Eerste Divisie match preview: NEC versus Jong Ajax

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 11.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goffertstadion (12500 seats)

After the first game it's NEC - Jong Ajax 0-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Eerste Divisie game of the season?

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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NEC form and stats

NEC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus SC Cambuur. Prior to that, an away loss at SC Cambuur.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for NEC as they are travelling to their away game against FC Volendam in the Eerste Divisie. That match is four days after this one.

Last season, NEC's league statistics were 12 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Eerste Divisie. Over these 29 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season NEC managed 6-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 17 conceded.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

The attacking players of Jong have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 244 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Jong in their previous game, as they lost their Eerste Divisie-match, hosting Roda JC Kerkrade, 0-4. A 0-4 defeat away at FC Volendam before that.

Jong lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jong PSV in just three days.

Let's have a look at how Jong Ajax performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 72 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 32/30 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): NEC won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Jong Ajax has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / two

NEC missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NEC Jong Ajax
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
11 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 9
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
NEC Last season Jong Ajax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   15 29
12 6   Won W   7 16
9 5   Drew D   3 6
8 3   Lost L   5 7
51 24   Scored S   32 72
37 17   Conceded C   30 47
90% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 97%
55% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 69%
31% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   60% 62%
24% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   47% 45%
59% 50%   BTTS BTTS   73% 66%
31% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 31%
21% 14%   Failed to Score F T   13% 7%
 
6.4 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 6.6
4.5 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.1
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
359 194   Total Shots T S   166 340
149 78   Shots on Target S O   76 164
34% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 44%

  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 2 2 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 8 6
2 NAC Breda 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 6
3 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 6
4 Almere City 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 2 4
5 Telstar 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
6 Excelsior 2 1 0 1 10 7 1 0 0 1 4 6 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 3
7 De Graafschap 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 FC Eindhoven 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
9 FC Den Bosch 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
10 Helmond Sport 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 FC Dordrecht 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 MVV Maastricht 2 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 -6 1
15 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 TOP Oss 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
18 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
19 Jong AZ 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0
20 Jong PSV 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
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 De 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

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 SC Cambuur 2 2 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 8 6
2 NAC Breda 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 6
3 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 6
4 Almere City 2 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 2 4
5 Telstar 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
6 Excelsior 2 1 0 1 10 7 1 0 0 1 4 6 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 3
7 De Graafschap 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 FC Eindhoven 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
9 FC Den Bosch 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
10 Helmond Sport 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 FC Dordrecht 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 MVV Maastricht 2 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 -6 1
15 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 TOP Oss 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
18 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
19 Jong AZ 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0
20 Jong PSV 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0

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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.