Almere City vs Jong AZ: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

Boasting a 2 point edge in the league table, Almere City fans expect to see their team earn max points from this game hosting Jong AZ.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (34) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (36) in Eerste Divisie

Jong AZ play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture occurs on grass. The latest statistics for Jong AZ when playing on grass are 1 win, 2 draws and 11 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 30 times on these occasions.

This has all the signs of an interesting fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Almere City form and stats

5-4-9 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Almere City so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Pastoor led his Almere City to a defeat away at ADO Den Haag. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yanmar Stadion. Attacking player Alhaft outperformed all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Alhaft hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that match, a win away at TOP Oss.

The Almere fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 18 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Jong AZ form and stats

There's been little loot from Jong AZ's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 18 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Jong AZ only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 3 draws.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Helmond Sport with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Defender Dekker was the best team player with a rating of 7.34. Dekker won 4 of 4 duels.

A 3-3 draw at Excelsior's stadium before that.

The attacking power of Jong AZ when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored from 18 league matches away. Jong AZ's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Jong AZ - Almere 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Almere City wins - draws - Jong AZ wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlmereL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
12 goals
Almere CityJ. Arweiler
J. Arweiler
10 goals
Almere CityI. Alhaft
I. Alhaft
8 goals

Almere City missing players

Jong AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City Jong AZ
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
11 5 2 Won W 1 4 11
8 4 3 Drew D 1 3 6
18 9 1 Lost L 4 11 20
57 26 9 Scored S 3 17 36
66 29 5 Conceded C 7 28 50
95% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 95%
84% 83% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 61% 59%
68% 61% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 41%
38% 33% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 19%
22% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
59% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 41%
22% 39% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 19%
24% 28% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 46%
 
5.6 5.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.2 5
4.9 5.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.2 5.9
1.2 0.9 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.1 11.3 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7.6 8.7
4.4 5.1 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.3 3.5
35% 28% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 29% 28%
 
9.5 8.4 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.3 11.4
4.1 4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.8 5.3
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (34) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jong AZ have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (17) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ have the fewest scored goals (36) in Eerste Divisie

  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 Emmen 37 25 5 7 61 24 18 14 0 4 38 12 19 11 5 3 23 12 37 80
2 FC Volendam 37 21 11 5 79 51 18 13 2 3 45 26 19 8 9 2 34 25 28 74
3 FC Eindhoven 37 21 7 9 67 41 19 12 4 3 39 19 18 9 3 6 28 22 26 70
4 ADO Den Haag 37 22 7 8 76 50 19 12 4 3 39 21 18 10 3 5 37 29 26 67
5 Excelsior 37 19 8 10 80 55 18 9 4 5 42 26 19 10 4 5 38 29 25 65
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 37 17 12 8 73 47 18 9 6 3 38 21 19 8 6 5 35 26 26 63
7 Jong Ajax 37 18 8 11 81 62 18 12 3 3 50 27 19 6 5 8 31 35 19 62
8 NAC Breda 37 16 10 11 58 43 19 10 7 2 33 13 18 6 3 9 25 30 15 58
9 De Graafschap 37 15 10 12 51 42 19 4 8 7 18 25 18 11 2 5 33 17 9 55
10 FC Den Bosch 37 14 4 19 41 60 19 10 1 8 23 27 18 4 3 11 18 33 -19 46
11 VVV-Venlo 37 13 6 18 47 62 19 7 4 8 27 33 18 6 2 10 20 29 -15 45
12 Jong PSV 37 11 10 16 60 62 18 7 5 6 34 27 19 4 5 10 26 35 -2 43
13 Almere City 37 11 8 18 57 66 18 5 4 9 26 29 19 6 4 9 31 37 -9 41
14 TOP Oss 37 11 8 18 48 61 18 6 5 7 28 27 19 5 3 11 20 34 -13 41
15 Jong AZ 37 11 6 20 36 50 19 7 3 9 19 22 18 4 3 11 17 28 -14 39
16 Jong Utrecht 37 11 5 21 41 64 18 5 0 13 14 32 19 6 5 8 27 32 -23 38
17 FC Dordrecht 37 10 8 19 52 76 19 6 6 7 28 31 18 4 2 12 24 45 -24 38
18 MVV Maastricht 37 11 4 22 42 75 19 5 3 11 22 37 18 6 1 11 20 38 -33 37
19 Telstar 37 8 11 18 44 70 19 4 5 10 21 39 18 4 6 8 23 31 -26 35
20 Helmond Sport 37 8 6 23 38 71 18 4 3 11 19 35 19 4 3 12 19 36 -33 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 FC Emmen 37 25 5 7 61 24 18 14 0 4 38 12 19 11 5 3 23 12 37 80
2 FC Volendam 37 21 11 5 79 51 18 13 2 3 45 26 19 8 9 2 34 25 28 74
3 FC Eindhoven 37 21 7 9 67 41 19 12 4 3 39 19 18 9 3 6 28 22 26 70
4 ADO Den Haag 37 22 7 8 76 50 19 12 4 3 39 21 18 10 3 5 37 29 26 67
5 Excelsior 37 19 8 10 80 55 18 9 4 5 42 26 19 10 4 5 38 29 25 65
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 37 17 12 8 73 47 18 9 6 3 38 21 19 8 6 5 35 26 26 63
7 Jong Ajax 37 18 8 11 81 62 18 12 3 3 50 27 19 6 5 8 31 35 19 62
8 NAC Breda 37 16 10 11 58 43 19 10 7 2 33 13 18 6 3 9 25 30 15 58
9 De Graafschap 37 15 10 12 51 42 19 4 8 7 18 25 18 11 2 5 33 17 9 55
10 FC Den Bosch 37 14 4 19 41 60 19 10 1 8 23 27 18 4 3 11 18 33 -19 46
11 VVV-Venlo 37 13 6 18 47 62 19 7 4 8 27 33 18 6 2 10 20 29 -15 45
12 Jong PSV 37 11 10 16 60 62 18 7 5 6 34 27 19 4 5 10 26 35 -2 43
13 Almere City 37 11 8 18 57 66 18 5 4 9 26 29 19 6 4 9 31 37 -9 41
14 TOP Oss 37 11 8 18 48 61 18 6 5 7 28 27 19 5 3 11 20 34 -13 41
15 Jong AZ 37 11 6 20 36 50 19 7 3 9 19 22 18 4 3 11 17 28 -14 39
16 Jong Utrecht 37 11 5 21 41 64 18 5 0 13 14 32 19 6 5 8 27 32 -23 38
17 FC Dordrecht 37 10 8 19 52 76 19 6 6 7 28 31 18 4 2 12 24 45 -24 38
18 MVV Maastricht 37 11 4 22 42 75 19 5 3 11 22 37 18 6 1 11 20 38 -33 37
19 Telstar 37 8 11 18 44 70 19 4 5 10 21 39 18 4 6 8 23 31 -26 35
20 Helmond Sport 37 8 6 23 38 71 18 4 3 11 19 35 19 4 3 12 19 36 -33 27

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