Almere City are aiming to blank out the league table ahead of this match vs FC Eindhoven. Here's everything you need to know before the game!
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Eindhoven have won significantly more corners away than at home.
Almere have less rest than FC Eindhoven in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. That game was an away game at FC Emmen, so at least Almere are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
This arena has grass, which is not FC Eindhoven's familiar surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on grass FC Eindhoven have performed like this: Played 21 matches with the outcome 5 wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats with the goal numbers 22-42 (scored/conceded).
Almere City form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Almere City have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Yanmar Stadion. It's been an uphill battle for Almere in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the FC Dordrecht game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Almere haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 192 minutes ago. J. Arweiler scored that one.
Almere faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Emmen (0-3). Midfield player Jorrit Smeets got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Smeets hit one key pass and had 47 successful passes (of 52 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to MVV Maastricht (0-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Almere have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost four.
Almere City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yanmar Stadion with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Almere City are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (19 from 8 played). It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
FC Eindhoven form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.
Joey Sleegers scored in Eindhoven's previous match, the home game against Jong AZ that ended 1-0. Attacker Jort van der Sande got a player rating of 8.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Sande served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting VVV-Venlo's place.We have checked recent matches where Eindhoven have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, two draws and four defeats.
Eindhoven has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. FC Eindhoven have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Almere City won six games, one match ended in a draw and FC Eindhoven have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. van der Sande 8 goals | J. Sleegers 8 goals |   J. Arweiler 7 goals |
Almere City missing players
FC Eindhoven missing players
| Almere City | FC Eindhoven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 39 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | 35% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 18% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 24% |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 1 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 9.9 | 11 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 40% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | 36% |
| 10.3 | 9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
- All of Almere City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City have the fewest points (5) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Eindhoven have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 Volendam | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Graafschap | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 29 |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Telstar | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 18 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
| 18 | Almere City | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -11 | 13 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -22 | 10 |