FC Eindhoven and AZ II meet at Jan Louwers Stadion, in a match for the 37th round of the Eerste Divisie. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 12-21-2018, FC Eindhoven won it out by (1-2). The history of recent direct matches is favorable to the home team, which records 2 wins and 1 loss in the last 3 matches. In this match the home factor may be decisive, since FC Eindhoven presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.
FC Eindhoven:
After 13 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, the home team is currently in the 14th position, with 48 points won. In their last match, they lost in an away match against Helmond Sport by (2-1), after in the previous match they tied (2-2) at home, in a match against Cambuur. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 23 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 20 suffered. For the league, FC Eindhoven won 15 points out of 30 possible points, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (8 out of 18 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that marks few times first and only managed to open the scoring in 5 of its last 36 games for the Eerste Divisie, of these 5 came to rest in advantage in 4 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in all. In 36 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal.
FC Eindhoven seem to have broken in the 34th round, when they lost to Roda. This defeat dictated the fall of two qualifying positions and since then no more the team managed to recover. The draw was followed with Cambuur, at home, and then came the catastrophe: a defeat with Helmond, the penultimate ranked weeks ago. Mathematically, and in case of winning the next matches, FC Eindhoven can get the qualification for the play-offs, but that seems to be very difficult. The absentees in this team remain the same: Rodney Klooster, Ruud Swinkels and Menno Bergsen.
AZ II:
After 5 wins, 12 draws and 19 losses, the away team is currently in the 18 th position of the league, with 27 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against MVV Maastricht, by (2-3). In the last match, they tied in a home match against FC Twente, by (0-0). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses in away matches, with 14 goals scored and 30 conceded; against 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses at their stadium, with 19 goals scored and 24 conceded. In the last 10 away matches for the championship, AZ II has 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, so they have won 8 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (7 out of 18 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that scores only few times and was only able to open the scoring in 4 of its last 36 matches for the Eerste Divisie, of these 4 reached the break in advantage in 3 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 2. In 36 matches in this competition, he only had 1 comeback in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Jong AZ is not worthy of any kind of prominence. It occupies the 18th position of the general leaderboard, as well as in the table of visitors. On the last day he managed to surprise leader Twente and draw, after three consecutive days to lose. When six points are missing by the end of the championship, this team has nothing to gain or lose, so you can question what motivation these players can have for the game. The two central midfielders Rens van der Wacht and Sam Aarts remain unavailable, as had happened the previous day.
PREDICTION: Eindhoven FC to win @ 1,75
