Eerste Divisie duel: Close contest expected between FC Dordrecht and TOP Oss

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 14.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion (4088 seats)

FC Dordrecht - TOP Oss in Eerste Divisie: Numbers, line-ups, matches, the latest developments and headlines. Read our complete preview!

Insights:
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (66) in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Eerste Divisie

Dordrecht's stadium, Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion, has a grass surface. TOP Oss have artifical turf 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 TOP Oss when playing on grass; 4 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses from 21 matches. They have scored 15 goals in these games and conceded 36.

It's no vacation for neither FC Dordrecht nor TOP Oss as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

FC Dordrecht have played 14 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Dordrecht, who played 3-3 against Jong Ajax. That match was also played at this venue (Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion).

Heartbreak before that as FC Dordrecht lost 0-4 at Roda JC Kerkrade's place.

There will be little rest for Dordrecht after this match as they are travelling to Telstar for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.

FC Dordrecht have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion with 21 goals in 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the FC Dordrecht defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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TOP Oss form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for TOP Oss so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

TOP Oss might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Roda JC Kerkrade proved too strong as TOP Oss slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Frans Heesen Stadion. Midfield player Herik was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.51/10. Herik scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 47 successful passes (of 54 total).

Before that, TOP travelled to Telstar and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

A quick return to home after this game, as TOP Oss are hosting Excelsior in the Eerste Divisie only four days away.

TOP Oss have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 15 goals have been scored. TOP have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other before this season: TOP Oss - FC Dordrecht 3-0. Dordrecht-TOP Oss H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Dordrecht three wins, TOP Oss six wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TOP OssK. Tejan
K. Tejan
13 goals
FC DordrechtS. Meijer
S. Meijer
9 goals
TOP OssR. Stuij van den Herik
R. Stuij van den Herik
6 goals

FC Dordrecht missing players

TOP Oss missing players

FC Dordrecht TOP Oss
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 6 14 29
6 3 1 Won W 1 3 8
8 6 2 Drew D 2 3 7
15 5 2 Lost L 3 8 14
43 21 6 Scored S 7 15 38
66 26 10 Conceded C 10 24 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
90% 79% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 79% 83%
79% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 66%
55% 50% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 31%
24% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
72% 64% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 66%
7% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 14%
21% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 24%
 
4 4.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.1 5
7 7.1 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.2 4.8
2.7 2.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.6 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 11.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.4 9.8
4.6 5.5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 4.2
33% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 27% 31%
 
14.7 15.1 15.6 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 11.9 12.2
6.3 6.5 6.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.2 5.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most conceded goals (66) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • TOP Oss have the most matches over the total-line (15) 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 FC Volendam 29 18 9 2 64 36 15 11 2 2 38 22 14 7 7 0 26 14 28 63
2 FC Emmen 29 19 4 6 46 20 14 10 0 4 27 10 15 9 4 2 19 10 26 61
3 Excelsior 30 18 4 8 69 41 15 8 3 4 35 19 15 10 1 4 34 22 28 58
4 FC Eindhoven 29 17 5 7 56 32 14 10 3 1 32 12 15 7 2 6 24 20 24 56
5 Jong Ajax 30 16 5 9 66 52 15 10 2 3 38 23 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 53
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 13 10 6 58 35 14 6 5 3 27 15 15 7 5 3 31 20 23 49
7 ADO Den Haag 27 17 3 7 59 41 13 9 1 3 30 15 14 8 2 4 29 25 18 48
8 De Graafschap 29 13 8 8 40 29 15 4 6 5 14 18 14 9 2 3 26 11 11 47
9 NAC Breda 29 12 9 8 45 33 15 8 6 1 26 10 14 4 3 7 19 23 12 45
10 VVV-Venlo 29 11 4 14 37 42 15 6 3 6 22 22 14 5 1 8 15 20 -5 37
11 Jong PSV 28 10 5 13 46 44 15 7 2 6 27 20 13 3 3 7 18 24 2 35
12 TOP Oss 29 8 7 14 38 47 15 5 4 6 23 23 14 3 3 8 15 24 -9 31
13 FC Den Bosch 29 9 3 17 30 53 14 7 0 7 15 23 15 2 3 10 15 30 -23 30
14 Jong AZ 29 8 5 16 27 39 15 6 3 6 17 19 14 2 2 10 10 20 -12 29
15 Almere City 30 7 8 15 44 58 15 3 4 8 20 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -14 29
16 Telstar 28 6 11 11 32 52 14 3 5 6 17 29 14 3 6 5 15 23 -20 29
17 Jong Utrecht 30 8 4 18 31 56 15 4 0 11 13 30 15 4 4 7 18 26 -25 28
18 FC Dordrecht 29 6 8 15 43 66 14 3 6 5 21 26 15 3 2 10 22 40 -23 26
19 MVV Maastricht 29 8 2 19 29 60 14 4 2 8 16 26 15 4 0 11 13 34 -31 26
20 Helmond Sport 29 6 6 17 28 52 14 3 3 8 14 26 15 3 3 9 14 26 -24 21

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.