Evenly matched teams: Jong AZ vs FC Den Bosch match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 20.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Trainingscomplex (1000 seats)

Jong AZ - FC Den Bosch in Eerste Divisie: Data, team lineups, games, trends and news. Get our complete preview!

Insights:
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Eerste Divisie

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an energetic game!

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Jong AZ form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Jong AZ, who have the fewest scored goals (16) in Eerste Divisie, have to build on here at AFAS Trainingscomplex in the Eerste Divisie. All in all it has been a very rough period for Jong who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against FC Dordrecht, 80 days ago.

Jong are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus ADO Den Haag. Midfielder Griffith was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.23 (out of ten) in that game. Griffith scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).

Ahead of that match, Jong AZ lost 0-2 at home to Excelsior.

This is expected to be a close game, with Jong AZ perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Jong AZ as a small favourite), we find nine games. Jong has won four of these, drawn three and lost two.

Jong have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Jong are not conceding a lot of goals here at AFAS Trainingscomplex in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

FC Den Bosch have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-1-6 (9 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Bosch as they have been defeated three times in a row since the FC Oss match.

There might be some fixture complaints from Bosch as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eerste Divisie match against Roda JC Kerkrade (2-3). FC Den Bosch goalkeeper Steen enjoyed a top-notch shift versus Roda JC Kerkrade, but in spite of managing six saves the loss could not be avoided. Hornkamp, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.82. Hornkamp scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

A loss against NAC Breda was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Bosch in our archives, and the results are: one win for FC Den Bosch, one draw and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FC Den Bosch have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. FC Den Bosch have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Jong AZ and FC Den Bosch have faced off already this season: FC Den Bosch - Jong AZ 2-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Jong AZ wins - draws - FC Den Bosch wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC Den BoschR. Kuijpers
R. Kuijpers
9 goals
Jong AZY. Barasi
Y. Barasi
5 goals
FC Den BoschJ. Hornkamp
J. Hornkamp
4 goals

Jong AZ missing players

FC Den Bosch missing players

Jong AZ FC Den Bosch
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 1 Played P 1 9 19
6 4 0 Won W 0 2 8
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 1
10 4 1 Lost L 0 6 10
16 8 0 Scored S 3 10 22
22 9 1 Conceded C 3 17 34
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 68%
37% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 58%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 32%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 32%
42% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 42%
16% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 26%
47% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
5.2 4.9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 3.7
5.4 5.7 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 6.2
1.5 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 10.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.6 9.5
3.9 4.2 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.9
21% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 26% 30%
 
11.4 11.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.8 13.2
5.4 5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.6 5.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Den Bosch have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 Volendam 19 12 6 1 47 25 10 7 2 1 26 14 9 5 4 0 21 11 22 42
2 Excelsior 19 13 2 4 47 25 9 5 2 2 21 13 10 8 0 2 26 12 22 41
3 FC Emmen 19 11 3 5 29 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 10 5 3 2 12 9 14 36
4 Jong Ajax 19 11 3 5 44 31 9 6 1 2 24 14 10 5 2 3 20 17 13 36
5 ADO Den Haag 19 13 2 4 44 23 9 7 0 2 22 11 10 6 2 2 22 12 21 35
6 De Graafschap 19 10 3 6 31 23 10 3 3 4 10 14 9 7 0 2 21 9 8 33
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 19 8 6 5 37 27 10 3 4 3 16 14 9 5 2 2 21 13 10 30
8 FC Eindhoven 19 9 3 7 33 27 9 6 2 1 18 10 10 3 1 6 15 17 6 30
9 NAC Breda 19 7 6 6 31 23 9 5 3 1 17 7 10 2 3 5 14 16 8 27
10 FC Den Bosch 19 8 1 10 22 34 10 6 0 4 12 17 9 2 1 6 10 17 -12 25
11 VVV-Venlo 19 7 2 10 21 25 10 5 1 4 14 12 9 2 1 6 7 13 -4 23
12 MVV Maastricht 19 7 2 10 22 39 10 4 2 4 15 17 9 3 0 6 7 22 -17 23
13 Jong PSV 19 6 4 9 29 32 10 4 2 4 16 14 9 2 2 5 13 18 -3 22
14 Jong Utrecht 19 6 4 9 24 31 9 3 0 6 9 17 10 3 4 3 15 14 -7 22
15 Jong AZ 19 6 3 10 16 22 10 4 2 4 8 9 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 21
16 Helmond Sport 19 5 4 10 17 29 10 3 2 5 9 17 9 2 2 5 8 12 -12 19
17 Telstar 19 4 7 8 22 39 9 1 3 5 12 23 10 3 4 3 10 16 -17 19
18 Almere City 19 4 5 10 31 40 9 2 2 5 15 19 10 2 3 5 16 21 -9 17
19 FC Oss 19 3 6 10 20 31 10 2 4 4 14 17 9 1 2 6 6 14 -11 15
20 FC Dordrecht 19 2 4 13 22 48 9 1 3 5 10 19 10 1 1 8 12 29 -26 10

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.