A demanding season for FC Utrecht so far, and that also applies to Almere City. These brave battlers have a chance to get some vital points here.
- FC Utrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Eredivisie
- Almere City have the most conceded goals (18) in Eredivisie
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FC Utrecht form and stats
0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what FC Utrecht have to build on here at Stadion Galgenwaard in the Eredivisie.
The club members are hoping that FC Utrecht will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against NEC (placed 9th). Midfielder Bozdoğan was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Bozdoğan dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 62 successful passes (of 72 total).
Before that match, a win away at Heracles.Early season league goal statistics from FC Utrecht's 2 home games: {1 goals}, 7 conceded.
Almere City form and stats
The Eredivisie season is young and Almere City have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Almere aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Jacobs was the last player to find the net.
Almere City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs PSV (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-4. Almere City lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Before that, Almere City travelled to Excelsior and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Almere are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Jensen 1 goals |  O. ter Haar Romeny 1 goals |  R. Flamingo 1 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
Almere City missing players
| FC Utrecht | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 6.7 |
| 1.7 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 10 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 14.2 | 16.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 22 | 19.8 |
| 5.5 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 8.3 |
- All of FC Utrecht's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Almere City have the most conceded goals (18) in Eredivisie
- Almere City have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Eredivisie
- Almere City have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Eredivisie
- Almere City have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Eredivisie
- Almere City have yet to win a game.
- FC Utrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Utrecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- FC Utrecht have lost all their home matches so far.
- FC Utrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | AZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | NEC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Heracles | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 13 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
| 18 | Almere City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
