2026/2027 season

Eredivisie

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ADO Den Haag
Head coach: Robin Peter · 4-3-3
Rank
17th
Pts
6
P
9
Form
🟡 Average

The essentials at a glance

The summary of this page: estimated level of play, form trend and qualitative verdict. For the details, head to the other tabs.

Editors' ratings
3/10
Attack
4/10
Defence
3/10
Form
2/10
Confidence / mood
Current risk:High

17th with 6 pts from 9 matches: 1 win, 3 draws, 5 defeats.

11 goals scored, 20 conceded.

The red card that Sven Mijnans received today in the match between ADO Den Haag and PSV was the match to the defeat of his team... Sven Mijnans reacts to red card against ADO Den Haag First, the midfielder made the 0-1 for the Eindhovens on indicating Guus Til, but in the 38th minute [...] Continue reading... The post Mijnans: I had a lot of trouble today.

Soccernews · 17 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Sven Mijnans injured PSV on Saturday evening by taking two yellow cards (and thus red) in the first half against ADO Den Haag. How does Coach Peter Bosz feel about that? Peter Bosz responds to red card Sven Mijnans at ADO Den Haag-PSV ESPN asks Bosz if he blames the midfielder: I never talk [...] Continue reading..

Soccernews · 17 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

PSV competes in the Honor Division against ADO Den Haag on Saturday. In the SN TV guide you can see on which channel this game can be seen. [...] Read on... On which channel are you watching ADO Den Haag PSV live? appeared first on Soccernews.nl .

Soccernews · 17 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

PSV didn't get it easy in the draw against ADO Den Haag after the red card of Sven Mijnans. On a visit to The Hague the Eindhoveners lost 2-1. The team of Bosz had to be full in The Hague, where the trainer at the end went to the press conference.

Voetbalprimeur · 17 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

How the team has played recently

Match-by-match results, record and rhythm of the current season.

Latest matches
Wvs PSV (H) · 2-1
Dvs Telstar 1963 (A) · 2-2
Dvs SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden (H) · 1-1
Lvs FC Twente '65 (A) · 0-2
Lvs Fortuna Sittard (H) · 2-3
WDDDLLLLL
11 scored / 20 conceded over 9 matches played
Rest: 1 day since the last match · 2 matches played in the last 15 days
Home form
1W - 1D - 2L
Away form
0W - 2D - 3L
Statistics

Computed from this season's scores, every time the page is shown.

Goals scored per match
1.4
Goals conceded per match
1.8
At home
5 scored · 5 conceded in 3 matches
Away
2 scored · 4 conceded in 2 matches
Over 2.5 goals
3 of 5
Both teams score
4 of 5
Clean sheets
0 of 5
Failed to score
1 of 5
Cumulative points vs league average

Not enough matchdays recorded yet for this curve — history builds up with every standings refresh.

How ADO Den Haag play

System, playing identity, and what sets the team apart at both ends of the pitch.

Playing identity
Preferred system
4-3-3
Philosophy
Robin Peter, in post since the summer of 2025, refuses to overhaul his plan despite the poor start to the season: “I am not going to change things just like that” (Voetbal International, 16/08/2026), while acknowledging areas for improvement (Algemeen Dagblad, 20/08/2026).
Attacking strengths
Four goals scored in four matchdays. At De Kuip (2-2 against Feyenoord, 30/08/2026), Nigel Thomas opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Sekou Sylla doubled the lead in the 54th, from a move built cleanly from the back.
Defensive solidity
Eleven goals conceded in four matchdays. Against Feyenoord, ADO dropped back into their own half after taking the lead and defended in a compact block, with several decisive saves from Kilian Nikiema (FCUpdate, 30/08/2026).
Pressing
After opening the scoring at De Kuip on 30 August 2026 (2-2), ADO dropped back into their own half and defended compactly (FCUpdate match report, 30/08/2026).
Transitions
At De Kuip, after taking the lead, ADO gave up the ball, dropped back into their own half and looked to break out on the counter (FCUpdate, 30/08/2026).
StrengthCollective defensive resistance: despite their status as a promoted side, ADO “defended valiantly” at De Kuip and held on for the draw against Feyenoord's second-half pressure (FCUpdate, 30/08/2026).
WeaknessNo wins in four matchdays and eleven goals conceded, including nine in the first three matches, with a 2-0 defeat against AZ to start.

The mood around the club, and who is missing

Internal climate, relationship with the supporters, and known absences before the next match.

