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Graafschap vs Den Bosch Prediction & Betting tips
Monday evening, the last game of round 1 in the Kitchen Champion Division is also scheduled. Title candidate De Graafschap meets FC Den Bosch on the Vijverberg. Will the Super Farmers get off the starting blocks or will the points go to ‘s Hertogenbosch?
De Graafschap:
De Graafschap was – like Cambuur – a club that felt enormously disadvantaged since the end of the competition. Mike Snoei was appointed last season to lead De Graafschap back to the Eredivisie after the relegation. This went quite reasonably, because De Superboeren looked unbeatable. Of all Kitchen Champion Division clubs, only AZ’s promises managed to beat De Graafschap. Snoei’s team did play too much right to take over the lead from Cambuur. However, De Graafschap ended four points behind, but anything could still happen. The club from Doetinchem was in fact on a strong series with 25 points from the last nine games. De Graafschap also won the third period. Crazy things had to happen, De Graafschap did not want to be promoted to the highest level in the Netherlands, but COVID19 threw a spanner in the works.
In addition to the departed rental players, there were also a few other players who left De Graafschap recently. Branco van den Boomen left Doetinchem for a French adventure near Toulouse, while Leeroy Owusu left for Willem II. Together these players yielded almost seven hundred thousand euros. Thanks to the transfer-free departure of Stef Nijland, Gregor Breinburg and Javier Vet, space was created in the salary house. Still, the management focused on transfer-free players and they managed to get some Eredivisie players to De Vijverberg. Rick Dekker (PEC Zwolle), Elmo Lieftink (GAE) and Danny Verbeek (FC Den Bosch) had to strengthen the midfield. Julian Lelieveld (Vitesse) was brought in as a replacement for back Owusu, while strikers Johnatan Opoku (VVV) and Joey Konings (Heracles) were also recruited. On paper, De Graafschap certainly does not seem weaker than the previous season.
FC Den Bosch:
Erik van der Ven will once again start a new season of Kitchen Champion Division football. In this season, the 36-year-old teacher will look for more continuity, because last season went with peaks and troughs. The first ten rounds of the season his club was at the bottom of the rankings. Of the first fifteen games – which turned out to be half the season – they only won twice. FC Den Bosch clearly had difficulty scoring goals. The team lost 5-1 to Jong FC Utrecht and 5-1 to Jong Ajax. This also showed that something had to be done about the selection. Leon Bergsma, Junior van der Velden and Pedro Marques were brought to De Vliert. The latter in particular turned out to be an absolute hit. The Portuguese striker played alongside his fellow countryman Rúben Rodrigues. They got on well and turned out to be a strong duo. Just before the stop, the team from Bosschen performed very strongly with no less than twenty goals in the last five games. Van der Ven recovered by allowing his team to rise to 12th place.
However, the Brabant club will have to do without the Portuguese duo this year. Marques’ lease was not extended, while Rodrigues left for England. Verbeek, Bouyaghlafen, Brouwers, Laukart, van Son and Velkov also left transfer-free. Until now, very little has come back. It looks like FC Den Bosch wants to invest in its own youth, because six players were transferred from Jong FC Den Bosch. In addition, right winger Don Bolsuis came over from Kozak Boys. FC Dordrecht left back Dwayne Green came over from FC Dordrecht.
Graafschap vs Den Bosch head to head matches
06.12.19 EER Den Bosch Graafschap 2 : 2
02.04.18 EER Graafschap Den Bosch 2 : 1
27.11.17 EER Den Bosch Graafschap 1 : 1
02.08.17 CF Den Bosch Graafschap 1 : 0
20.01.17 EER Graafschap Den Bosch 0 : 3