There is optimism in Almere City at this point, with their 3rd spot in the Eerste Divisie table and hosting De Graafschap (who are placed 10th).
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Almere City form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 Eerste Divisie games here at Yanmar Stadion for Almere City. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. After failing to beat Jong Ajax here at Yanmar Stadion, Almere has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Almere City's last game was hosting Willem II (placed 7th) and winning 1-0. Bakker, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.83 out of 10 in that game. Bakker topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that game, a home defeat in the KNVB Beker against NEC. 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 City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Early season league goal statistics from Almere City's 10 home games: {20 goals}, 10 conceded.
De Graafschap form and stats
There's been little loot from De Graafschap's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Eerste Divisie. De Graafschap only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Impressive finishing from Haen and Benschop (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Jong Ajax in their previous game. That win felt nice as this club had gone three league matches without winning. Neghli got a match rating of 8.35 in that game, top player of the team. Neghli served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Earlier, the KNVB Beker victory away at HV & CV Quick. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Graafschap in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for De Graafschap, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
De Graafschap has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. Graafschap have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
De Graafschap - Almere City 1-2 was the output when these teams last played each other, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Almere won two games, three matches ended with a tie and De Graafschap have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 12 goals |   C. Benschop 5 goals |  D. Gravenberch 4 goals |
Almere City missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| Almere City | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 31 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 25 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 55% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 30% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 50% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 20% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.3 | 12.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 43% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 39% | 34% |
| 9.1 | 8.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 10.4 | 8.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- De Graafschap have scored in all their away matches so far.
- 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 | Heracles | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 30 | 44 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 26 | 44 |
| 3 | Almere City | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Willem II | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | De Graafschap | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Telstar | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 12 | NAC Breda | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Jong Ajax | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 15 |
