Football preview: Home fans have high expectations when Almere City welcome FC Dordrecht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sun 13.November
Match begins: 11:15 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

A win is the only result that will be enough for the Almere City followers in this Yanmar Stadion duel with FC Dordrecht, having a robust lead on their opponents in the Eerste Divisie standings.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eerste Divisie

This could be an engrossing game with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Almere City form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Almere City have to build on here at Yanmar Stadion in the Eerste Divisie.

A good away victory last time out for Almere, who won 1-0 against Jong PSV (placed 14th). Midfielder Resink was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Resink had 52 successful passes (of 61 total).

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Heracles.

A decent goal production from Almere City in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Almere have conceded 8 goals.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

FC Dordrecht have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 1-3-3 (7 played).

FC Dordrecht failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Jong Ajax (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 3-4. A crazy, crazy game with plenty of goals last time out for FC Dordrecht, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that match, will this match be as full of joy? Azzouzi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.92. Azzouzi signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Telstar that ended 2-2.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Dordrecht have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Almere City have avoided defeat in the last 6 games (3-3-0) facing FC Dordrecht.

Top Goalscorers

AlmereJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
7 goals
FC DordrechtS. Longo
S. Longo
4 goals

Almere City missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

Almere City FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 14
7 4 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 3
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 7
21 13 3 Scored S 2 7 18
19 8 0 Conceded C 4 10 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 86%
57% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 64%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 21%
21% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
50% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 64%
29% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 14%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 21%
 
4.5 3.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.3
6.1 6.4 11 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 4.3
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 11 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.1 8.4
4.6 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.4
33% 42% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 38%
 
9 8.1 3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 11.6 9.6
4.6 4.4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 4.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Dordrecht have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht 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 14 10 1 3 36 19 6 5 1 0 19 7 8 5 0 3 17 12 17 31
2 MVV Maastricht 14 9 3 2 29 19 8 6 2 0 22 8 6 3 1 2 7 11 10 30
3 PEC Zwolle 14 9 2 3 33 17 7 3 2 2 13 11 7 6 0 1 20 6 16 29
4 FC Eindhoven 14 7 5 2 23 15 7 4 3 0 16 8 7 3 2 2 7 7 8 26
5 Jong AZ 14 7 2 5 24 18 7 5 1 1 17 7 7 2 1 4 7 11 6 23
6 Almere City 14 7 2 5 21 19 7 4 1 2 13 8 7 3 1 3 8 11 2 23
7 Willem II 14 6 4 4 21 17 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 3 2 2 13 10 4 22
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 14 6 3 5 25 21 6 4 1 1 14 8 8 2 2 4 11 13 4 21
9 VVV-Venlo 14 6 3 5 22 25 7 2 2 3 8 10 7 4 1 2 14 15 -3 21
10 Jong Ajax 14 5 4 5 25 23 7 3 2 2 15 7 7 2 2 3 10 16 2 19
11 NAC Breda 14 5 3 6 20 22 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 2 1 4 11 15 -2 18
12 FC Den Bosch 14 6 0 8 22 25 8 4 0 4 15 14 6 2 0 4 7 11 -3 18
13 Telstar 14 4 6 4 15 20 7 2 2 3 8 15 7 2 4 1 7 5 -5 18
14 Jong PSV 14 4 5 5 21 21 7 3 0 4 10 10 7 1 5 1 11 11 0 17
15 De Graafschap 14 4 3 7 20 23 7 3 2 2 10 6 7 1 1 5 10 17 -3 15
16 FC Dordrecht 14 4 3 7 18 23 7 3 0 4 11 13 7 1 3 3 7 10 -5 15
17 ADO Den Haag 14 4 3 7 19 25 7 2 2 3 12 12 7 2 1 4 7 13 -6 15
18 TOP Oss 14 4 1 9 16 25 7 2 1 4 9 12 7 2 0 5 7 13 -9 13
19 Helmond Sport 14 4 0 10 12 28 7 3 0 4 10 11 7 1 0 6 2 17 -16 12
20 Jong Utrecht 14 1 3 10 9 26 7 1 2 4 3 8 7 0 1 6 6 18 -17 6

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.