Can TOP Oss beat Go Ahead Eagles in Frans Heesen Stadion clash?

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 05.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Frans Heesen Stadion (4700 seats)

The visiting Go Ahead Eagles side should be favourites in this visit to TOP Oss, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Eerste Divisie match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at NAC Breda.

Go Ahead Eagles play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Go Ahead Eagles when playing on artifical turf are 13 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 25 matches. They have scored 34 goals and conceded 26 times in these games.

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TOP Oss form and stats

5-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for TOP Oss so far this season. TOP has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager K. Wels and the players.

TOP faced defeat in their previous match, away at NAC Breda (0-3). Preceding that match was the home game against Almere City that was lost 2-4.

A decent goal production from TOP in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Eerste Divisie. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Go Ahead Eagles hope to make it five in this match. Eagles has been amazing away for a time now, winning six in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Almere City.

The Go Ahead Eagles goalkeeper Jay Gorter is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 360 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Sam Beukema scored in Eagles's previous match, the home game against Jong PSV that ended 1-0. Prior to that result Go Ahead Eagles won their away game at Jong AZ. The scoreline was 3-0.

Eagles has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Go Ahead Eagles - TOP 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): TOP three wins, one draw and Go Ahead Eagles six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Go Ahead EaglesS. Beukema
S. Beukema
7 goals
TOP OssM. Remans
M. Remans
6 goals
TOP OssK. Leidsman
K. Leidsman
5 goals

TOP Oss missing players

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

TOP Oss Go Ahead Eagles
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
8 5 0 Won W 3 9 15
4 2 2 Drew D 1 2 5
14 6 2 Lost L 0 2 6
27 21 4 Scored S 8 22 37
43 20 8 Conceded C 2 8 18
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 81%
73% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 65%
54% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 46%
23% 46% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 12%
15% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
35% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 23% 19%
31% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 69% 69%
38% 23% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 11.5 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.5 10.1
4.7 5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.2
22% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 34%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the most clean sheets (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the most clean sheets (9) away 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 SC Cambuur 26 20 3 3 74 21 13 10 0 3 39 12 13 10 3 0 35 9 53 63
2 Graafschap 26 18 3 5 54 35 13 9 2 2 26 15 13 9 1 3 28 20 19 57
3 NAC Breda 26 16 5 5 51 23 13 9 1 3 29 12 13 7 4 2 22 11 28 53
4 Almere City 25 16 5 4 55 34 12 9 2 1 22 4 13 7 3 3 33 30 21 53
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 15 5 6 37 18 13 6 3 4 15 10 13 9 2 2 22 8 19 50
6 NEC 25 13 5 7 44 30 12 6 3 3 21 12 13 7 2 4 23 18 14 44
7 FC Volendam 25 11 8 6 52 33 13 5 3 5 28 18 12 6 5 1 24 15 19 41
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 8 7 48 36 13 6 4 3 25 16 13 5 4 4 23 20 12 41
9 Telstar 26 9 7 10 43 38 13 4 4 5 27 20 13 5 3 5 16 18 5 34
10 Excelsior 26 10 3 13 50 45 13 5 1 7 28 26 13 5 2 6 22 19 5 33
11 Helmond Sport 26 7 9 10 36 41 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 2 7 4 17 21 -5 30
12 Jong Ajax 26 8 6 12 42 52 13 3 4 6 18 25 13 5 2 6 24 27 -10 30
13 FC Eindhoven 26 7 8 11 37 45 13 4 4 5 26 23 13 3 4 6 11 22 -8 29
14 TOP Oss 26 8 4 14 27 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 13 3 2 8 6 23 -16 28
15 MVV Maastricht 26 7 5 14 28 52 13 5 2 6 20 29 13 2 3 8 8 23 -24 26
16 Jong Utrecht 25 8 1 16 35 50 12 4 0 8 16 22 13 4 1 8 19 28 -15 25
17 Jong PSV 26 6 6 14 37 54 13 2 5 6 16 22 13 4 1 8 21 32 -17 24
18 Jong AZ 26 6 5 15 36 69 13 3 3 7 24 36 13 3 2 8 12 33 -33 23
19 FC Dordrecht 25 5 3 17 24 64 13 3 3 7 15 25 12 2 0 10 9 39 -40 18
20 FC Den Bosch 25 3 7 15 29 56 13 3 5 5 19 18 12 0 2 10 10 38 -27 16

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.