De Geusselt: MVV Maastricht vs Jong AZ Eerste Divisie pre-match guide

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

The table tells us that 12 points divide the pair of two sets of gladiators in this Eerste Divisie fixture. MVV Maastricht enjoy both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jong AZ have scored away.

Maastricht have less rest than Jong AZ in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong PSV.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht have performed here at De Geusselt this season with 12 wins from 17 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, MVV Maastricht are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

A strong away win for Maastricht against Jong PSV the last match, as van Bommel were on target. Matthys loved the game against Jong PSV. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Matthys, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.82 out of 10 in that game. Matthys topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against FC Dordrecht.

Goals decide football matches and MVV Maastricht are scoring many of them at home; 39 on target from 17 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Jong AZ form and stats

Jong AZ have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 4-2-11 (17 played). Bitter travels for Jong as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Jong PSV match.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Jong AZ, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus FC Dordrecht (placed 17th). Gom was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.14. The defender Gom hit two key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that, Jong AZ secured a home win against Jong Utrecht with the score 4-0.

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

Jong AZ are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 17 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Jong AZ's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 32 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met previously this season: Jong AZ - Maastricht 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): MVV Maastricht four wins, two draws and Jong AZ four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MaastrichtR. van Bommel
R. van Bommel
13 goals
Jong AZY. Barasi
Y. Barasi
10 goals
MVV MaastrichtK. Kostons
K. Kostons
9 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

Jong AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
MVV Maastricht Jong AZ
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
17 12 3 Won W 1 4 12
5 3 2 Drew D 0 2 8
12 2 0 Lost L 4 11 14
61 39 12 Scored S 4 18 54
58 19 7 Conceded C 10 32 53
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
82% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 82%
71% 65% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 56%
50% 59% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 47%
29% 29% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 21%
68% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 59%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 15%
15% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 29%
 
3.7 3.3 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.1
5.8 5.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.4 5.2
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10 10.8 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 9.2 11
4.1 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.3 5.5
44% 48% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 29%
 
13.9 12.6 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 12.4 12.5
5.2 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5.9 5.3
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jong AZ have scored away.
  • 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 PEC Zwolle 34 24 4 6 88 37 17 13 2 2 51 17 17 11 2 4 37 20 51 76
2 Heracles Almelo 34 23 4 7 92 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 17 10 1 6 36 24 51 73
3 Almere City 34 19 6 9 50 37 17 9 4 4 28 19 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 63
4 Willem II 33 17 8 8 59 35 17 11 2 4 31 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 24 59
5 MVV Maastricht 34 17 5 12 61 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 17 5 2 10 22 39 3 56
6 VVV-Venlo 34 15 8 11 52 47 17 5 7 5 22 20 17 10 1 6 30 27 5 53
7 NAC Breda 33 16 4 13 56 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 17 7 2 8 27 35 0 52
8 FC Eindhoven 34 14 9 11 53 51 17 9 4 4 35 22 17 5 5 7 18 29 2 51
9 Graafschap 34 13 7 14 56 48 17 8 2 7 26 19 17 5 5 7 30 29 8 46
10 ADO Den Haag 34 12 10 12 43 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 17 6 6 5 17 22 -6 46
11 Telstar 34 12 10 12 35 49 17 7 4 6 20 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -14 46
12 Jong AZ 34 12 8 14 54 53 17 8 6 3 36 21 17 4 2 11 18 32 1 44
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 12 6 16 43 48 17 7 3 7 24 22 17 5 3 9 19 26 -5 42
14 Jong PSV 34 11 8 15 55 57 17 7 2 8 30 27 17 4 6 7 25 30 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 34 10 10 14 63 66 17 6 5 6 36 27 17 4 5 8 27 39 -3 40
16 Helmond Sport 34 10 8 16 33 51 17 7 3 7 23 21 17 3 5 9 10 30 -18 38
17 FC Dordrecht 34 9 6 19 36 57 17 6 3 8 20 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -21 33
18 FC Den Bosch 34 10 3 21 44 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 17 3 1 13 16 49 -35 33
19 FC Oss 34 9 5 20 41 68 17 5 3 9 26 32 17 4 2 11 15 36 -27 32
20 Jong Utrecht 34 7 5 22 32 59 17 5 3 9 17 20 17 2 2 13 15 39 -27 26

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 34 24 4 6 88 37 17 13 2 2 51 17 17 11 2 4 37 20 51 76
2 Heracles Almelo 34 23 4 7 92 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 17 10 1 6 36 24 51 73
3 Almere City 34 19 6 9 50 37 17 9 4 4 28 19 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 63
4 Willem II 33 17 8 8 59 35 17 11 2 4 31 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 24 59
5 MVV Maastricht 34 17 5 12 61 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 17 5 2 10 22 39 3 56
6 VVV-Venlo 34 15 8 11 52 47 17 5 7 5 22 20 17 10 1 6 30 27 5 53
7 NAC Breda 33 16 4 13 56 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 17 7 2 8 27 35 0 52
8 FC Eindhoven 34 14 9 11 53 51 17 9 4 4 35 22 17 5 5 7 18 29 2 51
9 Graafschap 34 13 7 14 56 48 17 8 2 7 26 19 17 5 5 7 30 29 8 46
10 ADO Den Haag 34 12 10 12 43 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 17 6 6 5 17 22 -6 46
11 Telstar 34 12 10 12 35 49 17 7 4 6 20 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -14 46
12 Jong AZ 34 12 8 14 54 53 17 8 6 3 36 21 17 4 2 11 18 32 1 44
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 12 6 16 43 48 17 7 3 7 24 22 17 5 3 9 19 26 -5 42
14 Jong PSV 34 11 8 15 55 57 17 7 2 8 30 27 17 4 6 7 25 30 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 34 10 10 14 63 66 17 6 5 6 36 27 17 4 5 8 27 39 -3 40
16 Helmond Sport 34 10 8 16 33 51 17 7 3 7 23 21 17 3 5 9 10 30 -18 38
17 FC Dordrecht 34 9 6 19 36 57 17 6 3 8 20 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -21 33
18 FC Den Bosch 34 10 3 21 44 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 17 3 1 13 16 49 -35 33
19 FC Oss 34 9 5 20 41 68 17 5 3 9 26 32 17 4 2 11 15 36 -27 32
20 Jong Utrecht 34 7 5 22 32 59 17 5 3 9 17 20 17 2 2 13 15 39 -27 26

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