Eerste Divisie preview and numbers: FC Emmen - Jong AZ at De Oude Meerdijk

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Oude Meerdijk (8600 seats)

The standings tells us that 33 points divide the two competitors in this Eerste Divisie match. FC Emmen enjoy both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Eerste Divisie

Emmen's stadium, De Oude Meerdijk, has a grass surface. Jong AZ 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 Jong AZ when playing on grass; 1 win, 3 draws and 14 losses from 18 matches. They have scored 14 goals in these games and conceded 41.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie.

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FC Emmen form and stats

FC Emmen are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at De Oude Meerdijk. 12 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 16 games. FC Emmen are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

An away draw last time out for Emmen, facing De Graafschap in a game that ended 1-1. Vlak (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.94/10. Vlak served one assist and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, FC Emmen won a home game hosting Telstar (2-1).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for FC Emmen home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

Emmen can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 33 times. From these home matches, FC Emmen have conceded only 12 goals.

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Jong AZ form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong AZ so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-10 (win-draw-lose). Momentum is building for Jong AZ in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Jong failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Kerkez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender Kerkez won 7 of 9 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Jong PSV.

You'll want to know how Jong AZ managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found eight similar matches resulting in one away win, two draws and five home wins.

The attacking power of Jong AZ when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. As opposed to that, Jong have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled before this season: Jong AZ - FC Emmen 0-0. Head to head data (for the former four meetings): Emmen won one game, one match ended with a draw and Jong AZ managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Top Goalscorers

FC EmmenR. Mendes
R. Mendes
12 goals
FC EmmenR. Kharchouch
R. Kharchouch
7 goals
FC EmmenJ. Assehnoun
J. Assehnoun
6 goals

FC Emmen missing players

Jong AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Emmen Jong AZ
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
22 12 4 Won W 0 4 11
5 0 0 Drew D 1 2 5
6 4 1 Lost L 3 10 17
55 33 8 Scored S 4 14 33
23 12 2 Conceded C 7 22 42
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
70% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 56% 61%
42% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 44% 39%
15% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 19% 18%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
45% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 44% 42%
39% 38% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 21%
21% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 42%
 
5.8 6.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.5 5.1
4.4 3.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.1 6
0.9 0.6 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.2 12.4 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.7 9
5.7 6.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 3.7
29% 32% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 25% 27%
 
7.4 7.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 12.6 12
2.8 2.9 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.8 5.9 5.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Emmen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jong AZ have scored away.
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen have the the best goal difference (+32) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Jong AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Eerste Divisie

  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 Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 33 18 11 4 69 45 16 11 2 3 39 24 17 7 9 1 30 21 24 65
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 16 11 6 66 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 17 8 6 3 35 23 27 59
6 Jong Ajax 33 17 7 9 72 55 17 11 3 3 44 26 16 6 4 6 28 29 17 58
7 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
8 De Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 33 13 10 10 49 39 16 8 7 1 26 10 17 5 3 9 23 29 10 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 33 11 5 17 33 42 17 7 3 7 19 20 16 4 2 10 14 22 -9 38
13 Jong PSV 32 10 7 15 52 54 17 7 4 6 32 25 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 37
14 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
15 TOP Oss 33 9 8 16 42 54 16 5 5 6 24 24 17 4 3 10 18 30 -12 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 33 9 4 20 33 59 17 5 0 12 14 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -26 31
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

Table
  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 Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 33 18 11 4 69 45 16 11 2 3 39 24 17 7 9 1 30 21 24 65
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 16 11 6 66 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 17 8 6 3 35 23 27 59
6 Jong Ajax 33 17 7 9 72 55 17 11 3 3 44 26 16 6 4 6 28 29 17 58
7 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
8 De Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 33 13 10 10 49 39 16 8 7 1 26 10 17 5 3 9 23 29 10 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 33 11 5 17 33 42 17 7 3 7 19 20 16 4 2 10 14 22 -9 38
13 Jong PSV 32 10 7 15 52 54 17 7 4 6 32 25 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 37
14 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
15 TOP Oss 33 9 8 16 42 54 16 5 5 6 24 24 17 4 3 10 18 30 -12 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 33 9 4 20 33 59 17 5 0 12 14 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -26 31
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

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