Crucial battle in the bottom part of the Eerste Divisie, with both Jong Utrecht and TOP Oss experiencing more anxiety than glee. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the host team at 20th and the visiting team in 17th position.
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (27) in Eerste Divisie
- TOP Oss have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both contenders have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an active fixture!
Jong Utrecht form and stats
With 3 Eerste Divisie wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Jong Utrecht are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Jong Utrecht with their six defeats in a row. Not since the NAC Breda game, 48 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Jong Utrecht haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 388 minutes ago. Descotte scored that one.
Utrecht lost their last game at Almere City (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Yah was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Yah hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Jong Utrecht lost 0-2 at PEC Zwolle's place.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 Utrecht have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Not much happening? In this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Jong Utrecht aren't scoring a lot here at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch in the league, with only {12 goals} from 15 games. 18 goals have been conceded. Jong Utrecht has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
TOP Oss form and stats
TOP Oss have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 4-2-9 (15 played).
TOP Oss's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Helmond Sport that finished 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against Helmond Sport after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Wels needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Attacker Tejan got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Tejan served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Prior to that match, the TOP manager Wels faced defeat when travelling to Telstar and losing 0-1.We have checked recent matches where TOP Oss have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting De Graafschap in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting TOP Oss as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. TOP have conceded 28 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When TOP Oss is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Roda JC Kerkrade, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, TOP Oss, Helmond Sport and Jong Ajax.
Head 2 Head
TOP Oss - Jong Utrecht 3-0 was the end result in these squads' latest h2h fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Utrecht three wins, zero draws and TOP Oss seven victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Margaritha 9 goals |  D. Sanches Fernandes 8 goals | M. Rijks 6 goals |
Jong Utrecht missing players
TOP Oss missing players
| Jong Utrecht | TOP Oss | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 36 |
| 53 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 28 | 57 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 74% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 81% |
| 45% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 68% |
| 23% | 13% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 29% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| 45% | 27% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 47% | 52% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 48% | 60% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 11.4 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6.7 | 7.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| 23% | 23% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 86% | 46% | 41% |
| 12.2 | 11.9 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12.7 | 13.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest points (12) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest scored goals (27) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- TOP Oss have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 83 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 51 | 72 |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 87 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 67 |
| 3 | Almere City | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 56 |
| 4 | Willem II | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 53 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | VVV-Venlo | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 7 | 52 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | MVV Maastricht | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 56 | 56 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 47 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 55 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 34 | -3 | 46 |
| 9 | Telstar | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 43 |
| 10 | De Graafschap | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 42 |
| 11 | ADO Den Haag | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 42 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 41 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -1 | 41 |
| 14 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -3 | 41 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -17 | 35 |
| 16 | Jong Ajax | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -4 | 34 |
| 17 | TOP Oss | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 57 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -21 | 31 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 42 | 75 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 47 | -33 | 30 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -22 | 27 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 31 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 35 | -26 | 20 |
