Roda JC Kerkrade favourites for feisty fight facing Jong Ajax

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parkstad Limburg Stadion (19979 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's starring roles are Roda JC Kerkrade and Jong Ajax, 3 points is the target and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Eerste Divisie

11-5-11 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Jong Ajax when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 27 matches are 49-52 (scored/conceded).

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kerkrade and Jong Ajax.

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Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats

8-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Roda JC Kerkrade so far this season. Roda JC Kerkrade are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A strong away win for Roda JC Kerkrade against Jong AZ the last match. de Boer, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.43 out of 10 in that game. Boer topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Kerkrade won a home game hosting Jong Utrecht (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Roda JC Kerkrade handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, four draws and one defeat.

Roda JC Kerkrade have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Parkstad Limburg Stadion with 31 goals in 16 league matches.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

6-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Jong Ajax in their Eerste Divisie matches away. Visiting Jong has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Jong Ajax are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the fixture against TOP Oss (placed 15th). Midfielder Taylor was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.95. Taylor scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 71 successful passes (of 80 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus NAC Breda that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Jong Ajax have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, two draws and four defeats.

Jong has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 16 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jong Ajax have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These sides played each other earlier on this match year: Jong Ajax - Roda JC Kerkrade 2-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - two - three (Roda JC Kerkrade wins - draws - Jong Ajax wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Roda JC KerkradeD. Vente
D. Vente
19 goals
Jong AjaxN. Ünüvar
N. Ünüvar
13 goals
KerkradeP. Pflücke
P. Pflücke
10 goals

Roda JC Kerkrade missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Roda JC Kerkrade Jong Ajax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 3 16 33
16 8 1 Won W 1 6 17
11 5 1 Drew D 0 4 7
6 3 2 Lost L 2 6 9
66 31 5 Scored S 6 28 72
39 16 5 Conceded C 9 29 55
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
88% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 91%
61% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 73%
36% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 56% 52%
18% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 24%
58% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 79%
36% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 15%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 9%
 
6.3 6.8 10 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.3 5
4.2 4.1 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.5
1.1 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.9 14.9 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 13 12.2
6.5 7.7 8.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 5.2 5.5
31% 25% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 34% 40%
 
7.6 6.1 5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.8 9.9
3.8 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.7 5.3 4.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) 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 Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 33 18 11 4 69 45 16 11 2 3 39 24 17 7 9 1 30 21 24 65
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 16 11 6 66 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 17 8 6 3 35 23 27 59
6 Jong Ajax 33 17 7 9 72 55 17 11 3 3 44 26 16 6 4 6 28 29 17 58
7 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
8 De Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 33 13 10 10 49 39 16 8 7 1 26 10 17 5 3 9 23 29 10 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 33 11 5 17 33 42 17 7 3 7 19 20 16 4 2 10 14 22 -9 38
13 Jong PSV 32 10 7 15 52 54 17 7 4 6 32 25 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 37
14 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
15 TOP Oss 33 9 8 16 42 54 16 5 5 6 24 24 17 4 3 10 18 30 -12 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 33 9 4 20 33 59 17 5 0 12 14 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -26 31
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

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 Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 33 18 11 4 69 45 16 11 2 3 39 24 17 7 9 1 30 21 24 65
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 16 11 6 66 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 17 8 6 3 35 23 27 59
6 Jong Ajax 33 17 7 9 72 55 17 11 3 3 44 26 16 6 4 6 28 29 17 58
7 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
8 De Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 33 13 10 10 49 39 16 8 7 1 26 10 17 5 3 9 23 29 10 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 33 11 5 17 33 42 17 7 3 7 19 20 16 4 2 10 14 22 -9 38
13 Jong PSV 32 10 7 15 52 54 17 7 4 6 32 25 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 37
14 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
15 TOP Oss 33 9 8 16 42 54 16 5 5 6 24 24 17 4 3 10 18 30 -12 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 33 9 4 20 33 59 17 5 0 12 14 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -26 31
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

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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.