Soccer game news: Home fans with high expectations before Roda JC Kerkrade - FC Den Bosch

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parkstad Limburg Stadion (19979 seats)

Roda JC Kerkrade have won 24 of their 42 in total here at their precious home ground. Will more points be won against FC Den Bosch?

Insights:
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (79) in Eerste Divisie

Roda JC Kerkrade and FC Den Bosch should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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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 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager de Graaf led his Roda JC Kerkrade to a defeat away at Heracles Almelo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Parkstad Limburg Stadion. Midfielder Douglas was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.73 (out of ten) in that game. Douglas hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

In the match before that, Roda JC Kerkrade hosted ADO Den Haag and drew the game 1-1.

Roda JC Kerkrade are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 6 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 2 and lost 1.

Kerkrade have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Parkstad Limburg Stadion with 24 goals in 16 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

FC Den Bosch have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-1-13 (16 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Helmond Sport with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Kalinauskas was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Kalinauskas served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

A 0-2 defeat away at NAC Breda before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where FC Den Bosch played away with similar odds. This revealed 10 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 9 times.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 22 of this team's 29 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

The attacking power of FC Den Bosch when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. FC Den Bosch can't defend away. 49 goals have been scored by the opposition in 16 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

FC Den Bosch - Kerkrade 0-3 was the story when this pair of teams formerly met, earlier this season. Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Roda JC Kerkrade, two draws and five wins for FC Den Bosch. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Roda JC KerkradeD. Vente
D. Vente
19 goals
FC Den BoschJ. Konings
J. Konings
10 goals
KerkradeB. Limbombe
B. Limbombe
7 goals

Roda JC Kerkrade missing players

FC Den Bosch missing players

Roda JC Kerkrade FC Den Bosch
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 33
12 7 4 Won W 1 2 9
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
15 6 1 Lost L 4 13 21
43 24 9 Scored S 4 15 43
47 21 3 Conceded C 10 49 79
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 81% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 88%
48% 50% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 69% 73%
24% 31% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 45%
15% 19% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 27%
58% 69% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 58%
18% 19% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 12%
24% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 33%
 
5 5.6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.6 4.8
4.7 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 5.4
1.6 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.5 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.5 12.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.6 7.4 8.2
4.6 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.4
28% 34% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 38%
 
8.9 7.9 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 14.2 12.6
3.7 3.3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.8 5.7
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Den Bosch have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Den Bosch have the fewest points (7) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (49) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (79) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals in the first half (38) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the the worst goal difference (-34) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the the worst goal difference (-36) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • Roda JC Kerkrade 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 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles Almelo 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 56 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 21 56
5 VVV-Venlo 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -2 49
9 Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
16 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
17 TOP Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

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.