Head-to-Head
- TOP Oss has won two and drawn one of the last three head-to-heads between the two sides, with Jong AZ Alkmaar winless in their last two trips to Oss.
- TOP Oss sits 18th in the Eerste Divisie with 26 points from 26 matches - the same points total as 17th-placed Jong AZ Alkmaar.
TOP Oss
- TOP Oss are on a dreadful run of three straight defeats in the Dutch second tier, having lost 2-0 away at Jong PSV in their most recent outing and 1-2 at home to Vitesse before that.
- TOP Oss has won three of their 13 home matches in the Eerste Divisie, conceding an average of 1.69 goals per game.
- TOP Oss, on the other hand, will want to stay compact, clogging the middle of the pitch and hoping to hit the visitors on the counter.
Jong AZ Alkmaar
- Jong AZ Alkmaar have had a mixed run of late, with two wins and three losses from their last five matches.
- The Alkmaar reserves have won their last two away games, so will arrive in Oss with a bit of momentum behind them.
- Leeroy Echteld’s side are an academy-driven team who like to play a high-tempo, possession-based style of football, where the ball is built up from the back with a high press and wide rotations creating numerical superiority.
TOP Oss
Mart Remans leads the hosts’ scoring charts in the Eerste Divisie with six goals in 23 appearances, and remains TOP Oss’s most likely outlet up front, while Luciano Slagveer has found his scoring boots of late, netting two of their last six goals in the past five matches.
Jong AZ Alkmaar
Jong AZ have Yoel van den Ban to watch, who has scored four goals in the Alkmaar reserves’ last five games.
Betting Insights
TOP Oss are favorites at 2.25 for this one, while Jong AZ are 2.85 , suggesting the bookmakers expect a close game.
Prediction
With Jong AZ playing possession-based, high-tempo football and TOP Oss set up more compact and on the counter, this could see Jong AZ get caught out with their high defensive line if they are unable to press TOP Oss into mistakes.
