Balanced ball game between MVV Maastricht and Jong AZ expected

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

Important shoot-out in the "wrong" end of the Eerste Divisie, with both MVV Maastricht and Jong AZ undergoing more angst than delight. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 15th and the visitors in 16th place.

Insights:
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (23) in Eerste Divisie

MVV Maastricht and Jong AZ should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, MVV Maastricht, who have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Eerste Divisie, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 13 games. When MVV Maastricht hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like MVV Maastricht, Jong Utrecht, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, Almere City and Helmond Sport), they have won 2 of 3 matches! With seven home Eerste Divisie games in a row without a win, the MVV Maastricht fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the FC Dordrecht game long ago, can be stopped today.

A strong away win for MVV Maastricht against ADO Den Haag the last match, as Lake (2) and Remans were on target. Attacking player Lake edged out all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 9.4 out of 10. Lake scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Maastricht lost 0-5 at home to VVV-Venlo.

This is expected to be a close game, with MVV Maastricht perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with MVV Maastricht as a small favourite), we find five games. MVV Maastricht has won two of these, drawn two and lost one.

MVV Maastricht has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. MVV Maastricht have conceded 24 from these games.

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Jong AZ form and stats

There's been little loot from Jong AZ's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 13 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Jong AZ only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Jong have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the VVV-Venlo game.

Jong AZ play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to FC Volendam (placed 1st). Taabouni, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.41. Taabouni scored one goal and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jong Ajax wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Jong AZ in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Jong AZ, zero draws and three defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Jong are hosting NAC Breda in the Eerste Divisie only three days away.

The attacking power of Jong AZ when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jong AZ have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Jong is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Jong Utrecht, Jong AZ, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, Almere City and Helmond Sport.

Head 2 Head

Jong AZ - MVV Maastricht 0-1 was the story when these two participants formerly did battle, also in this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four MVV Maastricht victories, two draws and two Jong AZ wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtM. Ntelo
M. Ntelo
7 goals
MaastrichtM. Remans
M. Remans
6 goals
MVV MaastrichtS. Blummel
S. Blummel
5 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

Jong AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
MVV Maastricht Jong AZ
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 25
8 4 2 Won W 1 2 7
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
16 7 1 Lost L 2 10 14
26 15 5 Scored S 3 10 23
52 24 4 Conceded C 5 20 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
69% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 60%
54% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 40%
31% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 12%
23% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
46% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 46% 44%
19% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 16%
35% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 46% 44%
 
3.5 3.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 5.9 5.6
6 5.8 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.4 5.4
1.7 1.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.2 5.8 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.2 9.3
3 2.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.6 3.8
33% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 21% 24%
 
14.2 11.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 12.2 11.5
6.4 4.5 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 6 5.3
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest points (7) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (10) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (23) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • MVV Maastricht have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht 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 FC Volendam 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Jong Ajax 26 15 4 7 55 41 13 9 2 2 31 17 13 6 2 5 24 24 14 49
4 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
5 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
6 Excelsior 26 14 4 8 57 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 13 8 1 4 28 20 18 46
7 Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 25 11 9 5 51 31 13 5 5 3 23 15 12 6 4 2 28 16 20 42
9 Jong PSV 25 10 5 10 43 36 13 7 2 4 26 15 12 3 3 6 17 21 7 35
10 VVV-Venlo 25 10 2 13 35 37 13 6 1 6 21 21 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 32
11 NAC Breda 24 7 9 8 34 31 12 5 6 1 19 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 3 30
12 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
13 TOP Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
14 FC Den Bosch 25 8 2 15 27 46 13 6 0 7 12 22 12 2 2 8 15 24 -19 26
15 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
16 Jong AZ 25 7 4 14 23 32 12 5 3 4 13 12 13 2 1 10 10 20 -9 25
17 Jong Utrecht 25 7 4 14 27 47 13 4 0 9 12 27 12 3 4 5 15 20 -20 25
18 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
19 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 21
20 Almere City 26 4 8 14 36 55 13 2 4 7 17 26 13 2 4 7 19 29 -19 20

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 FC Volendam 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Jong Ajax 26 15 4 7 55 41 13 9 2 2 31 17 13 6 2 5 24 24 14 49
4 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
5 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
6 Excelsior 26 14 4 8 57 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 13 8 1 4 28 20 18 46
7 Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 25 11 9 5 51 31 13 5 5 3 23 15 12 6 4 2 28 16 20 42
9 Jong PSV 25 10 5 10 43 36 13 7 2 4 26 15 12 3 3 6 17 21 7 35
10 VVV-Venlo 25 10 2 13 35 37 13 6 1 6 21 21 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 32
11 NAC Breda 24 7 9 8 34 31 12 5 6 1 19 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 3 30
12 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
13 TOP Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
14 FC Den Bosch 25 8 2 15 27 46 13 6 0 7 12 22 12 2 2 8 15 24 -19 26
15 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
16 Jong AZ 25 7 4 14 23 32 12 5 3 4 13 12 13 2 1 10 10 20 -9 25
17 Jong Utrecht 25 7 4 14 27 47 13 4 0 9 12 27 12 3 4 5 15 20 -20 25
18 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
19 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 21
20 Almere City 26 4 8 14 36 55 13 2 4 7 17 26 13 2 4 7 19 29 -19 20

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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.