There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Almere City leading FC Dordrecht by 35 points.
- Almere City has the most points (26) at home in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht has the the worst goal difference (-33) 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.
Almere City form and stats
Almere City, who have the most points (26) at home in Eerste Divisie, have been very solid at home in the Eerste Divisie so far, with 26 points collected from 10 matches (8-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The Almere City fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Yanmar Stadion and will expect new points from this game. Almere has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Almere enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Jong AZ's place. The match ended 5-2 with Mees Kaandorp, Oussama Bouyaghlafen, Frederik Helstrup, Damon Mirani and Thomas Verheydt scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus FC Eindhoven.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
A decent goal production from Almere in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Defensively Almere have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
FC Dordrecht form and stats
There's been little loot from FC Dordrecht's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 10 away games in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht, who have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Eerste Divisie, only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 0 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Dordrecht are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Dordrecht delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against FC Volendam (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Eerste Divisie game. A 2-3 loss hosting Jong PSV before that.
Goalkeeper Anthony Swolfs made a total of ten saves, making him a hero against FC Volendam. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dordrecht can't defend away. 35 goals have been scored by the opposition in 10 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Almere and FC Dordrecht have met before this season: FC Dordrecht - Almere City 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Almere City won five games, three matches ended with a draw and FC Dordrecht has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  T. Verheydt 12 goals |   K. Jansen 5 goals | D. Mirani 4 goals |
Almere City missing players
FC Dordrecht missing players
| Almere City | FC Dordrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 47 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 24 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 12 | 35 | 51 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 80% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 85% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 65% |
| 40% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 30% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 40% | 25% |
| 55% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 45% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 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 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 13 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 40% | 35% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 23% | 25% |
- Almere City has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City has the most clean sheets (8) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City has the most points (26) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Almere City have scored more than double the goals of FC Dordrecht.
- FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals (35) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht has the the worst goal difference (-28) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht has the the worst goal difference (-33) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Almere City | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 47 |
| 2 | SC Cambuur | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 40 | 46 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 34 |
| 7 | NEC | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 34 |
| 8 | Telstar | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Jong Utrecht | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Helmond Sport | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -25 | 16 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -26 | 15 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -33 | 12 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 33 | -28 | 11 |