Football match preview: TOP Oss vs Jong Ajax

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 09.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Frans Heesen Stadion (4700 seats)

Jong Ajax have come here for an intriguing battle versus the hosting TOP Oss. Prepare for the game with this in-depth Eerste Divisie preview!

Insights:
  • All of TOP Oss's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Eerste Divisie

TOP Oss's stadium, Frans Heesen Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Jong Ajax have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Jong Ajax when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses from 25 matches. They have scored 36 goals in these games and conceded 52.

It's no vacation for neither TOP Oss nor Jong Ajax 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.

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TOP Oss form and stats

Only two Eerste Divisie home games for TOP Oss so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

A strong away win for TOP against Jong PSV the last match, as Lake, Mathieu and David were on target. At last, a league win after three games without. Jansen loved the game against Jong PSV. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory. Jansen, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.61 out of 10 in that game. Jansen topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to VVV-Venlo (1-2).

At Frans Heesen Stadion, TOP Oss has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

No Eerste Divisie points yet away for Jong Ajax, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Jong Ajax are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Jong Ajax go into this game after a win, the home game against Heracles Almelo that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Jong was the only team on the pitch versus Heracles Almelo in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Lucca got a player rating of 8.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Lucca scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting ADO Den Haag's place.

After this away game Jong Ajax return home for a Eerste Divisie game against NAC Breda. That game is only three sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Jong Ajax has managed 0 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (TOP Oss wins - draws - Jong Ajax wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TOPJ. Mathieu
J. Mathieu
4 goals
Jong AjaxD. Warmerdam
D. Warmerdam
2 goals
Jong AjaxS. Hansen
S. Hansen
2 goals

TOP Oss missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

TOP Oss Jong Ajax
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
7 4 0 Scored S 0 0 10
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
80% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 40%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 40%
 
5.8 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
5.4 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.4
2.8 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.2 8.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 11
2.2 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.6
64% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 43%
 
11.2 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.5 8.2
5.2 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7.5 3.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of TOP Oss's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Jong Ajax have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Jong Ajax have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • TOP Oss haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
TOP Oss Last season Jong Ajax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 6   Won W   6 18
8 5   Drew D   5 9
19 8   Lost L   8 11
48 28   Scored S   31 82
62 28   Conceded C   35 63
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
82% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 89%
63% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 71%
29% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   58% 53%
16% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 24%
63% 68%   BTTS BTTS   74% 79%
13% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 13%
26% 16%   Failed to Score F T   21% 11%
 
4.7 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.9
5.2 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.9
1.3 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9.7 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 11.9
4.3 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.6
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 39%
 
12.5 12   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 10.3
5.2 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.8

  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 5 5 0 0 17 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 11 1 13 15
2 FC Eindhoven 5 4 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 13
3 Jong AZ 5 4 0 1 12 6 3 3 0 0 9 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 6 12
4 VVV-Venlo 5 4 0 1 9 7 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 12
5 Heracles Almelo 5 3 1 1 12 6 2 1 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 10
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 5 3 1 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 10
7 NAC Breda 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 10
8 MVV Maastricht 5 2 2 1 10 8 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 8
9 Willem II 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 8
10 Jong Ajax 5 2 1 2 10 7 3 2 1 0 10 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 7
11 TOP Oss 5 2 0 3 7 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 6
12 Almere City 5 2 0 3 7 9 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 3 2 9 -2 6
13 FC Dordrecht 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 4
14 Graafschap 5 1 1 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 7 -5 4
15 Telstar 5 1 1 3 4 10 3 1 0 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 4
16 Jong PSV 5 1 1 3 4 11 3 1 0 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 -7 4
17 Helmond Sport 5 1 0 4 5 7 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
18 ADO Den Haag 5 1 0 4 5 10 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 0 0 3 1 8 -5 3
19 FC Den Bosch 5 1 0 4 4 10 3 0 0 3 2 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 -6 3
20 Jong Utrecht 5 0 1 4 2 10 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 7 -8 1

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.