Match preview Eerste Divisie: Jong Ajax - NEC at Sportpark De Toekomst

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 23.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark De Toekomst

The visiting NEC side should be favourites in this visit to Jong Ajax, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 34 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Jong Ajax have only managed 4 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Sportpark De Toekomst.

Jong Ajax haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 197 minutes ago. N. Unuvar scored that one.

No payout for Jong in their previous match, an away game at FC Eindhoven that ended in defeat 0-3. Before that game, the home loss against FC Oss with the scoreline 0-1.

Daan Reiziger had a busy but productive day in the FC Eindhoven match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Kenneth Taylor for missing a penalty kick versus FC Eindhoven in the 5th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

Jong Ajax are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 17 games. Jong have conceded 32 from these games.

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NEC form and stats

8 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of NEC playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in NEC's last three away games as they have all been lost.

NEC had fun at their own home (Sportpark De Toekomst) last time out, beating Jong AZ 3-2. Rangelo Janga, Thomas Beekman and Édgar Barreto scored. A 1-2 defeat away at Excelsior before that.

An amazing comeback from NEC last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Édgar Barreto scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute.

The travelling fans enjoy NEC's attacking play in away games, having scored 32 goals in 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. NEC have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

NEC - Jong Ajax 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Jong Ajax-NEC H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Jong Ajax three wins, NEC three wins, three draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NECE. Tavsan
E. Tavsan
11 goals
NECJ. Bruijn
J. Bruijn
10 goals
JongB. Brobbey
B. Brobbey
9 goals

Jong Ajax missing players

NEC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Jong Ajax NEC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 6 17 34
9 4 0 Won W 4 8 18
9 5 2 Drew D 2 2 6
16 8 2 Lost L 0 7 10
52 24 3 Scored S 13 32 64
67 32 8 Conceded C 5 24 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
94% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 82%
76% 65% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 65% 59%
44% 35% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 35% 32%
24% 24% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 21%
76% 76% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 59% 59%
6% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 26%
18% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.5 1.1
5 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.4 11.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 12.8 13.1
5.1 4.9 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.6 5.7
30% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 33%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • NEC haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 34 26 4 4 100 31 17 14 0 3 56 16 17 12 4 1 44 15 69 82
2 Graafschap 33 22 4 7 61 43 17 11 3 3 29 19 16 11 1 4 32 24 18 70
3 NAC Breda 34 20 7 7 68 36 17 12 1 4 38 17 17 8 6 3 30 19 32 67
4 Almere City 33 20 7 6 68 41 17 12 3 2 32 8 16 8 4 4 36 33 27 67
5 Go Ahead Eagles 33 18 8 7 50 23 16 7 5 4 20 11 17 11 3 3 30 12 27 62
6 NEC 34 18 6 10 64 40 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 8 2 7 32 24 24 60
7 FC Volendam 34 16 8 10 72 49 17 7 3 7 38 27 17 9 5 3 34 22 23 56
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 14 12 8 65 50 17 7 7 3 33 22 17 7 5 5 32 28 15 54
9 Excelsior 34 12 6 16 59 62 17 7 2 8 32 30 17 5 4 8 27 32 -3 42
10 FC Oss 34 12 6 16 37 52 17 7 3 7 27 27 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 42
11 Telstar 34 10 10 14 53 51 17 5 5 7 34 27 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 40
12 Helmond Sport 34 10 10 14 48 62 17 7 3 7 24 29 17 3 7 7 24 33 -14 40
13 MVV Maastricht 34 11 6 17 44 67 17 8 2 7 29 35 17 3 4 10 15 32 -23 39
14 Jong PSV 33 10 7 16 51 59 16 4 5 7 22 24 17 6 2 9 29 35 -8 37
15 FC Eindhoven 34 9 9 16 46 57 17 5 5 7 30 28 17 4 4 9 16 29 -11 36
16 Jong Ajax 34 9 9 16 52 67 17 4 5 8 24 32 17 5 4 8 28 35 -15 36
17 Jong AZ 34 9 5 20 50 85 17 6 3 8 34 41 17 3 2 12 16 44 -35 32
18 Jong Utrecht 34 10 1 23 46 71 17 5 0 12 22 34 17 5 1 11 24 37 -25 31
19 FC Dordrecht 34 8 3 23 35 90 17 4 3 10 20 39 17 4 0 13 15 51 -55 27
20 FC Den Bosch 34 6 8 20 47 80 17 4 6 7 27 31 17 2 2 13 20 49 -33 26

Table
  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 34 26 4 4 100 31 17 14 0 3 56 16 17 12 4 1 44 15 69 82
2 Graafschap 33 22 4 7 61 43 17 11 3 3 29 19 16 11 1 4 32 24 18 70
3 NAC Breda 34 20 7 7 68 36 17 12 1 4 38 17 17 8 6 3 30 19 32 67
4 Almere City 33 20 7 6 68 41 17 12 3 2 32 8 16 8 4 4 36 33 27 67
5 Go Ahead Eagles 33 18 8 7 50 23 16 7 5 4 20 11 17 11 3 3 30 12 27 62
6 NEC 34 18 6 10 64 40 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 8 2 7 32 24 24 60
7 FC Volendam 34 16 8 10 72 49 17 7 3 7 38 27 17 9 5 3 34 22 23 56
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 14 12 8 65 50 17 7 7 3 33 22 17 7 5 5 32 28 15 54
9 Excelsior 34 12 6 16 59 62 17 7 2 8 32 30 17 5 4 8 27 32 -3 42
10 FC Oss 34 12 6 16 37 52 17 7 3 7 27 27 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 42
11 Telstar 34 10 10 14 53 51 17 5 5 7 34 27 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 40
12 Helmond Sport 34 10 10 14 48 62 17 7 3 7 24 29 17 3 7 7 24 33 -14 40
13 MVV Maastricht 34 11 6 17 44 67 17 8 2 7 29 35 17 3 4 10 15 32 -23 39
14 Jong PSV 33 10 7 16 51 59 16 4 5 7 22 24 17 6 2 9 29 35 -8 37
15 FC Eindhoven 34 9 9 16 46 57 17 5 5 7 30 28 17 4 4 9 16 29 -11 36
16 Jong Ajax 34 9 9 16 52 67 17 4 5 8 24 32 17 5 4 8 28 35 -15 36
17 Jong AZ 34 9 5 20 50 85 17 6 3 8 34 41 17 3 2 12 16 44 -35 32
18 Jong Utrecht 34 10 1 23 46 71 17 5 0 12 22 34 17 5 1 11 24 37 -25 31
19 FC Dordrecht 34 8 3 23 35 90 17 4 3 10 20 39 17 4 0 13 15 51 -55 27
20 FC Den Bosch 34 6 8 20 47 80 17 4 6 7 27 31 17 2 2 13 20 49 -33 26

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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.