Eerste Divisie duel: Close contest expected between Jong Ajax and De Graafschap

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 21.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Toekomst (2000 seats)

It's the second opportunity for points this league season as Jong Ajax and De Graafschap cross swords at Sportpark De Toekomst.

This promises to be an absorbing fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!

L L L W W

Jong Ajax form and stats

In the previous season, Jong Ajax's league statistics were 12 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses, producing 13th spot in the Eerste Divisie. From these 38 matches they scored {69 goals} and gave away 72. Appearing at home in the former season Jong Ajax delivered 7-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with {41 goals} and 31 conceded.

No payout for Jong in their previous match, an away game at FC Groningen that ended in defeat 1-4. Jong Ajax's goalkeeper Setford was extremely busy against FC Groningen, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The forward Rasmussen was named "man of the match" for Jong with a rating of 8.22/10. Rasmussen scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Heracles.

There will be little rest for Jong Ajax after this match as they are travelling to SC Cambuur for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.

D W L L W

De Graafschap form and stats

Let's have a look at how De Graafschap performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 33/34 goals scored/conceded.

The De Graafschap goalkeeper Mees Bakker is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

De Graafschap's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus ADO Den Haag that finished 0-0. Goalkeeper Bakker got the top player rating of the team with 8.13/10. Bakker topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus FC Den Bosch.

A new game in only four days for Graafschap, the Eerste Divisie home match versus FC Emmen. Busy days.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jong Ajax three wins, three draws and De Graafschap four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Jong AjaxC. Kjelder Rasmussen
C. Kjelder Rasmussen
1 goals

Jong Ajax missing players

De Graafschap missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Jong Ajax De Graafschap
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
21 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
12 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Jong Ajax Last season De Graafschap
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 7   Won W   5 15
10 5   Drew D   5 7
16 7   Lost L   9 16
69 41   Scored S   33 64
72 31   Conceded C   34 54
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
87% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 87%
63% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   74% 61%
45% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 32%
34% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 18%
74% 79%   BTTS BTTS   68% 55%
8% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 32%
21% 16%   Failed to Score F T   5% 13%
 
4.3 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.9
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.4
5 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.4 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 13.3
4.9 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.1
37% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 33%
 
12.3 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 10
4.8 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4

  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 Groningen 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 MVV Maastricht 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Jong AZ 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 FC Den Bosch 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Jong PSV 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 NAC Breda 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 SC Cambuur 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 FC Emmen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 FC Eindhoven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Willem II 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 ADO Den Haag 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 De Graafschap 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Telstar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 TOP Oss 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 VVV-Venlo 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heracles 38 27 4 7 103 42 19 15 3 1 61 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 61 85
2 PEC Zwolle 38 27 4 7 99 43 19 15 2 2 58 18 19 12 2 5 41 25 56 85
3 Almere City 38 21 7 10 58 41 19 10 4 5 29 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 17 70
4 Willem II 38 19 11 8 68 40 19 13 2 4 37 17 19 6 9 4 31 23 28 68
5 MVV Maastricht 38 18 5 15 65 65 19 13 3 3 42 23 19 5 2 12 23 42 0 59
6 NAC Breda 38 18 5 15 64 64 19 10 3 6 34 27 19 8 2 9 30 37 0 59
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 10 12 56 51 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 10 3 6 32 29 5 58
8 FC Eindhoven 38 16 10 12 58 54 19 10 4 5 37 23 19 6 6 7 21 31 4 58
9 Telstar 38 14 11 13 39 52 19 8 5 6 22 25 19 6 6 7 17 27 -13 53
10 De Graafschap 38 15 7 16 64 54 19 10 2 7 31 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 10 52
11 Jong AZ 38 14 9 15 60 58 19 8 7 4 37 24 19 6 2 11 23 34 2 51
12 ADO Den Haag 38 13 12 13 51 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 19 7 6 6 21 26 -6 51
13 Jong Ajax 38 12 10 16 69 72 19 7 5 7 41 31 19 5 5 9 28 41 -3 46
14 Jong PSV 38 12 9 17 59 63 19 8 3 8 34 29 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 45
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 12 7 19 49 59 19 7 4 8 27 26 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 43
16 Helmond Sport 38 11 10 17 39 57 19 7 4 8 26 25 19 4 6 9 13 32 -18 43
17 TOP Oss 38 10 7 21 45 76 19 6 3 10 27 37 19 4 4 11 18 39 -31 37
18 FC Dordrecht 38 9 8 21 41 68 19 6 4 9 23 28 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 10 5 23 46 85 19 7 3 9 30 33 19 3 2 14 16 52 -39 35
20 Jong Utrecht 38 7 7 24 33 65 19 5 5 9 18 21 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 28

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 Groningen 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 MVV Maastricht 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Jong AZ 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 FC Den Bosch 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Jong PSV 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 NAC Breda 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 SC Cambuur 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 FC Emmen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 FC Eindhoven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Willem II 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 ADO Den Haag 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 De Graafschap 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Telstar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 TOP Oss 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 VVV-Venlo 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

More from Netherlands - Eerste Divisie

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.