The managers O. Tobiasen and D. Haar are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eerste Divisie league table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Almere City and Jong PSV.
Almere City form and stats
When playing at home, Almere City have managed 10 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 18 games. Ever since the Sparta Rotterdam game Almere City has been unbeatable here at Yanmar Stadion producing four straight wins.The fans are hoping that Almere City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Eerste Divisie game against FC Dordrecht. Before that, Almere City had a home game versus Telstar which ended with a victory 2-0.
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 City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
A decent goal production from Almere City in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 18 matches. Almere City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Jong PSV form and stats
As the visiting team Jong PSV, who have the most scored goals (37) away in Eerste Divisie, have produced an overall stat of 7-5-6 so far.The supporters enjoyed Jong PSV's previous game versus Sparta Rotterdam, a Eerste Divisie 2-0 win played at home. A 1-2 defeat away at Go Ahead Eagles before that.
We have checked recent matches where Jong PSV have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were W1-D0-L1.
The Jong PSV manager D. Haar has got the team scoring on the road, with 37 away goals in 18 matches. Jong PSV have conceded 34 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Almere City and Jong PSV have met before this season: Jong PSV - Almere City 5-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Almere City victories, 1 draw and 3 Jong PSV wins.Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 11 goals / 4 assists |  Z. Aboukhlal 10 goals / 4 assists |  C. Gakpo 9 goals / 4 assists |
Almere City missing players
Jong PSV missing players
| Almere City | Jong PSV | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | Played | 18 | 36 |
| 58 | 31 | Scored | 37 | 74 |
| 54 | 21 | Conceded | 34 | 57 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 89% | 94% |
| 86% | 89% | Over 1.5 | 89% | 89% |
| 58% | 61% | Over 2.5 | 83% | 78% |
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 61% | 53% |
| 19% | 6% | Over 4.5 | 33% | 22% |
| 58% | 56% | Both teams to score | 78% | 78% |
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheet | 22% | 17% |
| 14% | 11% | Failed To Score | 11% | 11% |
| 6.1 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | 3.8 | 4 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 3 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 3 |
- Almere City hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Jong PSV is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Almere City is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | FC Twente | 35 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 65 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 34 | 76 |
| 2 | Sparta Rotterdam | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 74 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 32 | 68 |
| 3 | Go Ahead Eagles | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 51 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 63 |
| 4 | Jong PSV | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 74 | 57 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 34 | 17 | 60 |
| 5 | Almere City | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 54 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 4 | 59 |
| 6 | FC Den Bosch | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 49 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 57 |
| 7 | FC Oss | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 56 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 55 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 54 |
| 9 | NEC | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 68 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 54 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 55 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 53 |
| 11 | MVV Maastricht | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 48 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 22 | -1 | 53 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 69 | 60 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 52 |
| 13 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 56 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 0 | 52 |
| 14 | FC Eindhoven | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 51 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 48 |
| 15 | Telstar | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 44 | 55 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 28 | -11 | 47 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 60 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 33 | -16 | 39 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 81 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 41 | -28 | 36 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 65 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -23 | 27 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 67 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 38 | -31 | 21 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 44 | 88 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 48 | -44 | 19 |
