Another action-packed fixture in the Eerste Divisie. Almere City is in the 12th spot after featuring in three games. They receive FC Den Bosch who are placed 15th after three fixtures.
Almere's stadium, Yanmar Stadion, has a grass surface. FC Den Bosch have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for FC Den Bosch when playing on grass; 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from 15 matches. They have scored 17 goals in these games and conceded 30.
Almere City have less rest than FC Den Bosch in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong AZ.
Almere City form and stats
Almere City have only played one Eerste Divisie game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats from 19 matches.
In their previous game, the manager Pastoor led his Almere to a defeat away at Jong AZ. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yanmar Stadion. Akujobi, defender, was given a rating of 7.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Akujobi hit two key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against FC Oss.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Almere City home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Almere City at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
FC Den Bosch form and stats
Only one away game in the Eerste Divisie so far for FC Den Bosch and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 11 losses from 19 travels.
The manager Gier was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadion De Vliert. FC Den Bosch suffered a 0-3 loss to Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 3rd). Midfield player Verbeek was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Verbeek hit five key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus ADO Den Haag at their stadium, the result 2-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where FC Den Bosch played away with similar odds. This revealed 10 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 9 times.
2 goals so far away for FC Den Bosch, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Almere won seven games, one match ended with a draw and FC Den Bosch have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ahannach 2 goals |   T. Poll 1 goals | J. Alba Seva 1 goals |
Almere City missing players
FC Den Bosch missing players
| Almere City | FC Den Bosch | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7.7 |
| 8.3 | 11 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10.7 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 38% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 23% |
| 9.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 15 |
| 4.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 7.3 |
| Almere City | Last season | FC Den Bosch | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Lost | L | 11 | 19 | ||
| 57 | 26 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 69 | 32 | Conceded | C | 34 | 61 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 84% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 71% | ||
| 68% | 63% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 37% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 26% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 21% | ||
| 58% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 42% | ||
| 21% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 26% | ||
| 26% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 37% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 12 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Heracles | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Jong AZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | FC Eindhoven | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | MVV Maastricht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Jong Ajax | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Willem II | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Almere City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | FC Oss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | FC Dordrecht | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Den Bosch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Telstar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | De Graafschap | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 20 | ADO Den Haag | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Emmen | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 40 | 83 |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 81 | 53 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 75 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 69 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 71 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 53 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 23 | 67 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 77 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 27 | 66 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 57 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 25 | 66 |
| 7 | Jong Ajax | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 82 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 19 | 63 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 59 |
| 9 | De Graafschap | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 56 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 64 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 31 | -14 | 48 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -19 | 47 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 63 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 35 | -2 | 44 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 28 | -11 | 42 |
| 14 | Almere City | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 69 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 37 | -12 | 41 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | -14 | 41 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 43 | 75 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 38 | -32 | 40 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 77 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 46 | -24 | 39 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 43 | 67 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 32 | -24 | 38 |
| 19 | Telstar | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 47 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -27 | 35 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 39 | 72 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | -33 | 28 |
