The visiting De Graafschap side should be favourites in this visit to TOP Oss, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their eight league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither TOP nor De Graafschap as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not De Graafschap's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf De Graafschap have performed like this: Played 16 matches resulting in 6 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 25-25 (scored/conceded).
TOP Oss form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what TOP Oss have to build on here at Frans Heesen Stadion in the Eerste Divisie. TOP Oss has recorded two wins in a row here at Frans Heesen Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The fans are hoping that TOP will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the KNVB Beker game against SC Heerenveen. Ahead of that match, TOP won a home game hosting FC Den Bosch (2-0).
TOP have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Frans Heesen Stadion with 7 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, TOP Oss have conceded 4 goals.
De Graafschap form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of De Graafschap playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.
Graafschap play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting FC Twente. Before that, Graafschap secured a home win against Jong PSV with the score 2-1.
De Graafschap has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Graafschap have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for TOP, three draws and four wins for De Graafschap. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Seuntjens 5 goals |  E. Lieftink 4 goals |  M. Hamdaoui 3 goals |
TOP Oss missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| TOP Oss | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | 48 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 70 | 124 |
| 39 | 25 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 20 | 39 |
| 21% | 28% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 35% | 49% |
- All of TOP Oss's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- De Graafschap have scored more than double the goals of TOP Oss.
- TOP Oss have scored in all their home matches so far.
- TOP Oss 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 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Almere City | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | NEC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | Telstar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | TOP Oss | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 5 |