Jong Ajax get ready to host Excelsior for another appealing Eerste Divisie match here at Sportpark De Toekomst.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Excelsior 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 Excelsior on grass are 4 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 18 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 27-33. You can compare this with overall results below.
Jong Ajax form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Eerste Divisie game of the season here at Sportpark De Toekomst. Last season these fans witnessed 4 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses from Jong Ajax's 19 home games.
Happy days for Jong Ajax in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at FC Den Bosch (placed 2nd) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Youri Regeer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.44/10. Regeer signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Heitinga when Naci Ünüvar scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute.
Ahead of that match, Jong lost 1-2 at home to FC Dordrecht.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Jong Ajax at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Excelsior form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eerste Divisie, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 19 matches.
Excelsior's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus FC Volendam that finished 1-1. Midfielder Marouan Azarkan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.94. Azarkan hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Roda JC Kerkrade at their stadium, the result 2-1.It's early days yet, but Excelsior has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Jong two wins, zero draws and Excelsior three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. de Waal 3 goals |   T. Dallinga 2 goals | N. Ünüvar 1 goals |
Jong Ajax missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Jong Ajax | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 13 | 8.3 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.7 | 17 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 5.7 | 9 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 24% | 11% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| Jong Ajax | Last season | Excelsior | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Scored | S | 30 | 65 | ||
| 71 | 34 | Conceded | C | 35 | 66 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 82% | ||
| 71% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 66% | ||
| 39% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 37% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 26% | ||
| 74% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 74% | 61% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 24% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 21% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | FC Den Bosch | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Jong AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | FC Oss | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | De Graafschap | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | MVV Maastricht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | FC Dordrecht | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FC Emmen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | ADO Den Haag | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Telstar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | NAC Breda | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Almere City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Jong PSV | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 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 | SC Cambuur | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 109 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 17 | 73 | 92 |
| 2 | Go Ahead Eagles | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 37 | 77 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 47 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 77 |
| 4 | Almere City | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 39 | 27 | 75 |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 34 | 73 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 79 | 52 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 27 | 66 |
| 7 | NEC | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 66 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 67 | 61 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 37 | 6 | 57 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 65 | 66 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 35 | -1 | 48 |
| 10 | FC Oss | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -17 | 47 |
| 11 | MVV Maastricht | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 72 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 34 | -22 | 46 |
| 12 | Helmond Sport | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 68 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 38 | -17 | 45 |
| 13 | Telstar | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 61 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | -4 | 41 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 54 | 65 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 38 | -11 | 40 |
| 15 | FC Eindhoven | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 32 | -12 | 40 |
| 16 | Jong Ajax | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 55 | 71 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 37 | -16 | 40 |
| 17 | Jong AZ | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 56 | 92 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 46 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 46 | -36 | 38 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 38 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 53 | 77 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 39 | -24 | 35 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 59 | 85 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 53 | -26 | 32 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 38 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 36 | 97 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 56 | -61 | 27 |