Match preview Eerste Divisie: Almere City - Jong Ajax at Yanmar Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Almere City fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Jong Ajax's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Almere City form and stats

Almere City, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eerste Divisie, are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Yanmar Stadion. 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games.

Almere travelled for their previous game, a trip to De Graafschap that ended 2-2. Prior to that, an away loss at Go Ahead Eagles.

A decent goal production from Almere in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 17 league matches. Almere have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 8 goals.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. Three has not been a lucky number for Jong as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Helmond Sport match.

Jong have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 287 minutes ago. N. Unuvar was the goal scorer.

Home advantage was not enough for Jong in their previous game, as they lost their Eerste Divisie-match, hosting NEC, 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting FC Eindhoven's place.

The travelling fans enjoy Jong's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Jong have conceded 35 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Jong Ajax - Almere 1-4 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Almere, zero draws and seven wins for Jong Ajax. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
20 goals
Jong AjaxB. Brobbey
B. Brobbey
9 goals
Almere CityF. Hammouti
F. Hammouti
8 goals

Almere City missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City Jong Ajax
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
20 12 4 Won W 2 5 9
8 3 1 Drew D 1 4 9
7 2 0 Lost L 2 8 17
70 32 11 Scored S 9 28 52
46 8 1 Conceded C 10 35 68
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 82% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 91%
60% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 74%
37% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 53% 43%
23% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 24% 23%
51% 29% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 76% 74%
37% 65% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 6%
20% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 20%
 
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 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 6
 
12.4 12.4 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.5 11.1
5.6 5.6 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 5.2 4.9
36% 34% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 30%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong Ajax 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 SC Cambuur 35 27 4 4 104 33 17 14 0 3 56 16 18 13 4 1 48 17 71 85
2 De Graafschap 35 23 5 7 65 45 18 11 4 3 31 21 17 12 1 4 34 24 20 74
3 Go Ahead Eagles 35 20 8 7 54 23 17 8 5 4 23 11 18 12 3 3 31 12 31 68
4 Almere City 35 20 8 7 70 46 17 12 3 2 32 8 18 8 5 5 38 38 24 68
5 NAC Breda 35 20 7 8 69 38 18 12 1 5 39 19 17 8 6 3 30 19 31 67
6 NEC 35 19 6 10 65 40 17 10 4 3 32 16 18 9 2 7 33 24 25 63
7 FC Volendam 34 16 8 10 72 49 17 7 3 7 38 27 17 9 5 3 34 22 23 56
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 14 12 9 65 57 17 7 7 3 33 22 18 7 5 6 32 35 8 54
9 Excelsior 35 13 6 16 61 63 17 7 2 8 32 30 18 6 4 8 29 33 -2 45
10 Helmond Sport 35 11 10 14 49 62 18 8 3 7 25 29 17 3 7 7 24 33 -13 43
11 TOP Oss 34 12 6 16 37 52 17 7 3 7 27 27 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 42
12 MVV Maastricht 35 12 6 17 45 67 17 8 2 7 29 35 18 4 4 10 16 32 -22 42
13 Telstar 34 10 10 14 53 51 17 5 5 7 34 27 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 40
14 Jong PSV 34 10 7 17 51 61 17 4 5 8 22 26 17 6 2 9 29 35 -10 37
15 FC Eindhoven 35 9 9 17 46 58 17 5 5 7 30 28 18 4 4 10 16 30 -12 36
16 Jong Ajax 35 9 9 17 52 68 18 4 5 9 24 33 17 5 4 8 28 35 -16 36
17 Jong AZ 35 9 5 21 52 89 18 6 3 9 36 45 17 3 2 12 16 44 -37 32
18 Jong Utrecht 35 10 1 24 46 72 18 5 0 13 22 35 17 5 1 11 24 37 -26 31
19 FC Den Bosch 35 7 8 20 54 80 18 5 6 7 34 31 17 2 2 13 20 49 -26 29
20 FC Dordrecht 35 8 3 24 35 91 18 4 3 11 20 40 17 4 0 13 15 51 -56 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 35 27 4 4 104 33 17 14 0 3 56 16 18 13 4 1 48 17 71 85
2 De Graafschap 35 23 5 7 65 45 18 11 4 3 31 21 17 12 1 4 34 24 20 74
3 Go Ahead Eagles 35 20 8 7 54 23 17 8 5 4 23 11 18 12 3 3 31 12 31 68
4 Almere City 35 20 8 7 70 46 17 12 3 2 32 8 18 8 5 5 38 38 24 68
5 NAC Breda 35 20 7 8 69 38 18 12 1 5 39 19 17 8 6 3 30 19 31 67
6 NEC 35 19 6 10 65 40 17 10 4 3 32 16 18 9 2 7 33 24 25 63
7 FC Volendam 34 16 8 10 72 49 17 7 3 7 38 27 17 9 5 3 34 22 23 56
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 14 12 9 65 57 17 7 7 3 33 22 18 7 5 6 32 35 8 54
9 Excelsior 35 13 6 16 61 63 17 7 2 8 32 30 18 6 4 8 29 33 -2 45
10 Helmond Sport 35 11 10 14 49 62 18 8 3 7 25 29 17 3 7 7 24 33 -13 43
11 TOP Oss 34 12 6 16 37 52 17 7 3 7 27 27 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 42
12 MVV Maastricht 35 12 6 17 45 67 17 8 2 7 29 35 18 4 4 10 16 32 -22 42
13 Telstar 34 10 10 14 53 51 17 5 5 7 34 27 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 40
14 Jong PSV 34 10 7 17 51 61 17 4 5 8 22 26 17 6 2 9 29 35 -10 37
15 FC Eindhoven 35 9 9 17 46 58 17 5 5 7 30 28 18 4 4 10 16 30 -12 36
16 Jong Ajax 35 9 9 17 52 68 18 4 5 9 24 33 17 5 4 8 28 35 -16 36
17 Jong AZ 35 9 5 21 52 89 18 6 3 9 36 45 17 3 2 12 16 44 -37 32
18 Jong Utrecht 35 10 1 24 46 72 18 5 0 13 22 35 17 5 1 11 24 37 -26 31
19 FC Den Bosch 35 7 8 20 54 80 18 5 6 7 34 31 17 2 2 13 20 49 -26 29
20 FC Dordrecht 35 8 3 24 35 91 18 4 3 11 20 40 17 4 0 13 15 51 -56 27

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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.