Match Report
The table read 19th (De Graafschap, 1 pts) against 11th (Jong AZ, 6 pts), 5 points apart. Per game in the league, De Graafschap were scoring 1.25 and conceding 3, Jong AZ 1.8 and 1.8, against a competition average of 1.89 goals per team per game.
De Graafschap had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Jong AZ, 12.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 4 De Graafschap wins, 2 for Jong AZ, 3 draws, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 78% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%. 4.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.33.
With 87 matches recorded and 1.2 yellow cards per game, L. Gerrets was the man in the middle. The match was played at Stadion De Vijverberg (capacity 12,600). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 5 goals for the 2-5 full-time score.
Goal scorers
De Graafschap: Donny Warmerdam (30'), Bjorn van Zijl (84') · Jong AZ: Julian Oerip (11'), Bendegúz Kovács (52'), Rio Robbemond (75'), Ayoub Oufkir (87'), Ayoub Oufkir (90')
Key stats
Possession: De Graafschap 58% · Jong AZ 42% · Total shots: 22-23 · On target: 5-10 · Corners: 5-3