Mood
Squad confidence
Fragile in points terms, sixteenth with one point from four matchdays, but lifted by a gutsy performance at De Kuip.
Coach / players / board relationship
The club has been training behind closed doors on the day before matches since the line-up leaked ahead of the first encounter against AZ; Robin Peter explained on 14/08/2026: “We willen dat iedereen naar de training kan komen kijken, maar dan moet de informatie wel op het complex blijven” (VoetbalPrimeur).
Mood with the supporters
ADO Den Haag offer the cheapest season ticket in the Eredivisie, 185 euros for the entry-level option, a deliberate choice to build loyalty among the public after five years outside the top flight (NLTimes, 07/08/2026). The club sold a record number of season tickets and in mid-August played their first sold-out home Eredivisie match in five years (AD, 15/08/2026).
Pressure on the head coach
No public questioning from the board at this stage, but pundit Aad de Mos raised the alarm on 30/08/2026 about the promoted side's blank record: “Stel dat je na zes duels nul puntjes hebt. Dan is het al gedaan, he?” (VoetbalPrimeur) — this is a pundit's opinion, not a club position.
Club objectives
Staying up after promotion to the Eredivisie, building on the solidity shown against Feyenoord.
Recent internal tensions
In mid-August 2026, the planned starting line-up against AZ leaked on social media from a training session open to the public; the club responded by closing the sessions on the day before matches to the public. Robin Peter regrets it: “we want everyone to be able to come and watch training, but that information has to stay within the complex” (GOAL, 15/08/2026).
Absences
InjuredCameron Peupion — Underwent knee surgery; absence announced on 15/08/2026, information not reconfirmed since.
DoubtfulJalen Hawkins — Hamstring injury reported on 15/08/2026, status not reconfirmed since.
BackNiclas Thiede — Goalkeeper back in group training after an ankle injury (15/08/2026).

Before kick-off

What to know before the next match: statistical form, qualitative analysis, and a computed estimate of the 1/X/2 probabilities.

Next match

ADO Den Haag — SC Heerenveen

At homeSaturday 24 October at 21:00Matchday 10
In 6 days. Kick-off time confirmed by the league. Paris time · football-data.org fixtures.
What the press says

No preview found for this fixture. The press mostly covers the big games, and usually the day before.

Prediction
EstimateADO Den Haag — SC Heerenveen
27 %
1 · ADO Den Haag
23 %
X · draw
50 %
2 · SC Heerenveen
In-house calculation, from this page's standings data alone: 9 matches played by ADO Den Haag, 9 matches by SC Heerenveen. Confidence: fair
The formula, in plain words — with this match's figures
  1. League average. 292 goals scored over 154 team-matches played (18 teams taken into account), i.e. μ = 1.90 goal scored per team per match. This is the reference point: everything that follows is expressed relative to it.
  2. Attacking and defensive strengths. Goals scored (or conceded) per match, divided by μ. 1.00 = exactly average; in defence, above 1.00 means “concedes more than average”.
    TeamGoalsRawKept
    ADO Den Haag — attack11 in 9 matches0.640.79
    ADO Den Haag — defence20 in 9 matches1.171.10
    SC Heerenveen — attack15 in 9 matches0.880.93
    SC Heerenveen — defence11 in 9 matches0.640.79
    The “Kept” column is the result of shrinkage towards the mean: weight = P / (P + 6), i.e. 0.60 for ADO Den Haag and 0.60 for SC Heerenveen. The rest of the weight goes to the league average. This is what stops a lone 5-0 from producing an attack at 3.3 times the average — and hence a 95% probability.
  3. Home advantage (γ). Measured on the league itself: 1.89 goal scored on average by the host against 1.77 by the visitor, over the 46 fixtures present in each team's last 5 matches. Raw ratio 1.07; shrunk towards 1 (weight 0.42, on the log of the ratio) then capped at 1.25 → γ = 1.03. Shrinkage goes towards 1, i.e. no advantage at all: while the sample is small, the model does not assert a home advantage it cannot measure.
  4. Venue correction, specific to each team. Drawn from the home/away split: points per match at the venue concerned are compared to points per match over all fixtures, with stronger shrinkage (weight = P / (P + 8)) and a bound of ±12%.
    ADO Den Haag at home: 1.00 pts/match versus 0.67 overall over 4 matches → ×1.120
    SC Heerenveen away: 1.25 pts/match versus 1.33 overall over 4 matches → ×0.979
  5. Expected goals. One side's attack is set against the other's defence. γ applies to the host only: applying it the other way round too would count the home advantage twice.
    λADO Den Haag = 1.90 × 0.79 × 0.79 × 1.03 × 1.120 = 1.35
    λSC Heerenveen = 1.90 × 0.93 × 1.10 × 0.979 = 1.90
  6. Poisson grid. Probability of every exact score from 0-0 to 8-8, assuming the two goal totals are independent, then adding up the cells: home win 27.3%, draw 22.3%, away win 50.3% — displayed rounded to whole numbers so that they add up to exactly 100. Most likely exact score in the grid: 1-1 (only 9.9%, which says enough about how unpredictable an exact score is).
Limits of this model — they are not anecdotal.
  • It only knows goals and a venue. Neither absences, suspensions, line-ups, fatigue, stakes, weather nor club context enter the calculation — while the other tabs of this page show that they matter.
  • The assumption that the two goal totals are independent is false in reality: it slightly underestimates tight scores, hence the draw.
  • γ is measured over a rolling window (each team's last 5 matches), not over the whole season.
  • The shrinkage constants (6, 60, 8) and the bounds are choices, not measurements. They were tuned to be cautious early in the season; they were not calibrated on a results history, as none is available here.
  • No after-the-fact evaluation has been made: at this stage, nobody knows whether this model is better or worse calibrated than another.
What other sources say
No external source has been collected for this match. That is the normal state: readings are taken by hand, and an empty box is better than an unverified figure.
This block shows probability estimates, not predictions, and carries no advisory value. The in-house estimate is the result of a formula applied to a small sample; the figures from external sources are reproduced as they were collected, without their method having been verified.

