Almere City vs Excelsior match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

It's advantage Almere City so far with their 4th position in the Eerste Divisie table, welcoming Excelsior who are placed 10th.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Eerste Divisie

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Eerste Divisie. This match was also played here at Yanmar Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Excelsior have had more rest.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Excelsior's home stadium. The visitors last 21 games on grass have ended in 4 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses.

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Almere City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Yanmar Stadion as Almere City, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Eerste Divisie, have scored 23 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Almere City manager O. Tobiasen might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Almere City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus FC Volendam (placed 7th). Before that game, the home loss against SC Cambuur with the scoreline 0-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Almere's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.

The Almere City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Almere have only let in 6 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Excelsior form and stats

As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, Excelsior have produced an overall stat of 5-2-6 so far.

Impressive finishing from Reuven Niemeijer, Joel Zwarts, Julian Baas and Ahmad Mendes Moreira secured the home win 5-1 against Jong Ajax in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Excelsior manager M. Dijkhuizen faced defeat when travelling to MVV Maastricht and losing 0-1.

As you can tell from the results above, Excelsior was very dominant against Jong Ajax, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Reuven Niemeijer, Joel Zwarts, Julian Baas and Ahmad Mendes Moreira providing the goals. Excelsior goalie Alessandro Damen was high and low in the Jong Ajax game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Excelsior playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Excelsior are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. 19 goals have been conceded by Excelsior in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Excelsior - Almere 4-6. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Almere wins - draws - Excelsior wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorE. Ómarsson
E. Ómarsson
18 goals
AlmereT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
14 goals
ExcelsiorR. Niemeijer
R. Niemeijer
7 goals

Almere City missing players

Excelsior missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City Excelsior
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 2 13 26
16 9 2 Won W 0 5 10
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 1 6 13
56 23 5 Scored S 2 22 50
36 6 3 Conceded C 3 19 45
92% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 92% 96%
85% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 81%
65% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 69%
38% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 46%
27% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 31%
54% 23% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 62%
38% 69% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 23%
15% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.8 12.4 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 13.5 13.4
5.9 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 6 5.8
37% 33% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 33%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Eerste Divisie

  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 26 20 3 3 74 21 13 10 0 3 39 12 13 10 3 0 35 9 53 63
2 Graafschap 26 18 3 5 54 35 13 9 2 2 26 15 13 9 1 3 28 20 19 57
3 NAC Breda 26 16 5 5 51 23 13 9 1 3 29 12 13 7 4 2 22 11 28 53
4 Almere City 26 16 5 5 56 36 13 9 2 2 23 6 13 7 3 3 33 30 20 53
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 15 5 6 37 18 13 6 3 4 15 10 13 9 2 2 22 8 19 50
6 NEC 26 14 5 7 48 31 13 7 3 3 25 13 13 7 2 4 23 18 17 47
7 FC Volendam 26 12 8 6 54 34 13 5 3 5 28 18 13 7 5 1 26 16 20 44
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 8 7 48 36 13 6 4 3 25 16 13 5 4 4 23 20 12 41
9 Telstar 26 9 7 10 43 38 13 4 4 5 27 20 13 5 3 5 16 18 5 34
10 Excelsior 26 10 3 13 50 45 13 5 1 7 28 26 13 5 2 6 22 19 5 33
11 Helmond Sport 26 7 9 10 36 41 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 2 7 4 17 21 -5 30
12 Jong Ajax 26 8 6 12 42 52 13 3 4 6 18 25 13 5 2 6 24 27 -10 30
13 FC Eindhoven 26 7 8 11 37 45 13 4 4 5 26 23 13 3 4 6 11 22 -8 29
14 Jong Utrecht 26 9 1 16 38 51 13 5 0 8 19 23 13 4 1 8 19 28 -13 28
15 FC Oss 26 8 4 14 27 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 13 3 2 8 6 23 -16 28
16 MVV Maastricht 26 7 5 14 28 52 13 5 2 6 20 29 13 2 3 8 8 23 -24 26
17 Jong PSV 26 6 6 14 37 54 13 2 5 6 16 22 13 4 1 8 21 32 -17 24
18 Jong AZ 26 6 5 15 36 69 13 3 3 7 24 36 13 3 2 8 12 33 -33 23
19 FC Dordrecht 26 5 3 18 25 67 13 3 3 7 15 25 13 2 0 11 10 42 -42 18
20 FC Den Bosch 26 3 7 16 30 60 13 3 5 5 19 18 13 0 2 11 11 42 -30 16

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 SC Cambuur 26 20 3 3 74 21 13 10 0 3 39 12 13 10 3 0 35 9 53 63
2 Graafschap 26 18 3 5 54 35 13 9 2 2 26 15 13 9 1 3 28 20 19 57
3 NAC Breda 26 16 5 5 51 23 13 9 1 3 29 12 13 7 4 2 22 11 28 53
4 Almere City 26 16 5 5 56 36 13 9 2 2 23 6 13 7 3 3 33 30 20 53
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 15 5 6 37 18 13 6 3 4 15 10 13 9 2 2 22 8 19 50
6 NEC 26 14 5 7 48 31 13 7 3 3 25 13 13 7 2 4 23 18 17 47
7 FC Volendam 26 12 8 6 54 34 13 5 3 5 28 18 13 7 5 1 26 16 20 44
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 11 8 7 48 36 13 6 4 3 25 16 13 5 4 4 23 20 12 41
9 Telstar 26 9 7 10 43 38 13 4 4 5 27 20 13 5 3 5 16 18 5 34
10 Excelsior 26 10 3 13 50 45 13 5 1 7 28 26 13 5 2 6 22 19 5 33
11 Helmond Sport 26 7 9 10 36 41 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 2 7 4 17 21 -5 30
12 Jong Ajax 26 8 6 12 42 52 13 3 4 6 18 25 13 5 2 6 24 27 -10 30
13 FC Eindhoven 26 7 8 11 37 45 13 4 4 5 26 23 13 3 4 6 11 22 -8 29
14 Jong Utrecht 26 9 1 16 38 51 13 5 0 8 19 23 13 4 1 8 19 28 -13 28
15 FC Oss 26 8 4 14 27 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 13 3 2 8 6 23 -16 28
16 MVV Maastricht 26 7 5 14 28 52 13 5 2 6 20 29 13 2 3 8 8 23 -24 26
17 Jong PSV 26 6 6 14 37 54 13 2 5 6 16 22 13 4 1 8 21 32 -17 24
18 Jong AZ 26 6 5 15 36 69 13 3 3 7 24 36 13 3 2 8 12 33 -33 23
19 FC Dordrecht 26 5 3 18 25 67 13 3 3 7 15 25 13 2 0 11 10 42 -42 18
20 FC Den Bosch 26 3 7 16 30 60 13 3 5 5 19 18 13 0 2 11 11 42 -30 16

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The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.