Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FC Den Bosch & Ajax face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Ajax have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 9-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
Ajax could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eredivisie game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at NEC. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
FC Den Bosch form and stats
FC Den Bosch have not come this way in the KNVB Beker without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating GVVV. Bosch was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the KNVB Beker.FC Den Bosch have played 10 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-6 (wins-draws-losses).
The FC Den Bosch supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion De Vliert: A 1-4 defeat against Jong Utrecht. der Steen had a busy but productive day in the Jong Utrecht match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The forward Konings outshone all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Konings scored one goal.
Prior to that, an away loss at Helmond Sport in the Eerste Divisie.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where FC Den Bosch had similar winning odds as today, and found 5 games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 1 and lost 3. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that FC Den Bosch lost 1 similar game by at least two goals.
FC Den Bosch have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion De Vliert with 16 goals in 10 league matches.
Ajax form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the final.Ajax's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ajax collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Eredivisie. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Ajax are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at NEC. Tadić, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.35. Tadić served one assist, hit eight key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Ajax travelled to FC Emmen and returned home with a draw after the Eredivisie game finished 3-3.As mentioned earlier, Ajax will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 15 wins (7 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 1 surprising defeat.
A new game in only three days for Ajax, the Eredivisie home match versus FC Twente. Busy days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 18 goals in 7 league games away this season. 10 goals have been conceded by Ajax in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 8 goals |  B. Brobbey 8 goals |   J. Konings 7 goals |
FC Den Bosch missing players
Ajax missing players
| FC Den Bosch | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 55 | 27 | Scored | S | 26 | 65 | ||
| 43 | 20 | Conceded | C | 19 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 16.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.7 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| 12.5 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.6 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Almere City | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Willem II | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Graafschap | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Telstar | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Oss | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | PSV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
| 3 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 6 |
