Jong Ajax and MVV Maastricht have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Eerste Divisie.
- Jong Ajax have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Eerste Divisie
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie. That game was an away game at Jong AZ, so at least Jong are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Jong's stadium, Sportpark De Toekomst, has a grass surface. MVV Maastricht have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for MVV Maastricht when playing on grass; 4 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses from 18 matches. They have scored 14 goals in these games and conceded 27.
Jong Ajax form and stats
With 3 Eerste Divisie wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Jong Ajax are certainly not brimming with confidence. With nine home Eerste Divisie games in a row without a win, the Jong fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Jong Utrecht game long ago, can be stopped today.
Jong faced defeat in their previous match, away at Jong AZ (1-2). Before that, Jong played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Roda JC Kerkrade.
Kjell Scherpen had a busy but productive day in the Jong AZ match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Jong Ajax handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and one defeat.
Jong has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.
MVV Maastricht form and stats
There's been little loot from MVV Maastricht's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the Eerste Divisie. MVV Maastricht only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Maastricht hope to make it five in this match.
The supporters enjoyed MVV Maastricht's previous game versus Jong AZ (placed 18th), a Eerste Divisie 3-2 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jong Utrecht at their stadium, the result 1-0.
MVV Maastricht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, MVV Maastricht have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
MVV Maastricht - Jong 1-5 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Jong Ajax-MVV Maastricht H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Jong four wins, MVV Maastricht four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Brobbey 9 goals |  J. Schroijen 9 goals |  K. Taylor 6 goals |
Jong Ajax missing players
MVV Maastricht missing players
| Jong Ajax | MVV Maastricht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 46 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 32 |
| 58 | 27 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 54 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 82% |
| 83% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 50% |
| 48% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 32% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 25% |
| 79% | 79% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 29% | 46% |
| 7% | 7% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.9 | 10.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 27% |
- All of Jong Ajax's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Jong Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals at home as MVV Maastricht have scored away.
- Jong Ajax have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 77 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 55 | 67 |
| 2 | Graafschap | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
| 3 | NAC Breda | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 30 | 59 |
| 4 | Almere City | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 31 | 25 | 59 |
| 5 | NEC | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 27 | 56 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 54 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 62 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 22 | 47 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 45 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 36 |
| 10 | Telstar | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | MVV Maastricht | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -22 | 32 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | -12 | 31 |
| 13 | TOP Oss | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 31 |
| 14 | Helmond Sport | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | FC Eindhoven | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 29 |
| 16 | Jong Utrecht | 29 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 39 | 60 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -21 | 28 |
| 17 | Jong PSV | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 35 | -15 | 27 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 76 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 36 | -34 | 26 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 42 | -43 | 21 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 43 | -33 | 19 |