This is football, this is Eerste Divisie and this is Jong AZ - De Graafschap. Read our full match preview!
- Jong AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting De Graafschap have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 10-5-10 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.
Jong AZ form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Jong AZ at their home stadium (AFAS Trainingscomplex) is 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The spoils were shared in Jong AZ's previous game, also at home. Visiting FC Eindhoven (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The Jong goalkeeper Owusu-Oduro was crucial in the match against FC Eindhoven last time out, making six saves. Attacking player Daal edged out all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Daal scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Heartbreak before that as Jong AZ lost 0-2 at Roda JC Kerkrade's place.If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 11 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both teams.
There will be little rest for Jong after this match as they are travelling to Almere City for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Jong AZ are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 15 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded.
De Graafschap form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of De Graafschap playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.
De Graafschap lost away at Jong PSV (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Graafschap had apparently made the football gods angry before the game against Jong PSV, losing the match after hitting the woodwork three times. Büttner, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.25. Büttner hit four key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
A loss against PEC Zwolle was the result prior to that, in a home game.A new game in only four days for De Graafschap, the Eerste Divisie home match versus Heracles. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy De Graafschap's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 15 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Graafschap have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H game ended De Graafschap - Jong AZ 2-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Jong wins - draws - De Graafschap wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Neghli 8 goals |  M. Meerdink 6 goals |
Jong AZ missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| Jong AZ | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 49 | 32 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | 47 |
| 49 | 20 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | 41 |
| 97% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 93% | 90% |
| 57% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 73% | 57% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 53% | 30% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 13% |
| 63% | 80% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 53% |
| 13% | 20% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 33% |
| 27% | 7% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 7% | 13% |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 11.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.1 | 12.6 |
| 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 31% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | 32% |
| 12.7 | 13.1 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.4 | 9.5 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Jong AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | PEC Zwolle | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 49 | 69 |
| 2 | Heracles | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 66 |
| 3 | Almere City | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 52 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 52 |
| 5 | Willem II | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 50 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 47 |
| 7 | MVV Maastricht | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 54 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 38 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 33 | -5 | 43 |
| 9 | Telstar | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 43 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 41 |
| 12 | De Graafschap | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 39 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 39 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 38 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -17 | 34 |
| 16 | Jong Ajax | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -7 | 31 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -21 | 30 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 42 | 73 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 47 | -31 | 30 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -19 | 27 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -23 | 20 |
