Eerste Divisie: Go Ahead Eagles expected to win home game against Jong PSV

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 26.February
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Go Ahead Eagles leading Jong PSV by 23 points.

Insights:
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong PSV has the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Eerste Divisie

It's no vacation for neither Eagles nor Jong PSV 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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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Go Ahead Eagles, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie, have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games.

The Eagles goalkeeper Jay Gorter is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eerste Divisie.

It's back home for Go Ahead Eagles, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Jong AZ away with the result 3-0. Sam Beukema, Jeroen Veldmate and Ioannis Foivos Botos found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Telstar in a game that was won 1-0.

Go Ahead Eagles goalkeeper Jay Gorter did an outstanding job against Jong AZ with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Go Ahead Eagles are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Eagles are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Adelaarshorst in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.

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Jong PSV form and stats

Playing away, Jong PSV have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 7 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season. Jong has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against FC Den Bosch.

Jong PSV has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 12 games. Jong PSV are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 21 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Jong PSV - Eagles 2-3. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - two - five (Eagles wins - draws - Jong PSV wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Go Ahead EaglesS. Beukema
S. Beukema
6 goals
Jong PSVK. Kristinsson
K. Kristinsson
6 goals
EaglesJ. Mulenga
J. Mulenga
5 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Jong PSV missing players

Go Ahead Eagles Jong PSV
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 4 12 25
14 5 3 Won W 0 4 6
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 6
6 4 2 Lost L 4 7 13
36 14 9 Scored S 4 21 37
18 10 4 Conceded C 14 31 53
80% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
48% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 92% 72%
12% 17% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 58% 40%
8% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 58% 36%
20% 17% 20% BTTS BTTS 100% 92% 84%
68% 67% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
32% 42% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.2 10 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.3 9.6
4.2 3.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.8 4
35% 33% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 46% 37%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (17) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jong PSV has the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong PSV have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jong PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong PSV 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 SC Cambuur 25 19 3 3 72 21 13 10 0 3 39 12 12 9 3 0 33 9 51 60
2 Graafschap 25 18 2 5 53 34 12 9 1 2 25 14 13 9 1 3 28 20 19 56
3 Almere City 24 16 5 3 55 32 11 9 2 0 22 2 13 7 3 3 33 30 23 53
4 NAC Breda 25 15 5 5 48 23 12 8 1 3 26 12 13 7 4 2 22 11 25 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 25 14 5 6 36 18 12 5 3 4 14 10 13 9 2 2 22 8 18 47
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 25 11 8 6 47 33 12 6 4 2 24 13 13 5 4 4 23 20 14 41
7 NEC 24 12 5 7 41 29 12 6 3 3 21 12 12 6 2 4 20 17 12 41
8 FC Volendam 24 11 7 6 51 32 13 5 3 5 28 18 11 6 4 1 23 14 19 40
9 Telstar 25 9 7 9 43 36 13 4 4 5 27 20 12 5 3 4 16 16 7 34
10 Excelsior 25 9 3 13 45 44 12 4 1 7 23 25 13 5 2 6 22 19 1 30
11 Helmond Sport 25 7 9 9 35 39 13 5 2 6 19 20 12 2 7 3 16 19 -4 30
12 Jong Ajax 25 8 6 11 41 47 13 3 4 6 18 25 12 5 2 5 23 22 -6 30
13 FC Eindhoven 25 7 7 11 36 44 12 4 3 5 25 22 13 3 4 6 11 22 -8 28
14 FC Oss 25 8 4 13 27 40 13 5 2 6 21 20 12 3 2 7 6 20 -13 28
15 Jong Utrecht 24 8 1 15 35 47 12 4 0 8 16 22 12 4 1 7 19 25 -12 25
16 Jong PSV 25 6 6 13 37 53 13 2 5 6 16 22 12 4 1 7 21 31 -16 24
17 MVV Maastricht 25 6 5 14 26 52 12 4 2 6 18 29 13 2 3 8 8 23 -26 23
18 Jong AZ 25 6 4 15 35 68 13 3 3 7 24 36 12 3 1 8 11 32 -33 22
19 FC Dordrecht 24 4 3 17 22 63 12 2 3 7 13 24 12 2 0 10 9 39 -41 15
20 FC Den Bosch 24 2 7 15 26 56 12 2 5 5 16 18 12 0 2 10 10 38 -30 13

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.