The full squad

The professional squad by position, captain marked with an armband.

Goalkeepers
  • Kilian Nikiema (1)
  • Sem Eekhout (12)
  • Caleb Kramer (20)
  • Niclas Thiede (23)
Defenders
  • Othniël Raterink (2)
  • Pascal Mulder (3)
  • Matteo Waem (4)
  • Jonas Jensen-Abbew (5)
  • Milan Hokke (15)
  • Sekou Sylla (18)
  • Lasse Wilhelm (22)
  • Sanyika Bergtop (35)
Midfielders
  • Jan Zamburek (8)
  • Mylian Jimenez (14)
  • Finn de Bruin (16)
  • Juho Kilo (25)
  • Matěj Šin (33)
Forwards
  • Daryl van Mieghem (7)
  • Jesse Bal (9)
  • Illaijh de Ruijter (10)
  • Evan Rottier (11)
  • Jalen Hawkins (17)
  • Luka Reischl (19)
  • Cameron Peupion (21)
  • Nigel Thomas (27)
  • Dani van Loenen (32)
  • Yannick Eduardo (46)
  • Donát Bárány (77)
This team's current captain could not be confirmed with certainty at the last check — no armband is shown above until the information is reliable.
Squad last verified on 1 Sep 2026 — source: official club website (adodenhaag.nl, 2026-27 squad).

What has been said recently

Chronological feed of verified information about the club.

rss18 Oct 2026
Read about positive news from The Hague: "Gave a boost."
Source: Voetbal International
rss17 Oct 2026
On which channel are you watching ADO Den Haag PSV live?
Source: Soccernews
rss17 Oct 2026
PSV loses with Den Haag before visiting FC Porto in the Champions League
Source: Notícias ao Minuto — Desporto
rss17 Oct 2026
Bosz is full of action Mijnans and punctual shortcoming PSV in The Hague
Source: Voetbal International
rss17 Oct 2026
PSV with ten men down in The Hague after red card Mijnans
Source: Voetbal International
rss17 Oct 2026
Ten PSV loses at ADO Den Haag in absolute final phase
Source: NOS Voetbal
Result30 Aug 2026
ADO Den Haag took their first point of the season by holding Feyenoord to a 2-2 draw at De Kuip, having led 0-2 through Thomas in the 12th minute and Sylla in the 53rd, with goalkeeper Nikiema making a string of decisive saves.
Source: ADO Den Haag
Club30 Aug 2026
After three defeats in their first three matches back in the Eredivisie, ADO Den Haag took their first point of the season by snatching a 2-2 draw away at Feyenoord.
Source: ESPN
Transfers26 Aug 2026
ADO Den Haag have signed Danish defender Jonas Jensen-Abbew (24) from AGF Aarhus, on a contract running until the summer of 2030.
Source: ADO Den Haag (site officiel)
Result23 Aug 2026
A week earlier, the promoted side had lost 3-1 in Deventer to Go Ahead Eagles.
Source: Go Ahead Eagles
News last verified on 18 Oct 2026. Sources: sports press (L'Équipe, Le Parisien, Foot Mercato, regional press…) and official club websites — see the link on each item.
Editorial content (playing style, mood, absences, external prediction sources) last verified on 3 Sep 2026. The standings/form data above are refreshed automatically — as is the 1/X/2 estimate, recomputed on every view.