Telstar v Jong AZ betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 24.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: BUKO Stadion (5200 seats)

A quick glance at the Eerste Divisie standings suggest an upper hand to Jong AZ when they come to Telstar. Nevertheless; let's wait before we pick a winner!

Insights:
  • Telstar have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Eerste Divisie

This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Telstar form and stats

Telstar have played three Eerste Divisie home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Happy days for Telstar in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at FC Dordrecht (placed 20th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Midfield player Sven Van Doorm got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Doorm served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 38 successful passes (of 42 total).

Before that, Telstar drew at home versus Almere City.

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 Telstar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost three.

The Telstar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Telstar have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Jong AZ form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Eerste Divisie away games so far for Jong AZ with six points collected from three matches.

Two away games in a row for Jong AZ, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus FC Den Bosch in the Eerste Divisie. Sem Westerveld (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.44. Westerveld stopped the opponent with five saves.

Before that, Jong secured a home win against De Graafschap with the score 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jong AZ playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Jong wins, zero draws and three defeats.

The visiting Jong have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. 3 goals have been conceded by Jong in these games.

Head 2 Head

Telstar-Jong AZ H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Telstar four wins, Jong AZ zero wins, four draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Jong AZY. Barasi
Y. Barasi
3 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
2 goals
TelstarG. van Velzen
G. van Velzen
2 goals

Telstar missing players

Jong AZ missing players

Telstar Jong AZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
8 5 0 Scored S 2 4 9
14 6 0 Conceded C 1 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 57%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
6.7 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 6.3 5.4
6.3 8.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 6.4
1.6 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 10.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8 9.6
4.6 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 3.9
25% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 33%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Telstar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Jong AZ have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Telstar have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have yet to win a game at home.
  • Telstar 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 Jong AZ 7 5 0 2 9 6 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 15
2 Jong Utrecht 7 4 2 1 12 5 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 7 14
3 Excelsior 7 4 1 2 14 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 0 1 10 5 6 13
4 FC Volendam 7 3 3 1 16 9 4 2 1 1 10 6 3 1 2 0 6 3 7 12
5 De Graafschap 7 4 0 3 11 10 4 2 0 2 5 7 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 12
6 MVV Maastricht 7 4 0 3 10 17 4 3 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 2 12 -7 12
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 7 3 2 2 15 11 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 2 1 0 9 5 4 11
8 FC Emmen 7 3 1 3 12 8 3 1 0 2 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 10
9 VVV-Venlo 7 3 1 3 9 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 0 10
10 FC Eindhoven 7 3 1 3 11 12 3 2 1 0 6 4 4 1 0 3 5 8 -1 10
11 TOP Oss 7 3 1 3 9 10 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 1 6 -1 10
12 Jong Ajax 7 3 0 4 16 16 3 1 0 2 8 7 4 2 0 2 8 9 0 9
13 FC Den Bosch 7 3 0 4 8 12 4 2 0 2 6 9 3 1 0 2 2 3 -4 9
14 Almere City 7 2 2 3 13 13 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 1 1 2 7 8 0 8
15 ADO Den Haag 6 3 1 2 13 11 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 6 7 2 7
16 Jong PSV 6 2 1 3 8 8 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 7
17 NAC Breda 7 1 3 3 11 14 3 1 1 1 6 4 4 0 2 2 5 10 -3 6
18 Telstar 7 1 3 3 8 14 3 0 2 1 5 6 4 1 1 2 3 8 -6 6
19 Helmond Sport 7 2 0 5 7 13 4 2 0 2 3 5 3 0 0 3 4 8 -6 6
20 FC Dordrecht 7 1 2 4 6 12 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 0 2 3 7 -6 5

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.