The Eerste Divisie meeting at Stadion De Vijverberg on Friday will see home team De Graafschap up against Jong AZ.
Our tips, poll and stats for De Graafschap v Jong AZ can all be found here - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
De Graafschap
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De Graafschap will be looking for an improved result here after the 4-2 Eerste Divisie loss in their previous game against FC Groningen.
In that game, De Graafschap had 48% possession and 9 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for De Graafschap was Ralf Seuntjens (23', 33'). Groningen had 12 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Romano Postema (6', 16', 95') and Luciano Valente (56') scored for FC Groningen.
Fixtures featuring De Graafschap have proved to be absorbing ones lately with high scoring being the norm. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 9 of those accredited to De Graafschap.
Jong AZ
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Jong AZ will go into the encounter following a 2-0 Eerste Divisie win against SC Cambuur in their most recent game.
In that match, Jong AZ managed 57% possession and 18 shots at goal with 8 on target. The only player to score for Jong AZ was Ernest Poku (27', 53'). At the other end, Cambuur got 15 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.
During their six most recent matches, Lee-Roy Echteld's Jong AZ have managed to stick the ball in the net 10 times, earning them the goals per game average of 1.67.
Coming into this contest, Jong AZ are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 26/02/2021, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with De Graafschap winning 2 of those games, Jong AZ 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
A total of 11 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 of them from Superboeren and 6 coming from Jong AZ. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.
The last league meeting between these clubs was Eerste Divisie match day 10 on 23/10/2023 and the score finished Jong AZ 3-0 De Graafschap.
On that occasion, Jong AZ managed 45% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Mexx Meerdink (54'), Jayden Addai (57') and Damienus Reverson (93').
For their opponents, De Graafschap got 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target.
The referee was Luuk Timmer.
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Team News: De Graafschap
Regarding absentees, thereโs just a single fitness concern for the De Graafschap boss Jan Vreman to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Rio Hillen (Knee injury) is sidelined.
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Team News: Jong AZ
With a fully healthy group ready to go, the Jong AZ boss Lee-Roy Echteld has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.
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Prediction
Weโre inclined to think that Jong AZ are certainly able to break down this De Graafschap side, however that may not quite be enough to prevent defeat.
Weโre predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for De Graafschap at the end of this one. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
01:02 29/03/2024
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De Graafschap
Formed: 1954
Stadium: Stadion De Vijverberg (12,600)
Captain: Jeffry Fortes
Chairman: Theo Hek
Manager: Jan Vreman
Competitions: Eerste Divisie position 6
๐ Star Man: Baลar รnal
Regularly taking up the Striker position, Baลar รnal was born in Netherlands. Having made his senior debut playing for De Graafschap in the 2021 - 2022 season, the skilful Forward has scored a sum of 7 league goals in the Eerste Divisie 2023 - 2024 campaign so far coming from a total of 25 appearances.