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Peter Green - May 20, 2019
FC Den Bosch vs Go Ahead Eagles
Netherlands – Playoff
Date: Wednesday, 22nd May 2019
Kick-off at 17.30 UK/ 18.30 CET
Venue: De Vliert (‘s-Hertogenbosch).
Den Bosch exerted domination from early on in the first leg. They opened the scoring in the 18th minute, and the conceding of the away goal woke the home team up. The hosts tried desperately to level things, and they were successful in the 30th minute.
Later, in the second half, the visitors took the lead once again. Mirroring the first half, it was once more short-lived. As 70 minutes passed the score was tied at 2-2.
The home team missed a major chance to take the lead, and probably win the first leg when they wasted the penalty that was allowed. In the dying minutes, things got slightly out of control with the ref taking the yellow out thrice.
Den Bosch was unbeaten in 15 of their last 17 matches, whereas the Eagles lost their last three away ties in a row. The latter also failed to keep a clean sheet in 19 of their last 22 road trips. On the other hand, Den Bosch is on a scoring streak at home for the last 23 appearances. The team also scored two or more goals in their last three fixtures, and in five of their last six home games.
The Eagles conceded two or more goals in six of their last ten ties, and let in eight goals from their last three match-ups away from home.
Importantly, the Eagles are winless against this team for the last four years. They also conceded two or more goals in four of the last five clashes at this venue, while failing to score in four of the five matches. Den Bosch recorded ten of the last twelve h2h wins at home and failed only once to score against the Eagles, at home, and that too in 2005.
With the two away goals already boosting their confidence, count on Den Bosch to take control of this game right away.
