Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Jong Ajax welcomes FC Den Bosch

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 08.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Toekomst (2000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Jong Ajax leading FC Den Bosch by 9 points.

The hosts Jong Ajax saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eerste Divisie. Thankfully the previous game, versus FC Volendam, was also a home game here at Sportpark De Toekomst. The away team is better rested.

This stadium uses grass, unlike FC Den Bosch's home stadium. The visitors last 21 games on grass have ended in 5 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

Jong Ajax, who have the most scored goals (37) in Eerste Divisie, are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Sportpark De Toekomst. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.

The Jong Ajax fans got no joy from their last match, a Eerste Divisie game also here at Sportpark De Toekomst: A 1-3 defeat against FC Volendam (placed 12th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Excelsior with a 3-1 scoreline.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Jong Ajax home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Jong Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 19 from 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Den Bosch so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose). The FC Den Bosch manager E. van der Ven is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 35 days. One point away has become something of a habit for FC Den Bosch who have played out draws in their last three away games.

FC Den Bosch delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Helmond Sport (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Eerste Divisie game. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting IJsselmeervogels's place.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where FC Den Bosch played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.

FC Den Bosch are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). FC Den Bosch have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Jong Ajax victories, 3 draws and 2 FC Den Bosch wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jong AjaxL. Traore
L. Traore
12 goals
Jong AjaxR. Gravenberch
R. Gravenberch
6 goals
Jong AjaxJ. Ekkelenkamp
J. Ekkelenkamp
5 goals

Jong Ajax missing players

FC Den Bosch missing players

Jong Ajax FC Den Bosch
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 6 13
7 4 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 4 8
4 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
37 19 2 Scored S 2 8 20
21 8 0 Conceded C 3 13 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 85%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
85% 83% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 54%
77% 83% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 54%
54% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 15%
77% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 62%
23% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 23%
 
6.8 6.8 1 Corners For (avg) C F 2 2.5 3.8
3.9 3.7 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 5.7 5.2
1.8 1.2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of Jong Ajax's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Den Bosch have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Den Bosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Den Bosch have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Den Bosch have yet to win a game away.
  • Jong Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Jong Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Den Bosch have scored away.
  • Jong Ajax have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Jong Ajax 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 13 8 3 2 30 8 6 5 1 0 22 4 7 3 2 2 8 4 22 27
2 Graafschap 13 7 6 0 26 7 7 5 2 0 17 2 6 2 4 0 9 5 19 27
3 NAC Breda 13 7 3 3 21 14 7 4 2 1 11 5 6 3 1 2 10 9 7 24
4 Jong Ajax 13 7 2 4 37 21 6 4 1 1 19 8 7 3 1 3 18 13 16 23
5 Excelsior 13 6 3 4 23 22 6 5 0 1 18 10 7 1 3 3 5 12 1 21
6 NEC 13 5 5 3 21 17 6 3 2 1 12 8 7 2 3 2 9 9 4 20
7 Telstar 13 6 2 5 20 18 6 3 0 3 8 6 7 3 2 2 12 12 2 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 13 4 7 2 22 19 7 3 4 0 14 6 6 1 3 2 8 13 3 19
9 Jong Utrecht 13 5 4 4 22 21 6 3 3 0 14 6 7 2 1 4 8 15 1 19
10 Almere City 13 5 4 4 21 20 6 5 1 0 13 7 7 0 3 4 8 13 1 19
11 FC Eindhoven 13 5 3 5 21 25 6 4 2 0 16 7 7 1 1 5 5 18 -4 18
12 FC Volendam 13 5 3 5 18 22 6 3 2 1 11 9 7 2 1 4 7 13 -4 18
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 13 4 5 4 18 18 7 3 2 2 14 10 6 1 3 2 4 8 0 17
14 FC Den Bosch 13 2 8 3 20 18 7 2 4 1 12 5 6 0 4 2 8 13 2 14
15 Helmond Sport 13 3 4 6 14 29 6 2 2 2 7 9 7 1 2 4 7 20 -15 13
16 FC Oss 13 3 3 7 13 22 7 2 2 3 7 8 6 1 1 4 6 14 -9 12
17 MVV Maastricht 13 3 3 7 11 24 7 2 2 3 6 11 6 1 1 4 5 13 -13 12
18 Jong PSV 13 3 2 8 15 24 7 3 2 2 11 9 6 0 0 6 4 15 -9 11
19 Jong AZ 13 2 4 7 17 23 7 1 3 3 8 11 6 1 1 4 9 12 -6 10
20 FC Dordrecht 13 1 4 8 16 34 7 1 2 4 9 16 6 0 2 4 7 18 -18 7