Jong Ajax will challenge Heracles Almelo in this Eerste Divisie game. All you must learn about the game is located here!
It should be mentioned that Heracles Almelo 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 Heracles Almelo on grass are 5 victories, 3 draws and 19 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 22-57. You can compare this with overall results below.
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!
Jong Ajax form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Jong Ajax's two home games in the Eerste Divisie so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Sportpark De Toekomst.
Jong lost their last game at ADO Den Haag (placed 16th) after a 0-4 scoreline. Jong Ajax were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Jong Ajax's goalkeeper de Graaff was extremely busy against ADO Den Haag, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Defender Pierie got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.1/10. Pierie hit one key pass and won 7 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that match, Jong won a home game hosting Graafschap (5-1).Jong Ajax are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at FC Oss awaits in four days.
Jong Ajax has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
Heracles Almelo are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Eerste Divisie. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Heracles Almelo, as they have won on their previous two travels.
There were no winners in Heracles's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs MVV Maastricht (placed 8th). The match against MVV Maastricht looked like a defeat for Heracles Almelo, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Hansson equalized in the 90th minute. Midfielder Hansson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.94. Hansson scored two goals, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Heracles Almelo won their away game at Jong PSV. The scoreline was 3-0.A new game in only four days for Heracles, the Eerste Divisie home match versus VVV-Venlo. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Heracles Almelo has scored 6 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Laursen 3 goals |  E. Hansson 3 goals |  K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson 3 goals |
Jong Ajax missing players
Heracles Almelo missing players
| Jong Ajax | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.5 | 12 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 75% | 63% |
| 9.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 4.8 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Jong Ajax | Last season | Heracles Almelo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 82 | 51 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | ||
| 63 | 28 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 53% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 79% | 84% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | ||
| 13% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.9 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | ||
| 10.3 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | FC Eindhoven | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Heracles Almelo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Jong AZ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Almere City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Willem II | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | FC Dordrecht | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Telstar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Graafschap | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 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 | FC Emmen | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 40 | 83 |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 81 | 53 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 75 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 69 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 71 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 53 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 23 | 67 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 77 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 27 | 66 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 57 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 25 | 66 |
| 7 | Jong Ajax | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 82 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 19 | 63 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 59 |
| 9 | Graafschap | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 56 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 64 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 31 | -14 | 48 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -19 | 47 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 63 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 35 | -2 | 44 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 28 | -11 | 42 |
| 14 | Almere City | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 69 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 37 | -12 | 41 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | -14 | 41 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 43 | 75 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 38 | -32 | 40 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 77 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 46 | -24 | 39 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 43 | 67 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 32 | -24 | 38 |
| 19 | Telstar | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 47 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -27 | 35 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 39 | 72 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | -33 | 28 |
