Betting preview: Jong Ajax vs FC Twente should be interesting

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Toekomst (5000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Jong Ajax have their presumed home advantage while FC Twente are ahead 23 points in the Eerste Divisie table.

Jong Ajax have less rest than FC Twente in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Sportpark De Toekomst. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, FC Twente have had more rest.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

When playing at home, Jong Ajax have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games.

The Jong Ajax supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Go Ahead Eagles in Eerste Divisie and win 5-2. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Helmond Sport.

This is expected to be a close game, with Jong Ajax perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Jong Ajax as a small favourite), we find one game. Jong Ajax has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.

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

The Jong Ajax manager M. Reiziger has got the team scoring with 38 from 17 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed FC Twente, who have the most points (39) away in Eerste Divisie, collect 39 points from their 17 away matches. 12 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

FC Twente won their last game, 1-0 versus Telstar played at home. A loss against FC Dordrecht was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 39 similar matches played by FC Twente in our archives, and the results are: 15 wins for FC Twente, 6 draws and 18 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as FC Twente are hosting Jong AZ in the Eerste Divisie only three days away.

The FC Twente manager M. Pusic has got the team scoring on the road, with 36 away goals in 17 matches. It's not easy to score on FC Twente as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: FC Twente - Jong Ajax 2-5. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 1 - 0 - 0 (Jong Ajax wins - draws - FC Twente wins).

Jong Ajax missing players

FC Twente missing players

Jong Ajax FC Twente
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 17 Played 17 34
69 38 Scored 36 65
59 27 Conceded 16 31
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
91% 88% Over 1.5 94% 74%
74% 71% Over 2.5 59% 53%
47% 53% Over 3.5 29% 29%
29% 29% Over 4.5 12% 15%
71% 53% Both teams to score 65% 53%
21% 29% Clean Sheet 35% 38%
9% 18% Failed To Score 0% 9%
 
6.4 6.9 Corners For (avg) 5.4 6.1
3.6 3.6 Corners Against (avg) 5.8 4.8
1.4 1.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.8
3 2 Red Cards (total) 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Twente is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • FC Twente has scored in all of their 17 away matches.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 FC Twente 34 24 3 7 65 31 17 12 0 5 29 15 17 12 3 2 36 16 34 75
2 Sparta Rotterdam 34 18 11 5 71 39 17 13 2 2 44 18 17 5 9 3 27 21 32 65
3 Go Ahead Eagles 34 18 6 10 60 49 17 10 3 4 32 16 17 8 3 6 28 33 11 60
4 Jong PSV 34 16 9 9 71 55 17 9 4 4 35 23 17 7 5 5 36 32 16 57
5 FC Den Bosch 34 16 8 10 58 45 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 7 4 6 24 22 13 56
6 Almere City 34 17 5 12 54 51 17 9 2 6 29 21 17 8 3 6 25 30 3 56
7 Jong Ajax 34 15 7 12 69 59 17 9 4 4 38 27 17 6 3 8 31 32 10 52
8 RKC Waalwijk 34 16 4 14 57 49 17 8 3 6 29 25 17 8 1 8 28 24 8 52
9 FC Oss 34 15 7 12 41 39 17 7 4 6 19 21 17 8 3 6 22 18 2 52
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 14 9 11 55 51 17 8 6 3 33 20 17 6 3 8 22 31 4 51
11 SC Cambuur 34 14 8 12 51 43 17 7 5 5 26 20 17 7 3 7 25 23 8 50
12 NEC 34 13 9 12 63 56 17 8 5 4 38 23 17 5 4 8 25 33 7 48
13 FC Eindhoven 34 13 8 13 48 40 17 5 5 7 25 22 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 47
14 MVV Maastricht 34 12 11 11 43 46 17 5 5 7 22 26 17 7 6 4 21 20 -3 47
15 Telstar 34 13 5 16 40 53 17 6 4 7 19 27 17 7 1 9 21 26 -13 44
16 FC Volendam 34 9 12 13 41 54 17 6 4 7 22 24 17 3 8 6 19 30 -13 39
17 FC Dordrecht 34 8 8 18 46 75 17 3 5 9 22 38 17 5 3 9 24 37 -29 32
18 Jong AZ 34 5 11 18 40 62 17 3 6 8 22 27 17 2 5 10 18 35 -22 26
19 Helmond Sport 34 3 9 22 33 63 17 3 4 10 22 28 17 0 5 12 11 35 -30 18
20 Jong Utrecht 34 3 6 25 39 85 17 3 3 11 22 39 17 0 3 14 17 46 -46 15

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