A key match in Eerste Divisie as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Almere City in 2nd position and De Graafschap placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Almere City has the most points (22) at home in Eerste Divisie
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Almere City form and stats
This stadium, Yanmar Stadion, has been a fortress for Almere City in the Eerste Divisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-1-0. After failing to beat MVV Maastricht here at Yanmar Stadion, Almere has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.
Almere City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Jong PSV's place. The match ended 2-1 with Elias Sörensen and Thomas Verheydt scoring. Preceding that match was a KNVB Beker defeat to VVV-Venlo (1-4).
A late climax in the match against Jong PSV as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Elias Sörensen.
Goals decide football matches and Almere are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Almere City have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
De Graafschap form and stats
De Graafschap's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed De Graafschap collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Graafschap won their last game, 3-1 versus Jong Utrecht played at home. The game before that, in the KNVB Beker, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against PSV.
De Graafschap goalie Rody de Boer was high and low in the Jong Utrecht game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Graafschap are regular goalscorers on their travels. Graafschap have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Almere City one win, two draws and De Graafschap seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Verheydt 10 goals |   R. Seuntjens 10 goals |  E. Lieftink 7 goals |
Almere City missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| Almere City | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 41 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 36 |
| 22 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 88% |
| 65% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 65% |
| 41% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 59% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 59% |
| 41% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 13.1 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16.1 | 15.1 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 41% | 40% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 38% |
- Almere City has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City has the most points (22) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Cambuur | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 38 | 43 |
| 2 | Almere City | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | NEC | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 30 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Telstar | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Excelsior | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -21 | 13 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -23 | 12 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 11 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 30 | -29 | 11 |