Jong AZ supporters put their faith in manager Martens to deliver victory against MVV Maastricht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 08.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Trainingscomplex (1000 seats)

Jong AZ and MVV Maastricht are keen to show off their new players and finesse: It's the first fixture of the Eerste Divisie season.

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Jong AZ form and stats

Last season, Jong AZ's league stats were 12 wins, 6 draws and 20 losses, leading to 13th position in the Eerste Divisie. In these 38 matches they scored 39 goals and gave away 50. Playing as the home side in the former season Jong AZ delivered 7-3-9 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 22 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Jong handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

There will be little rest for Jong AZ after this match as they are travelling to Helmond Sport for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.

Jong AZ have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Jong AZ scored 16 goals and let in 7 goals during these six games.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

Let's have a look at how MVV Maastricht performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 4 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 75 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 21/38 goals scored/conceded.

Maastricht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

It's a day of discovery for MVV Maastricht as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which MVV Maastricht have played two with the results W1-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games MVV Maastricht has scored 16 goals and conceded 0 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the last nine meetings): Jong AZ won three games, two matches ended with a tie and MVV Maastricht got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / two

Jong AZ missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players

Jong AZ MVV Maastricht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Jong AZ Last season MVV Maastricht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 7   Won W   7 12
6 3   Drew D   1 4
20 9   Lost L   11 22
39 19   Scored S   21 43
50 22   Conceded C   38 75
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
61% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 74%
42% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 61%
18% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 37%
13% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 21%
39% 37%   BTTS BTTS   53% 55%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 18%
45% 47%   Failed to Score F T   26% 26%
 
5 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 3.9
5.9 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6
1.3 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
2 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
8.9 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 6.7
3.6 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 2.8
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 40%
 
11.5 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   16.1 12.7
5.3 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   8.3 6.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ADO Den Haag 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Graafschap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Den Bosch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Dordrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Eindhoven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Helmond Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Jong Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jong AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jong PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Jong Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MVV Maastricht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 NAC Breda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Roda JC Kerkrade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Telstar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FC Oss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 VVV-Venlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 Emmen 38 26 5 7 64 24 19 15 0 4 41 12 19 11 5 3 23 12 40 83
2 FC Volendam 38 21 12 5 81 53 19 13 3 3 47 28 19 8 9 2 34 25 28 75
3 FC Eindhoven 38 21 8 9 69 43 19 12 4 3 39 19 19 9 4 6 30 24 26 71
4 ADO Den Haag 38 22 7 9 76 53 19 12 4 3 39 21 19 10 3 6 37 32 23 67
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 18 12 8 77 50 19 10 6 3 42 24 19 8 6 5 35 26 27 66
6 Excelsior 38 19 9 10 82 57 19 9 5 5 44 28 19 10 4 5 38 29 25 66
7 Jong Ajax 38 18 9 11 82 63 19 12 4 3 51 28 19 6 5 8 31 35 19 63
8 NAC Breda 38 16 11 11 60 45 19 10 7 2 33 13 19 6 4 9 27 32 15 59
9 Graafschap 38 15 11 12 52 43 19 4 8 7 18 25 19 11 3 5 34 18 9 56
10 VVV-Venlo 38 14 6 18 50 64 19 7 4 8 27 33 19 7 2 10 23 31 -14 48
11 FC Den Bosch 38 14 5 19 42 61 19 10 1 8 23 27 19 4 4 11 19 34 -19 47
12 Jong PSV 38 11 11 16 61 63 19 7 6 6 35 28 19 4 5 10 26 35 -2 44
13 Jong AZ 38 12 6 20 39 50 19 7 3 9 19 22 19 5 3 11 20 28 -11 42
14 Almere City 38 11 8 19 57 69 19 5 4 10 26 32 19 6 4 9 31 37 -12 41
15 FC Oss 38 11 8 19 48 62 19 6 5 8 28 28 19 5 3 11 20 34 -14 41
16 MVV Maastricht 38 12 4 22 43 75 19 5 3 11 22 37 19 7 1 11 21 38 -32 40
17 FC Dordrecht 38 10 9 19 53 77 19 6 6 7 28 31 19 4 3 12 25 46 -24 39
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 5 22 43 67 19 5 0 14 16 35 19 6 5 8 27 32 -24 38
19 Telstar 38 8 11 19 47 74 19 4 5 10 21 39 19 4 6 9 26 35 -27 35
20 Helmond Sport 38 8 7 23 39 72 19 4 4 11 20 36 19 4 3 12 19 36 -33 28

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.