Eerste Divisie duel: Close contest expected between Jong Utrecht and Jong Ajax

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 24.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch (450 seats)

Points have been hard to come by for Jong Utrecht so far, and you could say the same about Jong Ajax. These brave battlers have a chance to get some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (31) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eerste Divisie

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Jong Utrecht form and stats

Jong Utrecht's results here at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch in the Eerste Divisie have been very modest with 4 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. When Jong Utrecht hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jong Utrecht, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, FC Oss, Jong PSV and Helmond Sport), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

The followers are hoping that Jong Utrecht will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the game against Jong AZ (placed 10th). As you see from the result above, Utrecht suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Nijhuis had a busy but productive day in the Jong AZ match. Despite making ten saves the loss could not be prevented.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting FC Oss in a game that was won 4-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Jong Utrecht have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 8.

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

20 goals have been conceded. Jong Utrecht has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

4-5-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Jong Ajax, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eerste Divisie, in their Eerste Divisie matches away. Jong love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Jong Ajax won their last game, 5-4 versus Jong PSV played at home. A crazy, crazy match with heaps of goals last time out for Jong, as mentioned above. 9 goals in total, will this game be as exciting? Midfield player Conceição was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.85/10. Conceição scored two goals, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

Prior to that result Jong Ajax won their away game at Telstar. The scoreline was 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Jong Ajax in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Jong Ajax, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Jong have another fixture away from home in just four sleeps, a Eerste Divisie match against VVV-Venlo. A back-breaking calendar for the visiting team!

Jong Ajax are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 16 away games so far. Jong Ajax have conceded 38 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived match featuring both these sides is the Jong Ajax - Utrecht 1-2 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Jong Utrecht wins - draws - Jong Ajax wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

Jong Utrecht missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Jong Utrecht Jong Ajax
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
6 4 2 Won W 1 4 10
5 3 0 Drew D 3 5 10
22 9 2 Lost L 1 7 13
31 16 6 Scored S 10 27 63
59 20 4 Conceded C 11 38 65
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
76% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 91%
48% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 67%
27% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 56% 48%
15% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 44% 36%
45% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 81% 79%
9% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
48% 56% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 18%
 
4.4 4.4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.2
4.9 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.6 5
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.4
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.7 12.1 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.3 11.1
3.9 4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 4.8
24% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 36% 40%
 
12.3 11.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 14.8 11.9
5.1 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 6 4.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong Ajax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Jong Utrecht.
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest points (15) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (16) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (31) in Eerste Divisie

  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 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 33 19 5 9 49 36 16 9 3 4 27 18 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 62
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 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 Jong AZ 33 12 8 13 54 52 17 8 6 3 36 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 2 44
11 ADO Den Haag 33 11 10 12 42 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 16 5 6 5 16 22 -7 43
12 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
14 Jong PSV 33 11 8 14 55 56 16 7 2 7 30 26 17 4 6 7 25 30 -1 41
15 Jong Ajax 33 10 10 13 63 65 17 6 5 6 36 27 16 4 5 7 27 38 -2 40
16 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
17 FC Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 33 6 5 22 31 59 16 4 3 9 16 20 17 2 2 13 15 39 -28 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 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 33 19 5 9 49 36 16 9 3 4 27 18 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 62
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 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 Jong AZ 33 12 8 13 54 52 17 8 6 3 36 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 2 44
11 ADO Den Haag 33 11 10 12 42 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 16 5 6 5 16 22 -7 43
12 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
14 Jong PSV 33 11 8 14 55 56 16 7 2 7 30 26 17 4 6 7 25 30 -1 41
15 Jong Ajax 33 10 10 13 63 65 17 6 5 6 36 27 16 4 5 7 27 38 -2 40
16 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
17 FC Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 33 6 5 22 31 59 16 4 3 9 16 20 17 2 2 13 15 39 -28 23

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