Eerste Divisie match preview and statistics: Jong Ajax fight Excelsior

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 28.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Toekomst (2000 seats)

The Eerste Divisie season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Jong Ajax and Excelsior promises to be an interesting one.

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!

7-5-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Excelsior when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 25 matches are 35-56 (scored/conceded).

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Jong Ajax form and stats

Two Eerste Divisie home games so far for Jong Ajax, who are yet to win here at Sportpark De Toekomst. Only 0 points so far. Jong are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Sportpark De Toekomst, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for Jong Ajax in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at Go Ahead Eagles (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Jong PSV that was lost 1-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Jong have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost one.

The manager M. van der Gaag will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to NAC Breda in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Jong Ajax's 2 home games: 1 goal, 6 conceded.

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Excelsior form and stats

Excelsior are yet to lose a point on their Eerste Divisie travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

Excelsior might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Telstar proved too strong as Excelsior slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. Prior to that result Excelsior won their away game at FC Dordrecht. The scoreline was 3-1.

Late heartbreak for Excelsior in the Telstar match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

We have checked recent matches where Excelsior have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, one draw and five defeats.

9 goals so far away for Excelsior, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Jong-Excelsior H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Jong Ajax one win, Excelsior two wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorE. Ómarsson
E. Ómarsson
7 goals
ExcelsiorT. Oude Kotte
T. Oude Kotte
2 goals
ExcelsiorJ. Zwarts
J. Zwarts
2 goals

Jong Ajax missing players

Excelsior missing players

Jong Ajax Excelsior
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 1 Lost L 0 0 2
5 1 1 Scored S 3 9 14
8 6 2 Conceded C 1 2 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
49 25 16 Total Shots T S 16 30 60
19 7 4 Shots on Target S O 8 16 30
26% 14% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 56% 47%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Excelsior has the most scored goals (14) in Eerste Divisie
  • Excelsior has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Eerste Divisie
Jong Ajax Last season Excelsior
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   14 29
16 9   Won W   4 13
6 3   Drew D   5 8
7 2   Lost L   5 8
72 40   Scored S   21 65
47 17   Conceded C   23 55
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 93%
97% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 93%
69% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 83%
62% 64%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 59%
45% 43%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 34%
66% 57%   BTTS BTTS   64% 76%
31% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 17%
7% 0%   Failed to Score F T   29% 14%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
4 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
340 174   Total Shots T S   167 342
164 88   Shots on Target S O   79 157
44% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 NAC Breda 4 4 0 0 12 2 2 2 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 10 12
2 Almere City 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 7 4 6 10
3 Roda JC Kerkrade 4 3 0 1 11 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 7 9
4 SC Cambuur 4 2 1 1 11 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 9 3 6 7
5 Telstar 4 2 1 1 8 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 7
6 FC Eindhoven 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 7
7 Excelsior 4 2 0 2 14 10 2 0 0 2 5 8 2 2 0 0 9 2 4 6
8 De Graafschap 3 2 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 1 3 7 2 6
9 FC Den Bosch 4 2 0 2 7 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 6
10 NEC 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
11 Jong PSV 4 2 0 2 8 10 2 0 0 2 2 8 2 2 0 0 6 2 -2 6
12 Jong AZ 4 2 0 2 11 14 2 1 0 1 8 7 2 1 0 1 3 7 -3 6
13 Go Ahead Eagles 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 -1 4
14 FC Volendam 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
15 Helmond Sport 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 4
16 MVV Maastricht 4 1 1 2 3 10 1 0 0 1 1 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 -7 4
17 Jong Ajax 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 -3 3
18 Jong Utrecht 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 -3 3
19 FC Oss 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 1
20 FC Dordrecht 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 1
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 29 21 3 5 68 25 14 11 1 2 40 14 15 10 2 3 28 11 43 66
2 De Graafschap 29 17 11 1 63 28 14 10 4 0 36 10 15 7 7 1 27 18 35 62
3 FC Volendam 29 16 7 6 57 42 15 9 5 1 35 20 14 7 2 5 22 22 15 55
4 Jong Ajax 29 16 6 7 72 47 14 9 3 2 40 17 15 7 3 5 32 30 25 54
5 NAC Breda 29 14 8 7 48 30 15 9 3 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 21 18 18 50
6 Go Ahead Eagles 29 12 12 5 49 41 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 5 5 4 22 27 8 48
7 Excelsior 29 13 8 8 65 55 15 9 3 3 44 32 14 4 5 5 21 23 10 47
8 NEC 29 12 9 8 51 37 14 6 5 3 24 17 15 6 4 5 27 20 14 45
9 Almere City 29 13 5 11 44 42 14 10 1 3 25 14 15 3 4 8 19 28 2 44
10 Telstar 29 12 8 9 47 48 15 8 1 6 21 21 14 4 7 3 26 27 -1 44
11 FC Den Bosch 29 10 11 8 56 49 15 6 6 3 31 20 14 4 5 5 25 29 7 38
12 Jong Utrecht 29 10 8 11 48 47 15 8 5 2 34 20 14 2 3 9 14 27 1 38
13 FC Eindhoven 29 9 7 13 46 59 15 7 5 3 29 23 14 2 2 10 17 36 -13 34
14 Jong AZ 29 7 7 15 45 61 15 6 4 5 26 25 14 1 3 10 19 36 -16 28
15 MVV Maastricht 29 7 6 16 37 53 14 6 4 4 23 17 15 1 2 12 14 36 -16 27
16 FC Oss 29 6 7 16 28 53 14 5 3 6 17 19 15 1 4 10 11 34 -25 25
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 5 10 14 36 52 14 4 4 6 28 28 15 1 6 8 8 24 -16 22
18 Jong PSV 29 5 7 17 34 56 14 4 5 5 18 19 15 1 2 12 16 37 -22 22
19 FC Dordrecht 29 4 8 17 34 66 14 2 4 8 18 29 15 2 4 9 16 37 -32 20
20 Helmond Sport 29 3 8 18 25 62 15 2 5 8 14 25 14 1 3 10 11 37 -37 17

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.