Almere City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind De Graafschap.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
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 8-1-1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Yanmar Stadion.
Almere City drew their last game, 1-1 away at Go Ahead Eagles (placed 5th). In the game before, an away victory match versus NEC with a 3-2 scoreline.
A decent goal production from Almere City in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Almere City have conceded only 9 goals.
De Graafschap form and stats
As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, De Graafschap have produced an overall stat of 3-6-1 so far. Visiting De Graafschap has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
De Graafschap are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Eerste Divisie against Jong Utrecht (placed 12th). Before that, De Graafschap travelled to FC Volendam and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.
De Graafschap has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. 13 goals have been conceded by De Graafschap in these games.
Head 2 Head
Almere City and De Graafschap have met before this season: De Graafschap - Almere City 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Almere City won 1 game, 3 matches ended with a draw and De Graafschap has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3Top Goalscorers
  R. Seuntjens 11 goals |   S. Harrison 7 goals |  M. Hamdaoui 7 goals |
Almere City missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| Almere City | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 43 |
| 31 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 81% | 80% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 52% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 70% | 67% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 38% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 62% |
| 24% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 6.1 | 6.6 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 5.8 | 4.5 | 6.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 280 | 161 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 124 | 299 |
| 130 | 74 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 51 | 135 |
| 25% | 26% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 32% |
- Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- De Graafschap have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | Jong Ajax | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 43 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 40 |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | NEC | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Telstar | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Almere City | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Jong Utrecht | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -4 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Eindhoven | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -16 | 22 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Jong PSV | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 17 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -24 | 15 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 29 | -25 | 15 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 12 |