Possible nail-biting contest in ADO Den Haag - Almere City game

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cars Jeans Stadion (17023 seats)

A peek at the Eerste Divisie standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Get our ADO Den Haag - Almere City guide!

Insights:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (34) in Eerste Divisie

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Almere City have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 8-4-8 (win-draw-loss) from 20 matches.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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ADO Den Haag form and stats

ADO Den Haag have performed here at Cars Jeans Stadion this season with 11 wins from 18 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 3. Haag have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

ADO Den Haag drew their last game, also a home match. Jong Utrecht (placed 18th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfielder Klas was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.4 (out of ten) in that game. Klas scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 50 successful passes (of 57 total).

In the match before that, Haag hosted Jong PSV and drew the game 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with ADO Den Haag perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with ADO Den Haag as a small favourite), we find eight games. ADO Den Haag has won three of these, drawn three and lost two.

The Haag manager Grünholz has got the team scoring with 38 from 18 home games in the league. ADO Den Haag's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Almere City form and stats

Playing away, Almere City have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 8 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Two trips in a row for Almere City, whose coach Pastoor could celebrate last time after the win against FC Oss. Midfield player Duijvestijn was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.91/10. Duijvestijn scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus NAC Breda.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Almere playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Almere City wins, one draw and three defeats.

Almere City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 18 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides get together this season, as the history books show this recent match: Almere City - ADO Den Haag 1-3. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Haag wins - draws - Almere City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

ADO Den HaagT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
29 goals
ADO Den HaagS. Steijn
S. Steijn
15 goals
Almere CityL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
12 goals

ADO Den Haag missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
ADO Den Haag Almere City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
21 11 4 Won W 1 6 11
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 8
8 3 0 Lost L 3 8 17
75 38 13 Scored S 11 31 57
50 21 5 Conceded C 16 36 65
94% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 94% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 86%
58% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 69%
47% 39% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 44% 39%
36% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 28% 22%
58% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 78% 61%
31% 28% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 22%
17% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 17% 22%
 
5.2 5.6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 5.9 5.7
4.5 4.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 5
1.6 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.3 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 14.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11.1 11.2
5.6 6.1 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.8 4.4
37% 35% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 36%
 
9.1 8.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 10.5 9.5
4.1 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.4 4.2
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (34) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 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 FC Emmen 36 25 5 6 61 23 18 14 0 4 38 12 18 11 5 2 23 11 38 80
2 FC Volendam 36 21 11 4 77 48 18 13 2 3 45 26 18 8 9 1 32 22 29 74
3 FC Eindhoven 36 20 7 9 66 41 18 11 4 3 38 19 18 9 3 6 28 22 25 67
4 Excelsior 36 19 7 10 78 53 18 9 4 5 42 26 18 10 3 5 36 27 25 64
5 ADO Den Haag 36 21 7 8 75 50 18 11 4 3 38 21 18 10 3 5 37 29 25 64
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 36 17 12 7 73 46 18 9 6 3 38 21 18 8 6 4 35 25 27 63
7 Jong Ajax 35 17 8 10 75 60 17 11 3 3 44 26 18 6 5 7 31 34 15 59
8 NAC Breda 36 15 10 11 55 43 18 9 7 2 30 13 18 6 3 9 25 30 12 55
9 Graafschap 36 15 9 12 50 41 18 4 7 7 17 24 18 11 2 5 33 17 9 54
10 VVV-Venlo 35 13 5 17 44 54 18 7 3 8 25 31 17 6 2 9 19 23 -10 44
11 FC Den Bosch 36 13 4 19 40 60 18 9 1 8 22 27 18 4 3 11 18 33 -20 43
12 Jong PSV 35 11 8 16 57 59 17 7 4 6 32 25 18 4 4 10 25 34 -2 41
13 Almere City 36 11 8 17 57 65 18 5 4 9 26 29 18 6 4 8 31 36 -8 41
14 FC Oss 36 11 8 17 48 58 18 6 5 7 28 27 18 5 3 10 20 31 -10 41
15 Jong AZ 36 11 6 19 36 49 18 7 3 8 19 21 18 4 3 11 17 28 -13 39
16 Telstar 36 8 11 17 43 67 18 4 5 9 20 36 18 4 6 8 23 31 -24 35
17 FC Dordrecht 36 9 8 19 49 74 18 5 6 7 25 29 18 4 2 12 24 45 -25 35
18 Jong Utrecht 36 10 5 21 38 63 18 5 0 13 14 32 18 5 5 8 24 31 -25 35
19 MVV Maastricht 35 10 3 22 39 73 18 4 3 11 21 37 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 33
20 Helmond Sport 36 7 6 23 37 71 18 4 3 11 19 35 18 3 3 12 18 36 -34 24

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 Emmen 36 25 5 6 61 23 18 14 0 4 38 12 18 11 5 2 23 11 38 80
2 FC Volendam 36 21 11 4 77 48 18 13 2 3 45 26 18 8 9 1 32 22 29 74
3 FC Eindhoven 36 20 7 9 66 41 18 11 4 3 38 19 18 9 3 6 28 22 25 67
4 Excelsior 36 19 7 10 78 53 18 9 4 5 42 26 18 10 3 5 36 27 25 64
5 ADO Den Haag 36 21 7 8 75 50 18 11 4 3 38 21 18 10 3 5 37 29 25 64
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 36 17 12 7 73 46 18 9 6 3 38 21 18 8 6 4 35 25 27 63
7 Jong Ajax 35 17 8 10 75 60 17 11 3 3 44 26 18 6 5 7 31 34 15 59
8 NAC Breda 36 15 10 11 55 43 18 9 7 2 30 13 18 6 3 9 25 30 12 55
9 Graafschap 36 15 9 12 50 41 18 4 7 7 17 24 18 11 2 5 33 17 9 54
10 VVV-Venlo 35 13 5 17 44 54 18 7 3 8 25 31 17 6 2 9 19 23 -10 44
11 FC Den Bosch 36 13 4 19 40 60 18 9 1 8 22 27 18 4 3 11 18 33 -20 43
12 Jong PSV 35 11 8 16 57 59 17 7 4 6 32 25 18 4 4 10 25 34 -2 41
13 Almere City 36 11 8 17 57 65 18 5 4 9 26 29 18 6 4 8 31 36 -8 41
14 FC Oss 36 11 8 17 48 58 18 6 5 7 28 27 18 5 3 10 20 31 -10 41
15 Jong AZ 36 11 6 19 36 49 18 7 3 8 19 21 18 4 3 11 17 28 -13 39
16 Telstar 36 8 11 17 43 67 18 4 5 9 20 36 18 4 6 8 23 31 -24 35
17 FC Dordrecht 36 9 8 19 49 74 18 5 6 7 25 29 18 4 2 12 24 45 -25 35
18 Jong Utrecht 36 10 5 21 38 63 18 5 0 13 14 32 18 5 5 8 24 31 -25 35
19 MVV Maastricht 35 10 3 22 39 73 18 4 3 11 21 37 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 33
20 Helmond Sport 36 7 6 23 37 71 18 4 3 11 19 35 18 3 3 12 18 36 -34 24

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