Football tips: Almere City vs VVV-Venlo - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

Almere City are willing to forget the league table before this fixture against VVV-Venlo. Here's everything you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Eerste Divisie

There have been little to rest for the home team, as they played a Eerste Divisie fixture only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong Ajax.

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Almere City form and stats

With 2 Eerste Divisie wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Almere City are certainly not brimming with confidence. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Happy days for Almere City in their previous game, a fixture away at Jong Ajax (placed 4th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The striker Puriel was named "man of the match" for Almere with the rating of 8.62/10. Puriel scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the match before that, Almere City hosted FC Emmen and drew the game 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Almere City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost four.

Almere City has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

4-1-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for VVV-Venlo in their Eerste Divisie matches away.

VVV-Venlo's last game was the home draw against Roda JC Kerkrade (1-1). Venema, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Venema scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that result VVV-Venlo won their away game at MVV Maastricht. The scoreline was 5-0.

VVV-Venlo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.

VVV-Venlo have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by VVV-Venlo in these games.

Head 2 Head

Almere City and VVV-Venlo have met previously this season: VVV-Venlo - Almere City 2-1. Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Almere City won zero, VVV-Venlo were winners in seven and we saw three draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
9 goals
AlmereJ. Arweiler
J. Arweiler
9 goals
VVV-VenloS. Braken
S. Braken
6 goals

Almere City missing players

VVV-Venlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City VVV-Venlo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 12 26
5 2 0 Won W 2 4 10
8 4 2 Drew D 0 1 3
14 7 3 Lost L 2 7 13
39 17 5 Scored S 7 14 36
56 26 12 Conceded C 4 16 38
93% 85% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
85% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 81%
67% 62% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 62%
44% 46% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 27%
26% 23% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 15%
67% 54% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 42% 58%
15% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 23%
26% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 42% 23%
 
5.2 4.5 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.6 5.9
5.3 5.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.5 5.2
1.3 0.9 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 9.8 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.2 11
3.8 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 4.7
38% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 30%
 
10.4 9.2 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.8 12.1
4.8 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.5 4.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the fewest points (10) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Eerste Divisie

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Volendam 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Excelsior 27 15 4 8 58 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 19 49
4 Jong Ajax 27 15 4 8 56 44 14 9 2 3 32 20 13 6 2 5 24 24 12 49
5 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
6 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
7 Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 NAC Breda 26 9 9 8 38 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 13 3 3 7 17 22 7 36
10 Jong PSV 26 10 5 11 43 38 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 3 6 17 21 5 35
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Jong Utrecht 27 8 4 15 29 48 14 4 0 10 12 28 13 4 4 5 17 20 -19 28
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 TOP Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
15 FC Den Bosch 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 26
16 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
17 Jong AZ 26 7 4 15 23 34 13 5 3 5 13 14 13 2 1 10 10 20 -11 25
18 Almere City 27 5 8 14 39 56 13 2 4 7 17 26 14 3 4 7 22 30 -17 23
19 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
20 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Volendam 26 17 8 1 58 30 13 10 2 1 32 16 13 7 6 0 26 14 28 59
2 FC Emmen 25 16 4 5 38 16 11 8 0 3 22 7 14 8 4 2 16 9 22 52
3 Excelsior 27 15 4 8 58 39 13 6 3 4 29 19 14 9 1 4 29 20 19 49
4 Jong Ajax 27 15 4 8 56 44 14 9 2 3 32 20 13 6 2 5 24 24 12 49
5 ADO Den Haag 26 17 3 6 56 34 13 9 1 3 30 15 13 8 2 3 26 19 22 48
6 FC Eindhoven 26 14 5 7 47 30 13 9 3 1 28 12 13 5 2 6 19 18 17 47
7 Graafschap 26 13 6 7 40 27 13 4 4 5 14 18 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 45
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 10 5 52 32 13 5 5 3 23 15 13 6 5 2 29 17 20 43
9 NAC Breda 26 9 9 8 38 31 13 6 6 1 21 9 13 3 3 7 17 22 7 36
10 Jong PSV 26 10 5 11 43 38 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 3 6 17 21 5 35
11 VVV-Venlo 26 10 3 13 36 38 14 6 2 6 22 22 12 4 1 7 14 16 -2 33
12 Jong Utrecht 27 8 4 15 29 48 14 4 0 10 12 28 13 4 4 5 17 20 -19 28
13 Telstar 26 6 10 10 28 47 13 3 4 6 15 27 13 3 6 4 13 20 -19 28
14 TOP Oss 26 7 6 13 31 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 13 3 2 8 13 22 -11 27
15 FC Den Bosch 26 8 2 16 27 48 13 6 0 7 12 22 13 2 2 9 15 26 -21 26
16 MVV Maastricht 26 8 2 16 26 52 13 4 2 7 15 24 13 4 0 9 11 28 -26 26
17 Jong AZ 26 7 4 15 23 34 13 5 3 5 13 14 13 2 1 10 10 20 -11 25
18 Almere City 27 5 8 14 39 56 13 2 4 7 17 26 14 3 4 7 22 30 -17 23
19 FC Dordrecht 26 5 7 14 37 58 12 2 5 5 15 22 14 3 2 9 22 36 -21 22
20 Helmond Sport 25 5 6 14 24 42 13 3 3 7 13 24 12 2 3 7 11 18 -18 18

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