A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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 Go Ahead Eagles and Jong AZ. Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game! Jong AZ play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Jong AZ when playing on grass are 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 7 goals and conceded 12 times in these games.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
When playing at home, Go Ahead Eagles have managed 9 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. The Go Ahead Eagles manager J. Stegeman might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.Go Ahead Eagles's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Telstar. A strong away win before that one, visiting FC Dordrecht and winning 3-1.
A decent goal production from Go Ahead Eagles in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 16 matches. Go Ahead Eagles's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times.
Jong AZ form and stats
The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Jong AZ so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-9 (win-draw-lose). Jong AZ has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.The supporters enjoyed Jong AZ's previous game versus NEC, a Eerste Divisie 4-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting FC Oss's place.
Jong AZ are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 16 games. For Jong AZ, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Jong AZ - Go Ahead Eagles 3-2 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 1 Go Ahead Eagles victory, 1 draw and 1 Jong AZ win.Top Goalscorers
  T. Verheydt 11 goals / 4 assists |  R. van der Venne 10 goals / 2 assists |  J. Navrátil 8 goals / 5 assists |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
Jong AZ missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | Jong AZ | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | Played | 16 | 32 |
| 57 | 31 | Scored | 18 | 38 |
| 44 | 16 | Conceded | 34 | 57 |
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 94% |
| 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 88% | 81% |
| 62% | 62% | Over 2.5 | 56% | 56% |
| 34% | 25% | Over 3.5 | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 19% | Over 4.5 | 12% | 12% |
| 62% | 44% | Both teams to score | 75% | 69% |
| 31% | 44% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 9% |
| 9% | 19% | Failed To Score | 25% | 28% |
- Jong AZ hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
- Jong AZ has failed to keep a clean sheet in 16 away matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | FC Twente | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 34 | 72 |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 69 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 35 | 64 |
| 3 | Go Ahead Eagles | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 57 |
| 4 | FC Den Bosch | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 55 |
| 5 | Jong PSV | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 54 |
| 6 | Almere City | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 30 | -1 | 50 |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | FC Oss | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | -1 | 48 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 47 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 47 |
| 11 | FC Eindhoven | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 46 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 56 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 46 |
| 13 | MVV Maastricht | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | -3 | 45 |
| 14 | NEC | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 42 |
| 15 | Telstar | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -14 | 41 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 30 | -10 | 38 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 37 | -30 | 28 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 34 | -19 | 26 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 32 | -27 | 18 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 32 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 38 | 79 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 42 | -41 | 15 |
