Eerste Divisie: Almere City anticipated to win home fixture against Jong AZ

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

Almere City have played better than Jong AZ so far this season, but every match starts at 0-0. Here's all the data you need before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Jong AZ have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 1-2-10 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.

It's no vacation for neither Almere City nor Jong AZ as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Almere City form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Almere City have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

Almere's last game was hosting Jong Utrecht (placed 20th) and winning 1-0. Almere City goalkeeper Bakker did an outstanding job against Jong Utrecht with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Bakker was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.8 out of ten. Bakker topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Almere played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Heracles Almelo.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have contained two goals or less.

A decent goal production from Almere City in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Jong AZ form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong AZ so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-9 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Jong AZ are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Jong's previous game was their home loss versus De Graafschap (0-1). van Aken was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.22. The defender Aken hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs FC Eindhoven.

Observe! Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 12 league games.

Jong AZ are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Jong AZ struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting ended Jong AZ - Almere 3-2, played this season. Almere City-Jong AZ H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almere City five wins, Jong AZ five wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
13 goals
Jong AZY. Barasi
Y. Barasi
8 goals
Almere CityL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
7 goals

Almere City missing players

Jong AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City Jong AZ
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
17 8 1 Won W 1 4 11
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 8
9 4 2 Lost L 4 9 12
44 25 7 Scored S 3 17 49
33 17 6 Conceded C 9 29 50
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 84%
45% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 53% 55%
23% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 40% 48%
16% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 23%
45% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 61%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 13%
16% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 29%
 
5.3 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4 4.3
5.1 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5.5 5.4
1.9 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.3 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.2 12.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.3 10.7
4.3 4.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 5.4
33% 36% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 26% 30%
 
8.9 8.1 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.3 12.6
3.9 4.3 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 5.9 5.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong AZ haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 31 23 3 5 83 32 16 12 2 2 49 17 15 11 1 3 34 15 51 72
2 Heracles Almelo 31 21 4 6 87 36 16 12 3 1 55 17 15 9 1 5 32 19 51 67
3 Almere City 31 17 5 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 25 17 16 9 2 5 19 16 11 56
4 Willem II 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 16 6 6 4 28 20 19 53
5 VVV-Venlo 31 15 7 9 49 42 16 5 6 5 20 18 15 10 1 4 29 24 7 52
6 FC Eindhoven 31 13 8 10 46 45 15 8 4 3 30 18 16 5 4 7 16 27 1 47
7 MVV Maastricht 31 14 5 12 56 56 16 11 3 2 37 18 15 3 2 10 19 38 0 47
8 NAC Breda 31 14 4 13 52 55 15 8 2 5 27 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -3 46
9 Telstar 31 11 10 10 32 44 15 6 4 5 17 21 16 5 6 5 15 23 -12 43
10 De Graafschap 31 12 6 13 48 41 15 7 2 6 21 15 16 5 4 7 27 26 7 42
11 ADO Den Haag 31 11 9 11 39 45 16 6 4 6 24 24 15 5 5 5 15 21 -6 42
12 Jong PSV 31 11 8 12 51 50 16 7 2 7 30 26 15 4 6 5 21 24 1 41
13 Jong AZ 31 11 8 12 49 50 16 7 6 3 32 21 15 4 2 9 17 29 -1 41
14 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 12 5 14 42 45 15 7 2 6 23 20 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 41
15 Helmond Sport 31 9 8 14 30 47 15 7 3 5 22 18 16 2 5 9 8 29 -17 35
16 Jong Ajax 31 8 10 13 55 59 16 5 5 6 31 23 15 3 5 7 24 36 -4 34
17 FC Oss 31 9 4 18 36 57 16 5 2 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 31
18 FC Den Bosch 31 9 3 19 42 75 16 7 2 7 27 28 15 2 1 12 15 47 -33 30
19 FC Dordrecht 31 7 6 18 33 55 15 4 3 8 18 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -22 27
20 Jong Utrecht 31 5 5 21 27 53 15 3 3 9 12 18 16 2 2 12 15 35 -26 20

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 PEC Zwolle 31 23 3 5 83 32 16 12 2 2 49 17 15 11 1 3 34 15 51 72
2 Heracles Almelo 31 21 4 6 87 36 16 12 3 1 55 17 15 9 1 5 32 19 51 67
3 Almere City 31 17 5 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 25 17 16 9 2 5 19 16 11 56
4 Willem II 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 16 6 6 4 28 20 19 53
5 VVV-Venlo 31 15 7 9 49 42 16 5 6 5 20 18 15 10 1 4 29 24 7 52
6 FC Eindhoven 31 13 8 10 46 45 15 8 4 3 30 18 16 5 4 7 16 27 1 47
7 MVV Maastricht 31 14 5 12 56 56 16 11 3 2 37 18 15 3 2 10 19 38 0 47
8 NAC Breda 31 14 4 13 52 55 15 8 2 5 27 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -3 46
9 Telstar 31 11 10 10 32 44 15 6 4 5 17 21 16 5 6 5 15 23 -12 43
10 De Graafschap 31 12 6 13 48 41 15 7 2 6 21 15 16 5 4 7 27 26 7 42
11 ADO Den Haag 31 11 9 11 39 45 16 6 4 6 24 24 15 5 5 5 15 21 -6 42
12 Jong PSV 31 11 8 12 51 50 16 7 2 7 30 26 15 4 6 5 21 24 1 41
13 Jong AZ 31 11 8 12 49 50 16 7 6 3 32 21 15 4 2 9 17 29 -1 41
14 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 12 5 14 42 45 15 7 2 6 23 20 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 41
15 Helmond Sport 31 9 8 14 30 47 15 7 3 5 22 18 16 2 5 9 8 29 -17 35
16 Jong Ajax 31 8 10 13 55 59 16 5 5 6 31 23 15 3 5 7 24 36 -4 34
17 FC Oss 31 9 4 18 36 57 16 5 2 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 31
18 FC Den Bosch 31 9 3 19 42 75 16 7 2 7 27 28 15 2 1 12 15 47 -33 30
19 FC Dordrecht 31 7 6 18 33 55 15 4 3 8 18 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -22 27
20 Jong Utrecht 31 5 5 21 27 53 15 3 3 9 12 18 16 2 2 12 15 35 -26 20

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