Here's what we know about the Almere City - FC Den Bosch match:

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 19.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Almere City fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and FC Den Bosch's 20th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Eerste Divisie

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.

This pitch has grass, which is not FC Den Bosch's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass FC Den Bosch have performed like this: Played 20 matches resulting in 4 wins, 5 draws and 11 defeats with the goal stats 23-41 (scored/conceded).

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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 (7) at home in Eerste Divisie, have scored 27 goals to get 32 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 10-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Almere against FC Eindhoven the last match, as Thomas Verheydt (2) and Xian Emmers were on target. Before that, Almere had a home game versus Excelsior which ended with a victory 4-1.

Almere have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yanmar Stadion with 27 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively Almere City have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (7 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

There's been little loot from FC Den Bosch's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 14 away games in the Eerste Divisie. FC Den Bosch, who have the fewest points (5) away in Eerste Divisie, only have 1 win to counter their 11 defeats and 2 draws.

Bosch's previous game was their home loss versus FC Volendam (1-5). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jong Ajax at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against FC Volendam was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Bosch goalkeeper Wouter Van der Steen had a great day against FC Volendam, but despite making eight saves the loss could not be avoided.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Bosch defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 43 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: FC Den Bosch - Almere 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Almere seven wins, two draws and FC Den Bosch one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
16 goals
FC Den BoschJ. Hornkamp
J. Hornkamp
10 goals
AlmereF. Hammouti
F. Hammouti
7 goals

Almere City missing players

FC Den Bosch missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City FC Den Bosch
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
18 10 4 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 7
5 2 0 Lost L 5 11 17
63 27 11 Scored S 5 13 33
38 7 1 Conceded C 16 43 66
93% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
86% 79% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 89%
68% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 79% 71%
43% 14% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 57% 43%
29% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 36% 25%
57% 29% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 57% 68%
36% 64% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 11%
14% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 43% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.7 12.2 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.8 9.9
5.9 5.4 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 4.1
38% 36% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 24% 29%
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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Den Bosch have scored away.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Den Bosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Den Bosch have the fewest points (5) away in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (43) away 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 28 21 4 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 14 10 4 0 35 9 55 67
2 De Graafschap 28 20 3 5 57 36 14 10 2 2 27 15 14 10 1 3 30 21 21 63
3 NAC Breda 28 18 5 5 57 27 14 10 1 3 32 14 14 8 4 2 25 13 30 59
4 Almere City 28 18 5 5 63 38 14 10 2 2 27 7 14 8 3 3 36 31 25 59
5 Go Ahead Eagles 28 16 6 6 41 18 14 6 4 4 15 10 14 10 2 2 26 8 23 54
6 NEC 28 16 5 7 57 31 14 8 3 3 27 13 14 8 2 4 30 18 26 53
7 FC Volendam 28 13 8 7 62 39 14 5 3 6 31 22 14 8 5 1 31 17 23 47
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 12 9 7 54 41 14 6 5 3 27 18 14 6 4 4 27 23 13 45
9 Excelsior 28 11 3 14 53 49 14 6 1 7 30 26 14 5 2 7 23 23 4 36
10 Telstar 28 9 7 12 45 43 14 4 4 6 28 22 14 5 3 6 17 21 2 34
11 MVV Maastricht 28 9 5 14 32 54 14 6 2 6 23 31 14 3 3 8 9 23 -22 32
12 Jong Ajax 28 8 7 13 45 56 14 3 4 7 19 27 14 5 3 6 26 29 -11 31
13 FC Oss 28 9 4 15 30 48 14 5 2 7 21 24 14 4 2 8 9 24 -18 31
14 Helmond Sport 28 7 9 12 38 51 14 5 2 7 19 27 14 2 7 5 19 24 -13 30
15 FC Eindhoven 28 7 8 13 38 49 14 4 4 6 27 26 14 3 4 7 11 23 -11 29
16 Jong Utrecht 28 9 1 18 38 54 14 5 0 9 19 24 14 4 1 9 19 30 -16 28
17 Jong PSV 28 6 6 16 37 57 14 2 5 7 16 23 14 4 1 9 21 34 -20 24
18 Jong AZ 28 6 5 17 40 75 14 3 3 8 26 39 14 3 2 9 14 36 -35 23
19 FC Dordrecht 28 6 3 19 27 70 14 3 3 8 16 28 14 3 0 11 11 42 -43 21
20 FC Den Bosch 28 4 7 17 33 66 14 3 5 6 20 23 14 1 2 11 13 43 -33 19

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 28 21 4 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 14 10 4 0 35 9 55 67
2 De Graafschap 28 20 3 5 57 36 14 10 2 2 27 15 14 10 1 3 30 21 21 63
3 NAC Breda 28 18 5 5 57 27 14 10 1 3 32 14 14 8 4 2 25 13 30 59
4 Almere City 28 18 5 5 63 38 14 10 2 2 27 7 14 8 3 3 36 31 25 59
5 Go Ahead Eagles 28 16 6 6 41 18 14 6 4 4 15 10 14 10 2 2 26 8 23 54
6 NEC 28 16 5 7 57 31 14 8 3 3 27 13 14 8 2 4 30 18 26 53
7 FC Volendam 28 13 8 7 62 39 14 5 3 6 31 22 14 8 5 1 31 17 23 47
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 12 9 7 54 41 14 6 5 3 27 18 14 6 4 4 27 23 13 45
9 Excelsior 28 11 3 14 53 49 14 6 1 7 30 26 14 5 2 7 23 23 4 36
10 Telstar 28 9 7 12 45 43 14 4 4 6 28 22 14 5 3 6 17 21 2 34
11 MVV Maastricht 28 9 5 14 32 54 14 6 2 6 23 31 14 3 3 8 9 23 -22 32
12 Jong Ajax 28 8 7 13 45 56 14 3 4 7 19 27 14 5 3 6 26 29 -11 31
13 FC Oss 28 9 4 15 30 48 14 5 2 7 21 24 14 4 2 8 9 24 -18 31
14 Helmond Sport 28 7 9 12 38 51 14 5 2 7 19 27 14 2 7 5 19 24 -13 30
15 FC Eindhoven 28 7 8 13 38 49 14 4 4 6 27 26 14 3 4 7 11 23 -11 29
16 Jong Utrecht 28 9 1 18 38 54 14 5 0 9 19 24 14 4 1 9 19 30 -16 28
17 Jong PSV 28 6 6 16 37 57 14 2 5 7 16 23 14 4 1 9 21 34 -20 24
18 Jong AZ 28 6 5 17 40 75 14 3 3 8 26 39 14 3 2 9 14 36 -35 23
19 FC Dordrecht 28 6 3 19 27 70 14 3 3 8 16 28 14 3 0 11 11 42 -43 21
20 FC Den Bosch 28 4 7 17 33 66 14 3 5 6 20 23 14 1 2 11 13 43 -33 19

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