The league table in Eerste Divisie tells a story about these teams so far, with Almere City leading Jong AZ by 17 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie.
This pitch has grass, which is not Jong AZ's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Jong AZ have performed like this: Played 18 matches resulting in 2 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats with the goal stats 16-38 (scored/conceded).
Almere City form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Almere City, who have the most points (13) at home in Eerste Divisie, at their home stadium (Yanmar Stadion) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Almere haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus MVV Maastricht, 68 days ago. Ever since the MVV Maastricht game Almere has been unbeatable here at Yanmar Stadion producing four straight wins.
A strong away win for Almere against Jong Ajax the last match, as Frederik Helstrup, Elias Sörensen and Thomas Verheydt were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting NAC Breda in a game that was won 2-0.
Almere are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew one and lost zero.
The Almere City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Almere have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Jong AZ form and stats
1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Jong AZ, who have the most conceded goals (31) in Eerste Divisie, in their Eerste Divisie matches away. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Jong are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Jong played 1-1 against Telstar in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Jong AZ manager M. Vonk faced defeat when travelling to FC Eindhoven and losing 0-3.
You'll want to know how Jong managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in two away wins, zero draws and three home wins.
Jong AZ are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). The Jong defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - zero - three (Almere wins - draws - Jong AZ wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Taabouni 7 goals |   T. Verheydt 6 goals |
Almere City missing players
Jong AZ missing players
| Almere City | Jong AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 90% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 148 | 71 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 64 | 126 |
| 60 | 29 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 29 | 56 |
| 38% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 34% |
- All of Jong AZ's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City has the most clean sheets (4) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City has the most points (13) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City has the most points from losing position (7) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have not yet lost a game.
- Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Jong AZ has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most conceded goals (31) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ has the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong AZ have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Jong AZ have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Jong AZ is in the worst form (0-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Almere City | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | NEC | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | FC Volendam | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | Telstar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Jong Ajax | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -12 | 9 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 8 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 5 |