Soccer betting preview: Almere City II welcomes Kozakken Boys in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Tweede Divisie
Competition: Sat 14.Oct
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

Important duel in the bottom part of the Tweede Divisie, with both Almere City II and Kozakken Boys suffering more worry than happiness. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the host team placed 13th and the guests in 15th position.

Insights:
  • Almere City II have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Tweede Divisie
  • Kozakken Boys have the fewest scored goals (6) in Tweede Divisie

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Almere City II form and stats

Almere City II have played 4 Tweede Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). When Almere City II hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jong Sparta, Excelsior Maassluis, Rijnsburgse Boys, Lisse and Almere City II), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Nothing to worry about in defence for Almere, as their goalkeeper Stijn Keller has completely shut out the opponents for 192 minutes in the Tweede Divisie.

Almere City II travelled for their previous game, a trip to Noordwijk that ended 0-0.

Ahead of that match, Almere City II won a home game hosting Jong Sparta (1-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Almere have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Almere City II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Almere City II have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Almere has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Kozakken Boys form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Tweede Divisie, on their Tweede Divisie travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Kozakken Boys has drawn their two previous away games.

409 minutes! That's how long the Kozakken goalkeeper Bryan Janssen and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Hoffman and Tremour secured the home win 2-0 against Lisse in their previous game. Yippee; their first win in the league after seven games not winning.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus HHC that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Kozakken Boys in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Kozakken Boys, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Kozakken Boys's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 4 travels.

Head 2 Head

Previous two meetings involving these squads: Almere City II won one, Kozakken Boys were winners in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlmereT. Noslin
T. Noslin
2 goals
Almere City IIL. Kromah
L. Kromah
2 goals
Kozakken BoysM. Bilate
M. Bilate
2 goals

Almere City II missing players

Kozakken Boys missing players

Almere City II Kozakken Boys
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
9 5 2 Scored S 1 2 6
12 2 1 Conceded C 2 4 8
75% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 50% 62%
50% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 62%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
38% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 38%
 
2 1.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.5 3.6
2.9 3.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 3.8
1.1 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 6.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.2 8.1
3.1 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 2.8
36% 62% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 27%
 
4.6 3 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 7.5 7.1
1.9 0.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 2.8
Key stats in Tweede Divisie this season:
  • Almere City II have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Almere City II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Almere City II have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kozakken Boys have scored away.
  • Almere City II have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Tweede Divisie
  • Kozakken Boys have the fewest scored goals (6) in Tweede Divisie
  • Kozakken Boys have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kozakken Boys have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Spakenburg 8 6 0 2 16 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 3 0 1 9 5 7 18
2 HHC 8 5 1 2 12 2 4 3 1 0 6 0 4 2 0 2 6 2 10 16
3 De Treffers 8 5 1 2 15 10 4 3 0 1 11 4 4 2 1 1 4 6 5 16
4 Quick Boys 7 5 0 2 18 9 4 2 0 2 8 6 3 3 0 0 10 3 9 15
5 Koninklijke HFC 8 4 2 2 13 10 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 3 1 0 9 4 3 14
6 GVVV 8 4 2 2 13 11 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 14
7 AFC 8 4 1 3 12 14 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 1 1 2 4 9 -2 13
8 ADO '20 8 4 1 3 11 13 4 2 1 1 9 8 4 2 0 2 2 5 -2 13
9 Noordwijk 8 2 6 0 11 8 4 1 3 0 3 2 4 1 3 0 8 6 3 12
10 ACV 8 3 2 3 12 11 4 2 1 1 8 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 1 11
11 Scheveningen 8 3 2 3 14 14 4 2 1 1 10 4 4 1 1 2 4 10 0 11
12 Katwijk 8 3 1 4 10 14 4 1 1 2 6 9 4 2 0 2 4 5 -4 10
13 Almere City II 8 2 2 4 9 13 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 4 10 -4 8
14 Rijnsburgse Boys 7 2 1 4 7 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 0 3 5 7 -2 7
15 Kozakken Boys 8 1 3 4 6 8 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 0 2 2 2 4 -2 6
16 Excelsior Maassluis 8 1 3 4 12 16 4 1 1 2 7 8 4 0 2 2 5 8 -4 6
17 Jong Sparta 8 2 0 6 12 16 4 1 0 3 3 5 4 1 0 3 9 11 -4 6
18 Lisse 8 0 2 6 8 24 4 0 1 3 6 16 4 0 1 3 2 8 -16 2

Read more about Tweede Divisie

The Tweede Divisie in the Netherlands, meaning “Second Division”, is the third highest division in Dutch football. It is a semi-professional league which consists of 18 teams. These teams meet each other twice for a total of 306 fixtures deciding the final league table.