With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Go Ahead Eagles fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Jong AZ.
- Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most conceded goals (41) in Eerste Divisie
Go Ahead Eagles and Jong AZ should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It should be mentioned that Jong AZ play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Jong AZ on grass are 1 victory, 4 draws and 13 defeats from 18 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 14-40. You can compare this with overall results below.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Overall Eerste Divisie stats at home this season for Go Ahead Eagles, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Eerste Divisie, are 2-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Go Ahead Eagles lost their last game at Almere City (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against FC Den Bosch.
Eagles are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at Helmond Sport awaits in three days.
Eagles has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. On the other hand, Eagles have conceded 6 goals.
Jong AZ form and stats
Jong AZ, who have the most conceded goals (41) in Eerste Divisie, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 1-0-6 (7 played). Bitter travels for Jong AZ as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Jong Utrecht match. Three has not been a lucky number for Jong AZ as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Telstar match.
Jong's previous game was their home loss versus NEC (0-3). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Excelsior wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.
Jong goalkeeper Beau Reus had a great day against NEC, but despite making eight saves the loss could not be avoided.
A new game in only four days for Jong AZ, the Eerste Divisie home match versus FC Oss. Busy days.
The attacking power of Jong when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. There are big problems for the Jong AZ defense as they have conceded 21 goals in 7 away games.
Head 2 Head
Eagles-Jong AZ H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Go Ahead Eagles two wins, Jong AZ one win, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Taabouni 7 goals |  T. Oosting 4 goals |   J. Mulenga 3 goals |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
Jong AZ missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | Jong AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | 41 |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 54% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 69% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 131 | 57 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 87 | 159 |
| 53 | 19 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 40 | 70 |
| 28% | 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 15% | 29% |
- All of Jong AZ's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (8) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jong AZ has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most conceded goals (41) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Jong AZ have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Almere City | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | SC Cambuur | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 31 | 28 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | NEC | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 23 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Jong Ajax | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Telstar | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | FC Eindhoven | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -17 | 10 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Jong AZ | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -21 | 8 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 27 | -29 | 5 |