Home advantage could prove decisive in MVV Maastricht - TOP Oss battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 25.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

It's still early in the Eerste Divisie season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the MVV Maastricht - TOP Oss preview!

Maastricht have less rest than TOP Oss in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only three days ago. That game was an away game at FC Den Bosch, so at least MVV Maastricht are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht's first Eerste Divisie home game here at De Geusselt ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 14 matches.

The fans are hoping that Maastricht will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Eerste Divisie game against FC Den Bosch (placed 9th). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Telstar.

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 Maastricht have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost three.

MVV Maastricht has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 7 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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TOP Oss form and stats

It's not happening yet for TOP Oss on their Eerste Divisie travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as TOP have lost on their last two travels.

TOP's last game was the home draw against SC Cambuur (2-2). Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Almere City's place.

TOP Oss are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of six matches.

TOP Oss have the goal stats of 0-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Maastricht, one draw and two wins for TOP Oss. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

MVV Maastricht missing players

TOP Oss missing players

MVV Maastricht TOP Oss
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
3 1 0 Scored S 0 0 3
10 7 0 Conceded C 0 6 10
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
40 9 0 Total Shots T S 0 16 37
14 2 0 Shots on Target S O 0 5 12
21% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • TOP Oss has the fewest scored goals (0) away in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss has the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss has the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Eerste Divisie
MVV Maastricht Last season TOP Oss
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   15 29
7 6   Won W   1 6
6 4   Drew D   4 7
16 4   Lost L   10 16
37 23   Scored S   11 28
53 17   Conceded C   34 53
90% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
83% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 83%
66% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 62%
45% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 31%
28% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
55% 50%   BTTS BTTS   53% 59%
24% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 14%
31% 29%   Failed to Score F T   40% 34%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
4 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
216 92   Total Shots T S   126 263
89 35   Shots on Target S O   49 108
42% 66%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 NAC Breda 4 4 0 0 12 2 2 2 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 10 12
2 Almere City 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 7 4 6 10
3 Roda JC Kerkrade 4 3 0 1 11 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 7 9
4 SC Cambuur 4 2 1 1 11 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 9 3 6 7
5 Telstar 4 2 1 1 8 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 7
6 FC Eindhoven 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 7
7 Excelsior 4 2 0 2 14 10 2 0 0 2 5 8 2 2 0 0 9 2 4 6
8 Graafschap 3 2 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 1 3 7 2 6
9 FC Den Bosch 4 2 0 2 7 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 6
10 NEC 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
11 Jong PSV 4 2 0 2 8 10 2 0 0 2 2 8 2 2 0 0 6 2 -2 6
12 Jong AZ 4 2 0 2 11 14 2 1 0 1 8 7 2 1 0 1 3 7 -3 6
13 Go Ahead Eagles 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 -1 4
14 FC Volendam 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
15 Helmond Sport 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 4
16 MVV Maastricht 4 1 1 2 3 10 1 0 0 1 1 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 -7 4
17 Jong Ajax 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 -3 3
18 Jong Utrecht 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 -3 3
19 TOP Oss 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 1
20 FC Dordrecht 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 29 21 3 5 68 25 14 11 1 2 40 14 15 10 2 3 28 11 43 66
2 Graafschap 29 17 11 1 63 28 14 10 4 0 36 10 15 7 7 1 27 18 35 62
3 FC Volendam 29 16 7 6 57 42 15 9 5 1 35 20 14 7 2 5 22 22 15 55
4 Jong Ajax 29 16 6 7 72 47 14 9 3 2 40 17 15 7 3 5 32 30 25 54
5 NAC Breda 29 14 8 7 48 30 15 9 3 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 21 18 18 50
6 Go Ahead Eagles 29 12 12 5 49 41 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 5 5 4 22 27 8 48
7 Excelsior 29 13 8 8 65 55 15 9 3 3 44 32 14 4 5 5 21 23 10 47
8 NEC 29 12 9 8 51 37 14 6 5 3 24 17 15 6 4 5 27 20 14 45
9 Almere City 29 13 5 11 44 42 14 10 1 3 25 14 15 3 4 8 19 28 2 44
10 Telstar 29 12 8 9 47 48 15 8 1 6 21 21 14 4 7 3 26 27 -1 44
11 FC Den Bosch 29 10 11 8 56 49 15 6 6 3 31 20 14 4 5 5 25 29 7 38
12 Jong Utrecht 29 10 8 11 48 47 15 8 5 2 34 20 14 2 3 9 14 27 1 38
13 FC Eindhoven 29 9 7 13 46 59 15 7 5 3 29 23 14 2 2 10 17 36 -13 34
14 Jong AZ 29 7 7 15 45 61 15 6 4 5 26 25 14 1 3 10 19 36 -16 28
15 MVV Maastricht 29 7 6 16 37 53 14 6 4 4 23 17 15 1 2 12 14 36 -16 27
16 TOP Oss 29 6 7 16 28 53 14 5 3 6 17 19 15 1 4 10 11 34 -25 25
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 5 10 14 36 52 14 4 4 6 28 28 15 1 6 8 8 24 -16 22
18 Jong PSV 29 5 7 17 34 56 14 4 5 5 18 19 15 1 2 12 16 37 -22 22
19 FC Dordrecht 29 4 8 17 34 66 14 2 4 8 18 29 15 2 4 9 16 37 -32 20
20 Helmond Sport 29 3 8 18 25 62 15 2 5 8 14 25 14 1 3 10 11 37 -37 17

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.