Almere City saw a 2-3 scoreline versus FC Volendam last game, a fixture to remember. Next up is this sturdy De Graafschap side.
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eerste Divisie
- De Graafschap have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Eerste Divisie
Almere City and De Graafschap should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Almere City form and stats
The total Eerste Divisie statistics at home this season for Almere City are 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Almere are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus FC Volendam. The attacking player Maarten Pouwels was named "man of the match" for Almere with the rating of 7.8/10. Pouwels scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the match before that, Almere hosted FC Dordrecht and drew the game 2-2.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Almere's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
De Graafschap form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Two travels in a row for Graafschap, whose manager R. Robbemond could celebrate last time after the Eerste Divisie win against TOP Oss. Jonathan Opoku got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Opoku scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A draw for De Graafschap before that, at their own venue hosting Jong Utrecht (2-2).With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Graafschap are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Almere won two, De Graafschap were winners in five and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  I. Alhaft 3 goals |  L. Duijvestijn 3 goals |   J. Konings 3 goals |
Almere City missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| Almere City | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 5.3 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 3.7 |
| 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13.8 | 13.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 39% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | 30% |
- All of Almere City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of De Graafschap's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- De Graafschap have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- De Graafschap have scored in all their away matches so far.
- De Graafschap have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Eerste Divisie
- De Graafschap have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Eerste Divisie
- De Graafschap have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- De Graafschap 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 | FC Volendam | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Jong AZ | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Excelsior | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Jong Utrecht | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | FC Eindhoven | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Telstar | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | MVV Maastricht | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | TOP Oss | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Almere City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | NAC Breda | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 9 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 6 |