Home advantage could prove decisive in Jong AZ - Jong Utrecht battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 17.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Trainingscomplex (1000 seats)

The glass has been half empty for Jong AZ so far, and you could say the same about Jong Utrecht. These struggling sides would do anything for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Jong AZ is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Jong Utrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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 AZ form and stats

Jong AZ have collected 27 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 7-6-3. When Jong AZ hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jong AZ, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, TOP Oss, Helmond Sport and Jong Ajax), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

The followers are hoping that Jong AZ will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Almere City (placed 3rd). Jong AZ's goalkeeper Owusu-Oduro was extremely busy against Almere City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. The attacker Barasi was announced as "man of the match" for Jong with the rating of 7.83/10. Barasi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against De Graafschap that was lost 0-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Jong AZ have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 13 latest league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Jong AZ are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at FC Dordrecht awaits in four days.

Jong AZ have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Jong Utrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong Utrecht so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-12 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Utrecht as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the ADO Den Haag match.

Jong Utrecht won their last game, 4-2 versus TOP Oss played at home. Hooray; their first three points in the league after six games not winning. A mental match with lots of goals last time out for Jong Utrecht, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this game be as exciting? Fernandes, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Fernandes hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 11 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Almere City's place.

Utrecht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Jong Utrecht as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Jong Utrecht, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Jong Utrecht is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 5 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Utrecht, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, TOP Oss, Helmond Sport and Jong Ajax.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought previously this season: Jong Utrecht - Jong AZ 0-2. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Jong won five, Jong Utrecht triumphed in three and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jong UtrechtD. Sanches Fernandes
D. Sanches Fernandes
8 goals
Jong UtrechtM. Rijks
M. Rijks
7 goals

Jong AZ missing players

Jong Utrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Jong AZ Jong Utrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 16 32
11 7 2 Won W 2 2 6
8 6 2 Drew D 0 2 5
13 3 0 Lost L 3 12 21
50 32 8 Scored S 7 15 31
52 21 4 Conceded C 9 35 55
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
84% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 75%
56% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 62% 47%
47% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 25%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 16%
62% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 47%
12% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
28% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 47%
 
4.2 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.5 4.5
5.4 5.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 5.7 5.1
1.6 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
10.7 12.1 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.6 10.8
5.3 6.3 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.9 3.9
29% 32% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 24% 25%
 
12.7 12.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 12.5 12
5.5 4.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.3 4.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong AZ have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jong Utrecht have scored away.
  • Jong AZ is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Jong Utrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Jong Utrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jong Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Utrecht 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 PEC Zwolle 32 23 3 6 85 36 16 12 2 2 49 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 49 72
2 Heracles 32 21 4 7 90 41 16 12 3 1 55 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 49 67
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 55 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 20 56
5 VVV-Venlo 32 15 7 10 50 44 16 5 6 5 20 18 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 52
6 FC Eindhoven 32 14 8 10 50 47 16 9 4 3 34 20 16 5 4 7 16 27 3 50
7 MVV Maastricht 32 15 5 12 58 57 16 11 3 2 37 18 16 4 2 10 21 39 1 50
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 De Graafschap 32 13 6 13 53 44 16 8 2 6 26 18 16 5 4 7 27 26 9 45
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 32 11 10 11 34 47 16 6 4 6 19 24 16 5 6 5 15 23 -13 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
16 Helmond Sport 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 23 20 16 2 5 9 8 29 -18 35
17 TOP Oss 32 9 4 19 38 61 16 5 2 9 23 29 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 31
18 FC Dordrecht 32 8 6 18 34 55 16 5 3 8 19 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -21 30
19 FC Den Bosch 32 9 3 20 42 77 16 7 2 7 27 28 16 2 1 13 15 49 -35 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

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 PEC Zwolle 32 23 3 6 85 36 16 12 2 2 49 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 49 72
2 Heracles 32 21 4 7 90 41 16 12 3 1 55 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 49 67
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 55 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 20 56
5 VVV-Venlo 32 15 7 10 50 44 16 5 6 5 20 18 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 52
6 FC Eindhoven 32 14 8 10 50 47 16 9 4 3 34 20 16 5 4 7 16 27 3 50
7 MVV Maastricht 32 15 5 12 58 57 16 11 3 2 37 18 16 4 2 10 21 39 1 50
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 De Graafschap 32 13 6 13 53 44 16 8 2 6 26 18 16 5 4 7 27 26 9 45
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 32 11 10 11 34 47 16 6 4 6 19 24 16 5 6 5 15 23 -13 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
16 Helmond Sport 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 23 20 16 2 5 9 8 29 -18 35
17 TOP Oss 32 9 4 19 38 61 16 5 2 9 23 29 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 31
18 FC Dordrecht 32 8 6 18 34 55 16 5 3 8 19 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -21 30
19 FC Den Bosch 32 9 3 20 42 77 16 7 2 7 27 28 16 2 1 13 15 49 -35 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

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