Soccer betting preview: Jong Ajax welcomes FC Eindhoven in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 06.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Toekomst (2000 seats)

High profile FC Eindhoven arrive at Jong Ajax after their 0-2-result vs VVV-Venlo. Check out our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eerste Divisie

This stadium has grass, which is not FC Eindhoven's familiar surface at their own football pitch. When playing on grass FC Eindhoven have performed like this: Played 16 matches with the outcome 4 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats with the goal numbers 18-17 (scored/conceded).

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Jong Ajax form and stats

The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Jong Ajax at their home stadium (Sportpark De Toekomst) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Jong Ajax shared the glory with Jong PSV in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfield player Vos got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Vos scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 35 total).

Ahead of that match, Jong lost 1-2 at home to Jong Utrecht.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Jong Ajax have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Betting people might want to know that 12 of the latest 13 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

Jong Ajax can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Jong's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, FC Eindhoven have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far.

FC Eindhoven might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. VVV-Venlo proved too strong as FC Eindhoven slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Jan Louwers Stadion. Defender Janssen was the best team player with a rating of 7.14. Janssen won 6 of 7 duels.

Prior to that result FC Eindhoven won their away game at De Graafschap. The scoreline was 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Eindhoven in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for FC Eindhoven, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the FC Eindhoven manager Penders as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against NAC Breda.

FC Eindhoven find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Eindhoven in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these teams: Jong Ajax won four, FC Eindhoven triumphed in two and we saw four draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jong AjaxC. Kjelder Rasmussen
C. Kjelder Rasmussen
8 goals
FC EindhovenN. Bannis
N. Bannis
5 goals
FC EindhovenC. Brym
C. Brym
5 goals

Jong Ajax missing players

FC Eindhoven missing players

Jong Ajax FC Eindhoven
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 9 18
5 3 1 Won W 1 4 9
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
6 3 0 Lost L 0 3 4
33 20 5 Scored S 2 11 30
32 13 1 Conceded C 1 13 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 78%
61% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 56%
50% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 28%
28% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 17%
78% 78% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 56%
6% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 17%
 
4.7 4.9 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.7 4.1
4.4 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.2 4.6
1.4 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.2 9.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.9 8.3
4.8 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.8 3.7
38% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 45%
 
8.8 6.4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 6 10.3 9.1
4.1 2.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.3 2.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • 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 Heracles Almelo 18 14 1 3 55 22 9 8 1 0 35 9 9 6 0 3 20 13 33 43
2 PEC Zwolle 17 12 2 3 41 19 9 5 2 2 19 13 8 7 0 1 22 6 22 38
3 MVV Maastricht 17 10 3 4 31 24 9 7 2 0 23 8 8 3 1 4 8 16 7 33
4 FC Eindhoven 18 9 5 4 30 23 9 5 3 1 19 10 9 4 2 3 11 13 7 32
5 Almere City 18 10 2 6 28 22 9 6 1 2 19 10 9 4 1 4 9 12 6 32
6 VVV-Venlo 18 9 4 5 28 26 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 6 1 2 18 15 2 31
7 Willem II 18 7 6 5 27 21 8 3 2 3 9 9 10 4 4 2 18 12 6 27
8 Jong AZ 16 7 3 6 27 22 9 5 2 2 20 11 7 2 1 4 7 11 5 24
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 17 7 3 7 27 25 8 4 1 3 15 12 9 3 2 4 12 13 2 24
10 Jong PSV 18 6 6 6 30 29 9 4 1 4 14 13 9 2 5 2 16 16 1 24
11 Telstar 17 5 7 5 16 23 9 3 3 3 9 15 8 2 4 2 7 8 -7 22
12 Jong Ajax 18 5 7 6 33 32 9 3 3 3 20 13 9 2 4 3 13 19 1 22
13 De Graafschap 18 6 3 9 26 30 10 4 2 4 14 13 8 2 1 5 12 17 -4 21
14 NAC Breda 18 6 3 9 23 31 9 3 2 4 9 10 9 3 1 5 14 21 -8 21
15 FC Den Bosch 18 6 1 11 26 33 9 4 0 5 15 16 9 2 1 6 11 17 -7 19
16 FC Dordrecht 18 5 4 9 23 35 8 3 1 4 13 15 10 2 3 5 10 20 -12 19
17 Helmond Sport 18 6 0 12 14 31 9 4 0 5 11 13 9 2 0 7 3 18 -17 18
18 ADO Den Haag 18 4 5 9 20 30 9 2 3 4 12 13 9 2 2 5 8 17 -10 17
19 TOP Oss 17 4 2 11 16 29 8 2 1 5 9 13 9 2 1 6 7 16 -13 14
20 Jong Utrecht 17 3 3 11 15 29 8 2 2 4 6 8 9 1 1 7 9 21 -14 12

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.