Eerste Divisie: Almere City expected to beat FC Dordrecht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 24.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

Almere City are receiving FC Dordrecht for another important match after their 2-4 result versus 12th-placed Jong Ajax.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (6) in Eerste Divisie

Almere City and FC Dordrecht should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Almere City form and stats

Almere City have collected 4 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 1-1-1.

The Almere City fans got no joy from their last match, a Eerste Divisie game also here at Yanmar Stadion: A 2-4 defeat against Jong Ajax (placed 12th). A goal frenzy last time out for Almere, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Jong Ajax. Fun stuff to watch! Almere's goalkeeper Michael Woud was extremely busy against Jong Ajax, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The versatile forward Lance Duijvestijn outperformed all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Duijvestijn scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

1-1 away at Telstar before that.

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 six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

Almere can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

Things could have gone better for FC Dordrecht in their Eerste Divisie away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. With the Dordrecht losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

FC Dordrecht failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs Telstar (placed 18th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Toine Van Huizen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Huizen won 9 of 12 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Excelsior wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

You'll want to know how Dordrecht managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found nine similar matches resulting in two away wins, two draws and five home wins.

The visiting FC Dordrecht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. Dordrecht have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Almere-FC Dordrecht H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almere City five wins, FC Dordrecht two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityI. Alhaft
I. Alhaft
3 goals
AlmereL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
3 goals
FC DordrechtN. Agrafiotis
N. Agrafiotis
3 goals

Almere City missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

Almere City FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 3 7
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
13 6 0 Scored S 0 3 6
13 5 0 Conceded C 0 7 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 71%
71% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
86% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 57%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
5 3.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.3 4.6
7.1 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6.9
1 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 12.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 11.3
4.1 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 3.7
45% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 23%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Almere City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of FC Dordrecht's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Almere City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Almere City have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Almere City have scored more than double the goals of FC Dordrecht.
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (13) 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 failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals (6) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Dordrecht is in the worst form (1-1-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jong AZ 7 5 0 2 9 6 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 15
2 Jong Utrecht 7 4 2 1 12 5 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 7 14
3 Excelsior 7 4 1 2 14 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 0 1 10 5 6 13
4 FC Volendam 7 3 3 1 16 9 4 2 1 1 10 6 3 1 2 0 6 3 7 12
5 De Graafschap 7 4 0 3 11 10 4 2 0 2 5 7 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 12
6 MVV Maastricht 7 4 0 3 10 17 4 3 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 2 12 -7 12
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 7 3 2 2 15 11 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 2 1 0 9 5 4 11
8 FC Emmen 7 3 1 3 12 8 3 1 0 2 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 10
9 VVV-Venlo 7 3 1 3 9 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 0 10
10 FC Eindhoven 7 3 1 3 11 12 3 2 1 0 6 4 4 1 0 3 5 8 -1 10
11 TOP Oss 7 3 1 3 9 10 3 2 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 1 6 -1 10
12 Jong Ajax 7 3 0 4 16 16 3 1 0 2 8 7 4 2 0 2 8 9 0 9
13 FC Den Bosch 7 3 0 4 8 12 4 2 0 2 6 9 3 1 0 2 2 3 -4 9
14 Almere City 7 2 2 3 13 13 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 1 1 2 7 8 0 8
15 ADO Den Haag 6 3 1 2 13 11 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 6 7 2 7
16 Jong PSV 6 2 1 3 8 8 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 7
17 NAC Breda 7 1 3 3 11 14 3 1 1 1 6 4 4 0 2 2 5 10 -3 6
18 Telstar 7 1 3 3 8 14 3 0 2 1 5 6 4 1 1 2 3 8 -6 6
19 Helmond Sport 7 2 0 5 7 13 4 2 0 2 3 5 3 0 0 3 4 8 -6 6
20 FC Dordrecht 7 1 2 4 6 12 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 0 2 3 7 -6 5

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.