The home advantage belongs to MVV Maastricht in this game vs TOP Oss, but the away side will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!
- MVV Maastricht have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- TOP Oss have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Maastricht have less rest than TOP Oss in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. This match was also played here at De Geusselt. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, TOP Oss have had more rest.
MVV Maastricht form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for MVV Maastricht at their home stadium (De Geusselt) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Maastricht, who played 1-1 against Roda JC Kerkrade. That match was also played at this venue (De Geusselt). MVV Maastricht's goalie Romain Matthys played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Roda JC Kerkrade with a stunning eight saves. Romain Matthys, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.21 out of 10 in that game. Matthys stopped the opponent with eight saves.
Ahead of that match, Maastricht lost 1-2 at home to Jong PSV.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 MVV Maastricht have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost two.
The Maastricht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Maastricht have conceded 16 from these games.
TOP Oss form and stats
There's been little loot from TOP Oss's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Eerste Divisie. TOP Oss only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. TOP Oss are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the FC Dordrecht fixture.
TOP's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Telstar that finished 1-1. Midfielder Rick Stuy Van Den Herik was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Herik served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at FC Den Bosch before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by TOP Oss in our archives, and the results are: two wins for TOP, three draws and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting TOP Oss as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, TOP have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two teams are: six wins for MVV Maastricht, two draws and two wins for TOP Oss. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ntelo 7 goals | S. Blummel 5 goals | O. Džepar 4 goals |
MVV Maastricht missing players
TOP Oss missing players
| MVV Maastricht | TOP Oss | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 20 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 36 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 76% |
| 59% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 65% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 24% |
| 24% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 47% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 53% |
| 29% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 50% | 35% |
| 3 | 3.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 6.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.2 | 9.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 52% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 25% |
| 13.6 | 11.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 13.1 | 13.5 |
| 5.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as TOP Oss have scored away.
- MVV Maastricht have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- MVV Maastricht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- MVV Maastricht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- TOP Oss have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- TOP Oss have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- TOP Oss haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | FC Volendam | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Graafschap | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 29 |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Telstar | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 18 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
| 18 | Almere City | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -11 | 13 |
| 19 | TOP Oss | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -22 | 10 |