Jong AZ battle against De Graafschap for acclaim and triumph.
- Jong AZ have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Eerste Divisie
- De Graafschap have won all their away games so far.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It should be mentioned that De Graafschap play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for De Graafschap on artifical turf are 11 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats from 20 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 42-30. You can compare this with overall results below.
Jong AZ form and stats
Jong AZ must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Eerste Divisie games here at AFAS Trainingscomplex.
The Jong crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Jong Utrecht here at AFAS Trainingscomplex in a Eerste Divisie match. Defender Sem Dirks got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Dirks won 8 of 11 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting VVV-Venlo and winning 1-0.There will be little rest for Jong AZ after this match as they are travelling to FC Den Bosch for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.
Jong AZ are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. From these home matches, Jong have conceded only 2 goals.
De Graafschap form and stats
De Graafschap are yet to lose a point on their Eerste Divisie travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Graafschap failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs FC Volendam (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Midfielder Rick Dekker was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Dekker hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at FC Emmen.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Excelsior in just four days.
De Graafschap have the goal stats of 5-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Jong AZ wins - draws - De Graafschap wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. De Jong 2 goals |   J. Konings 2 goals |  G. Korte 2 goals |
Jong AZ missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| Jong AZ | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
| 6 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 13 | 11.2 |
| 3.6 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 27% |
- All of De Graafschap's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- De Graafschap have scored in all their away matches so far.
- De Graafschap have won all their away games so far.
- De Graafschap have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Jong AZ have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Jong AZ | Last season | De Graafschap | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 56 | 38 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | ||
| 92 | 46 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 74% | 84% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 47% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 39% | 47% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 63% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 29% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.2 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | ||
| 26% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Excelsior | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Jong AZ | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Oss | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | De Graafschap | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | MVV Maastricht | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Jong Utrecht | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Almere City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | FC Emmen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | ADO Den Haag | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | FC Eindhoven | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 15 | NAC Breda | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Jong Ajax | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Telstar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 3 |