Frans Heesen Stadion: TOP Oss vs De Graafschap Eerste Divisie pre-match guide

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Frans Heesen Stadion (4700 seats)

TOP Oss - De Graafschap in Eerste Divisie: Statistics, squad info, matches, trends and reports. Read our full guide!

Insights:
  • TOP Oss have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Eerste Divisie
  • De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

De Graafschap play their home games on grass, while this fixture will take part on artifical turf. Up to date results for De Graafschap when featuring on artifical turf are 11 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats from 26 matches. They have managed to score {45 goals} and conceded 35 times on these occasions.

These are full days for the hometeam, as they had a match only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie. That game was an away game at Jong Utrecht, so at least TOP Oss are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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TOP Oss form and stats

The total Eerste Divisie stats playing at home this season for TOP Oss are 5-2-9 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that TOP will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the game against Jong Utrecht (placed 20th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Jansen had a busy but productive day in the Jong Utrecht match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented. Mathieu (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Mathieu scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Helmond Sport that ended 2-2.

Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 most recent league matches with this side has seen three or more goals.

TOP Oss has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.

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De Graafschap form and stats

As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, De Graafschap have produced an overall stat of 5-4-7 so far.

Impressive finishing from Neghli, Haen, Fortes, Önal and Benschop secured the home win 5-3 against Heracles in their previous game. A mental fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Graafschap, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that fixture, will this match be as enjoying? Midfielder Önal was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Önal scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jong AZ at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Look out: 8 of the last 10 league fixtures featuring this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

De Graafschap has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 16 games. De Graafschap have conceded 26 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides met each other before this season: De Graafschap - TOP 2-0. TOP Oss-De Graafschap H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: TOP Oss two wins, De Graafschap six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TOPJ. Margaritha
J. Margaritha
10 goals
De GraafschapC. Neghli
C. Neghli
9 goals
TOP OssJ. Mathieu
J. Mathieu
7 goals

TOP Oss missing players

De Graafschap missing players

TOP Oss De Graafschap
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 16 32
9 5 2 Won W 3 5 13
4 2 0 Drew D 1 4 6
19 9 3 Lost L 2 7 13
38 23 8 Scored S 10 27 53
61 29 7 Conceded C 8 26 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 88%
69% 75% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 56%
31% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 31%
22% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 19% 16%
53% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 53%
22% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 34%
28% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 12%
 
3.7 3.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.9 6.1
5.2 4.8 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.5 4.1
1.8 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 8.4 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.1 12.6
2.8 3.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.8 4.8
42% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 34%
 
13.6 13.9 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.8 9.8
5.8 6.1 6.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • TOP Oss have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • TOP Oss have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 32 23 3 6 85 36 16 12 2 2 49 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 49 72
2 Heracles 32 21 4 7 90 41 16 12 3 1 55 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 49 67
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 55 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 20 56
5 VVV-Venlo 32 15 7 10 50 44 16 5 6 5 20 18 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 52
6 FC Eindhoven 32 14 8 10 50 47 16 9 4 3 34 20 16 5 4 7 16 27 3 50
7 MVV Maastricht 32 15 5 12 58 57 16 11 3 2 37 18 16 4 2 10 21 39 1 50
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 De Graafschap 32 13 6 13 53 44 16 8 2 6 26 18 16 5 4 7 27 26 9 45
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 32 11 10 11 34 47 16 6 4 6 19 24 16 5 6 5 15 23 -13 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 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 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
16 Helmond Sport 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 23 20 16 2 5 9 8 29 -18 35
17 TOP Oss 32 9 4 19 38 61 16 5 2 9 23 29 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 31
18 FC Dordrecht 32 8 6 18 34 55 16 5 3 8 19 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -21 30
19 FC Den Bosch 32 9 3 20 42 77 16 7 2 7 27 28 16 2 1 13 15 49 -35 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.