Normally, Eerste Divisie in Dutch football is always full of surprises. It's mainly because there is no real gap in quality as it is in the first tier, where Ajax and PSV are not allowing other teams to do much against them. Also, another reason is a different system of competition. In Holland 2, you have 4 periods:

"The First Division consists of twenty teams. As always, there are four periods in the First Division. These periods consist of nine or ten rounds. As in previous seasons, the U23 teams are excluded from participation in the play-off matches for promotion/relegation. If a U23 team becomes period champions, the place in the play-off matches for promotion/relegation will initially be taken by the number two in the ranking for that period. If this team already has a period title or is also a U23 team, this place will be taken by the best-placed team in the final standings that did not win a period title."

Den Haag won the first period. However, on the total standings, Den Haag is the 7th placed team with 50 points, while their today's rivals Telstar have 32 points and 1 game more. Today, two teams will meet in Haag, in a delayed game. The game was originally scheduled for February 25, but due to storm damage caused by storm Eunice, the game could not take place. The home team have one of the loudest home fans in the whole league and is often uncomfortable to play on this field. This season, ADO Den Haag only failed to score in 2 home games. In all other 11 home matches, the club from The Hague managed to find the net. Telstar failed to score in 4 away games this season, but anyway, they are winless on the last 7 games away from home. Telstar finally won after a dry period (6 without a win in the league) but is fair to say that win came against one of the two weakest teams in the whole division - Dordrecht. They needed 22 shots to score a single goal, telling a lot about their conversion rate. Indeed, Telstar had 7 players out with injuries in the last game against Dordrecht, and the situation is getting better now, but still, there are some doubts over the several players according to the NH Nieuws media portal. After all the away team cannot be considered as the playoff contender, but they play for the pride and to develop the players. As you know, there is no relegation from the second tier in Dutch football. Still, don't think this means there is no fire in the players and coaches. They all love to win. However, I do think Den Haag will be more motivated to win today as they want to break the bad form following the 4 games without a win in the league: first, they were unlucky to lose against Maastricht at home, in a match where they produced 21 shot and paid the cost of mistakes. Then they had to surrender against powerful Jong Ajax academy in Amsterdam in a spectacular 6-3 match. In the last two, they showed improvement in terms of results: two draws, against Eindhoven on the road and against Volendam at home. Fair to say that Volendam is one of the three best teams in the league together with Emmen and Ajax. Today hosts want to make their fans happy, at the home field, where they usually do well. Den Haag won 9 matches in 14 games at the home field and surely that motivation is on a great level to return in a winning mode. It will be a good chance to do so. In mutual matches, things stand like this: ADO Den Haag can clearly provide better statistics as no fewer than 21 of the 35 encounters between the two teams were decided in favor of ADO Den Haag. 8 times Telstar took the 3 points and 6 times the points were shared. Odds were going up on the home team in the last 2 days because of their form, and the market is balancing with the odds, so I think now with these 1.68 offered, it is worth putting the stakes on a home win. After all, Telstar won only 3 games in 14 away matches this season. Predicting a 2-1 home win.

正常情况下，荷兰足球总是充满惊喜。这主要是因为在实力上没有太大的差距，在顶级联赛中，阿贾克斯和埃因霍温除外。此外，另一个原因是不同的竞争制度。在荷乙联赛中有 4 个时期：

“甲级联赛由20支球队组成。甲级联赛有四个阶段。这些阶段包括九轮或十轮。U23球队被排除在参加升级附加赛的比赛之外。 /降级。如果U23队成为冠军，在附加赛中晋级/降级的位置将首先排名第二的球队取代。如果这支球队已经拥有一个时期冠军或者也是U23球队，这个位置将由没有赢得最终积分榜上排名第一的球队占据。”

海牙赢得了第一阶段。然而，在总积分榜上以 50 分排名第 7，而他们今天的对手特尔斯达则以 32 分多赛 1 场。今天，两支球队将举行一场延迟比赛。比赛原定于 2 月 25 日举行，但由于 Eunice 风暴比赛无法进行。主队拥有荷乙最喧闹的主场球迷之一，客队在这个球场上踢球很难。本赛季，海牙主场只有2场没有进球。在所有其他 11 场主场比赛中，海牙都成功进球。特尔斯达本赛季4个客场均未能取得进球，但无论如何，他们最近7场客场均未尝胜绩。特尔斯达在经历了一段糟糕的表现后终于获胜（6 场联赛没有获胜），但公平地说，这场胜利的对手是最弱的两支球队之一——多德雷赫特。他们需要 22 次射门才能打进一个进球，这充分说明了他们的转化率。事实上，特尔斯达有 7 名球员因伤缺阵与多德雷赫特的比赛，现在情况正在好转，但据NH Nieuws媒体网站报道，这几名球员仍然存在一些疑问。客队不是附加赛的有力竞争者，但他们为荣誉而战，为培养球员而战。荷乙足球没有降级。不过，不要认为这意味着球员和教练没有斗志。他们都喜欢赢。但是，我确实认为海牙今天会更有动力去取胜，因为他们想在联赛中四场不胜之后打破糟糕的状态：首先，他们不幸在主场输给了马斯特里赫特，在这场比赛中，他们射门21次，因为失误付出了代价。然后他们不得不在阿姆斯特丹对阵强大的阿贾克斯青年队，3-6惨败。在最近两场比赛中，他们在成绩方面有一些进步：两场平局，客场对阵埃因霍温，主场对阵沃伦丹。公平地说沃伦丹与埃门和阿贾克斯青年是荷乙最好的三支球队之一。今天主队希望让他们的球迷感到高兴。海牙在主场的 14 场比赛中赢得了 9 场比赛，而这种动力无疑是在以胜利模式回归的强大动力。这将是一个很好的机会。在相互比赛中，情况是这样的：海牙有更好的统计数据，因为两支球队之间的 35 次交锋中海牙赢下了 21 次。特尔斯达8次拿了3分，6次打平。由于他们的状态，过去两天主队的数据在上升，而市场正在平衡数据，这场主胜的价值非常可观。毕竟，特尔斯达本赛季14场客场比赛只赢了3场。预测海牙主场2-1获胜。