The table reveals that 3 points separate the two combatants in this Eerste Divisie fixture. Jong AZ have both the points- and home ground advantage.
- Jong AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eerste Divisie
It should be mentioned that Jong Ajax 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 Jong Ajax on artifical turf are 4 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats from 26 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 31-55. You can compare this with overall results below.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only three days ago.
Jong AZ form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Eerste Divisie games here at AFAS Trainingscomplex for Jong AZ. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
No payout for Jong AZ in their previous match, an away game at FC Oss that ended in defeat 1-2. The first defeat after going unbeaten through three league games. Brederode, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.64 (out of 10). Brederode served one assist, hit five key passes and had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Roda JC Kerkrade.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 8 games. Jong AZ has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 7 games), Jong's attacking play is working.
Jong Ajax form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eerste Divisie, on their Eerste Divisie travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Jong Ajax has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Jong Ajax played 4-4 against FC Den Bosch in their previous match. It looked so good for Jong vs FC Den Bosch, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 4-4 draw. The attacker Rasmussen got a match rating of 8.22 in that game. Rasmussen scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at FC Dordrecht.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Jong Ajax in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Jong Ajax, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.
Jong find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Jong Ajax have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jong AZ five wins, two draws and Jong Ajax three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Kjelder Rasmussen 7 goals |  S. Allouch 6 goals | I. Griffith 4 goals |
Jong AZ missing players
Jong Ajax missing players
| Jong AZ | Jong Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 93% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 67% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 60% |
| 47% | 71% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 57% | 53% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 43% | 33% |
| 53% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 20% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 33% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.3 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| 5.5 | 7.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 30% | 34% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 40% |
| 11.9 | 12.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 11.1 | 8.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
- Jong AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jong AZ have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Jong Ajax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Almere City | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Jong AZ | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Willem II | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | VVV-Venlo | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Telstar | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Graafschap | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 15 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 9 |
