie match prediction: Little separates FC Dordrecht and TOP Oss in quality

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 12.March
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion (4088 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Eerste Divisie, FC Dordrecht holding 19th place and TOP Oss lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (26) in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Eerste Divisie

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Eerste Divisie match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Jong PSV, so at least FC Dordrecht are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

TOP Oss play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for TOP Oss when playing on grass are 4 wins, 4 draws and 11 defeats from 19 matches. They have scored 11 goals and conceded 31 times in these games.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

With 3 Eerste Divisie wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, FC Dordrecht, who have the fewest scored goals (26) in Eerste Divisie, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Prior to that, an away loss at Jong Utrecht.

Dordrecht goalkeeper Liam Bossin did an outstanding job against Jong PSV with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how FC Dordrecht have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost two.

FC Dordrecht has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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TOP Oss form and stats

There's been little loot from TOP Oss's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Eerste Divisie. TOP Oss, who have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Eerste Divisie, only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for TOP who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Jong AZ was the last time a defeat was avoided. It's all red in the travel logs of TOP, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

K. Leidsman was the last player to score for the away team. TOP haven't scored a league goal in the last 199 minutes.

The manager K. Wels was unhappy after their last game, a Eerste Divisie match played at their home ground Frans Heesen Stadion. TOP suffered a 0-4 loss to Go Ahead Eagles (placed 5th). Prior to that match, the TOP manager K. Wels faced defeat when travelling to NAC Breda and losing 0-3.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Go Ahead Eagles was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with TOP Oss playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two TOP wins, one draw and one defeat.

TOP are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 13 away games. TOP struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the TOP Oss - Dordrecht 2-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Dordrecht won three games, one match ended with a draw and TOP Oss has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

TOP OssM. Remans
M. Remans
6 goals
FC DordrechtK. Jansen
K. Jansen
5 goals
TOP OssK. Leidsman
K. Leidsman
5 goals

FC Dordrecht missing players

TOP Oss missing players

FC Dordrecht TOP Oss
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
6 3 1 Won W 2 3 8
3 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
18 7 2 Lost L 1 8 15
26 15 4 Scored S 2 6 27
67 25 6 Conceded C 3 23 47
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
85% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 69% 74%
70% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 54% 56%
48% 46% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 26%
26% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
52% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 23% 33%
19% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 23% 30%
37% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 54% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.7 10.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 11.2 11.3
3.9 4.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 4.4 4.6
25% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 11% 22%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Dordrecht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as TOP Oss have scored away.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (26) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the the worst goal difference (-41) in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • TOP Oss have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 27 21 3 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 13 10 3 0 35 9 55 66
2 Graafschap 27 19 3 5 55 35 14 10 2 2 27 15 13 9 1 3 28 20 20 60
3 NAC Breda 27 17 5 5 54 25 13 9 1 3 29 12 14 8 4 2 25 13 29 56
4 Almere City 27 17 5 5 60 37 14 10 2 2 27 7 13 7 3 3 33 30 23 56
5 Go Ahead Eagles 27 16 5 6 41 18 13 6 3 4 15 10 14 10 2 2 26 8 23 53
6 NEC 27 15 5 7 55 31 13 7 3 3 25 13 14 8 2 4 30 18 24 50
7 FC Volendam 27 12 8 7 57 38 14 5 3 6 31 22 13 7 5 1 26 16 19 44
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 27 12 8 7 52 39 13 6 4 3 25 16 14 6 4 4 27 23 13 44
9 Telstar 27 9 7 11 44 41 13 4 4 5 27 20 14 5 3 6 17 21 3 34
10 Excelsior 27 10 3 14 51 49 13 5 1 7 28 26 14 5 2 7 23 23 2 33
11 Jong Ajax 27 8 6 13 43 54 14 3 4 7 19 27 13 5 2 6 24 27 -11 30
12 Helmond Sport 27 7 9 11 36 48 14 5 2 7 19 27 13 2 7 4 17 21 -12 30
13 FC Eindhoven 27 7 8 12 37 46 13 4 4 5 26 23 14 3 4 7 11 23 -9 29
14 MVV Maastricht 27 8 5 14 29 52 13 5 2 6 20 29 14 3 3 8 9 23 -23 29
15 Jong Utrecht 27 9 1 17 38 52 14 5 0 9 19 24 13 4 1 8 19 28 -14 28
16 TOP Oss 27 8 4 15 27 47 14 5 2 7 21 24 13 3 2 8 6 23 -20 28
17 Jong PSV 27 6 6 15 37 55 14 2 5 7 16 23 13 4 1 8 21 32 -18 24
18 Jong AZ 27 6 5 16 38 72 14 3 3 8 26 39 13 3 2 8 12 33 -34 23
19 FC Dordrecht 27 6 3 18 26 67 13 3 3 7 15 25 14 3 0 11 11 42 -41 21
20 FC Den Bosch 27 4 7 16 32 61 13 3 5 5 19 18 14 1 2 11 13 43 -29 19

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.