Almere City have done better than Jong PSV so far this season, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts and figures you need before kickoff:
- Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong PSV have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago.
Almere City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Yanmar Stadion as Almere City have scored 22 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Almere City against Telstar the last match, as Duijvestijn were on target. Manager Pastoor felt very clever after Duijvestijn scored the winning goal against Telstar, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 73rd minute. Midfielder Resink was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.34 (out of ten) in that game. Resink hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Almere drew at home versus De Graafschap.Almere City have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Jong PSV form and stats
There's been little loot from Jong PSV's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Jong PSV only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws. Jong seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The followers enjoyed Jong PSV's previous fixture versus Willem II (placed 10th), a 3-2 win played at home. That win felt sweet as this side had gone four league matches without victory. The end of the last match, against Willem II, was very satisfying as Babadi scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Attacker van Duiven got a player rating of 7.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Duiven scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 1-2 loss hosting VVV-Venlo before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Jong when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 11 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Jong PSV's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jong have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The newest past scoreline involving both these participants is the Jong PSV - Almere City 0-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Almere City five wins, one draw and Jong PSV four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 12 goals |  J. van Duiven 6 goals | L. Duijvestijn 4 goals |
Almere City missing players
Jong PSV missing players
| Almere City | Jong PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 34 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 55% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 64% |
| 27% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 41% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| 50% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 91% | 68% |
| 32% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 10.2 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 46% | 44% |
| 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 11.9 | 9.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4 |
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Jong PSV have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Jong PSV 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 | PEC Zwolle | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 44 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Almere City | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | VVV-Venlo | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | MVV Maastricht | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | Jong AZ | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 24 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Willem II | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 11 | Telstar | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 29 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 13 | De Graafschap | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 27 |
| 14 | ADO Den Haag | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 25 |
| 15 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 23 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 23 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 18 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 17 |
