Eerste Divisie statistics and preview: TOP Oss modest front runner to outplay Jong Utrecht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Frans Heesen Stadion (4700 seats)

Season ticket holders at Frans Heesen Stadion haven’t seen many wins this season, with TOP Oss struggling in the 14th place. The opposing Jong Utrecht will try to protect their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • TOP Oss have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Jong Utrecht could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four sleeps ago.

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TOP Oss form and stats

The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for TOP Oss at their home stadium (Frans Heesen Stadion) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

TOP Oss's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus FC Eindhoven (placed 6th). Pique was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Pique won 6 of 10 duels.

Heartbreak before that as TOP Oss lost 1-3 at FC Emmen's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does TOP handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and two defeats.

TOP Oss are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.

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Jong Utrecht form and stats

4-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Jong Utrecht in their Eerste Divisie matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Jong Utrecht in their previous game as they lost hosting Excelsior, 0-1. The attacker Sellouf got a match rating of 7.7 in that game. Sellouf hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Prior to that result Jong Utrecht won their away game at Jong PSV. The scoreline was 2-0.

Utrecht are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Jong Utrecht have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Utrecht rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Jong Utrecht - TOP Oss 2-1 was the end result in these squads' previous h2h fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (TOP wins - draws - Jong Utrecht wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TOP OssK. Tejan
K. Tejan
11 goals
TOP OssR. Stuij van den Herik
R. Stuij van den Herik
4 goals
TOP OssJ. Margaritha
J. Margaritha
4 goals

TOP Oss missing players

Jong Utrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
TOP Oss Jong Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 5 13 27
7 4 1 Won W 2 4 8
6 4 1 Drew D 2 4 4
13 5 2 Lost L 1 5 15
31 18 4 Scored S 8 17 29
42 20 8 Conceded C 5 20 48
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 92% 81%
62% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 59%
27% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 30%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
62% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 48%
15% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 23% 15%
27% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 37%
 
4.9 4.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.8 5.9
4.6 5.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.9 5.4
1.4 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10 11.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 11.9
4.3 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.8 4.6
28% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 27% 24%
 
12.5 12.7 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 14 13
5.6 5.8 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.5 5.1
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Utrecht 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 most matches over the total-line (13) 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 FC Volendam 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Excelsior 27 15 4 8 58 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 19 49
4 Jong Ajax 27 15 4 8 56 44 14 9 2 3 32 20 13 6 2 5 24 24 12 49
5 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
6 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
7 Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 NAC Breda 26 9 9 8 38 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 13 3 3 7 17 22 7 36
10 Jong PSV 26 10 5 11 43 38 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 3 6 17 21 5 35
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Jong Utrecht 27 8 4 15 29 48 14 4 0 10 12 28 13 4 4 5 17 20 -19 28
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 TOP Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
15 FC Den Bosch 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 26
16 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
17 Jong AZ 26 7 4 15 23 34 13 5 3 5 13 14 13 2 1 10 10 20 -11 25
18 Almere City 27 5 8 14 39 56 13 2 4 7 17 26 14 3 4 7 22 30 -17 23
19 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
20 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Volendam 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Excelsior 27 15 4 8 58 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 19 49
4 Jong Ajax 27 15 4 8 56 44 14 9 2 3 32 20 13 6 2 5 24 24 12 49
5 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
6 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
7 Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 NAC Breda 26 9 9 8 38 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 13 3 3 7 17 22 7 36
10 Jong PSV 26 10 5 11 43 38 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 3 6 17 21 5 35
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Jong Utrecht 27 8 4 15 29 48 14 4 0 10 12 28 13 4 4 5 17 20 -19 28
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 TOP Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
15 FC Den Bosch 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 26
16 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
17 Jong AZ 26 7 4 15 23 34 13 5 3 5 13 14 13 2 1 10 10 20 -11 25
18 Almere City 27 5 8 14 39 56 13 2 4 7 17 26 14 3 4 7 22 30 -17 23
19 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
20 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 18

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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.