Eerste Divisie match prediction: Little separates Roda JC Kerkrade and De Graafschap in quality

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parkstad Limburg Stadion (19979 seats)

Which side will claim the win when De Graafschap travel to Roda JC Kerkrade? In this preview you'll find all the relevant information and statistics necessary to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • De Graafschap have the most points (29) away in Eerste Divisie

12 - 5 - 6 with 46-36. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for De Graafschap when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. De Graafschap play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats

The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Roda JC Kerkrade at their home stadium (Parkstad Limburg Stadion) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Kerkrade haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Jong Ajax, 88 days ago.

The Roda JC Kerkrade manager Streppel and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus VVV-Venlo (placed 11th). Pflücke (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.21/10. Pflücke hit six key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).

Before that, Roda JC Kerkrade drew at home versus FC Volendam.

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 Kerkrade have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost three.

A decent goal production from Roda JC Kerkrade in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Roda JC Kerkrade have conceded 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed De Graafschap collect 29 points from their 13 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

There were no winners in Graafschap's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs FC Dordrecht (placed 18th). Attacker Hendriks got a player rating of 8.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Hendriks scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Telstar with the score of 3-0.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this season: De Graafschap - Roda JC Kerkrade 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Roda JC Kerkrade victories, two draws and four De Graafschap wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Roda JC KerkradeD. Vente
D. Vente
13 goals
Roda JC KerkradeP. Pflücke
P. Pflücke
9 goals
KerkradeX. Emmers
X. Emmers
8 goals

Roda JC Kerkrade missing players

De Graafschap missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Roda JC Kerkrade De Graafschap
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
11 5 1 Won W 4 9 13
10 5 3 Drew D 0 2 6
5 3 0 Lost L 0 2 7
52 23 4 Scored S 11 26 40
32 15 2 Conceded C 3 9 27
92% 85% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
88% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 77%
62% 54% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 62%
38% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 27%
19% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
62% 54% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 46%
35% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 54% 42%
12% 15% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 23%
 
6 7.1 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 6.1 6.9
4.5 4.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 3.5
1.3 0.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.2 15.5 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.1 13.8
6.8 8.1 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.5 5.4
29% 22% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 37% 28%
 
8.1 6.6 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.2 9.3
4.1 3.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.6 3.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • De Graafschap have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • De Graafschap have the most clean sheets (7) away in Eerste Divisie
  • De Graafschap have the most points (29) away in Eerste Divisie
  • De Graafschap have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Eerste Divisie

  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 De 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 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 Jong PSV 25 10 5 10 43 36 13 7 2 4 26 15 12 3 3 6 17 21 7 35
10 NAC Breda 25 8 9 8 36 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 5 33
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
13 FC 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 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 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 De 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 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 Jong PSV 25 10 5 10 43 36 13 7 2 4 26 15 12 3 3 6 17 21 7 35
10 NAC Breda 25 8 9 8 36 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 5 33
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
13 FC 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 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 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.