Almere City vs Jong PSV match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Wed 12.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

The league table in Eerste Divisie tells a story about these teams so far, with Almere City leading Jong PSV by 35 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Almere City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Yanmar Stadion as Almere City, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eerste Divisie, have scored 33 goals to get 42 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 13-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Almere in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at Jong Utrecht (placed 18th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Jong Ajax in a game that was won 1-0.

The Almere fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 18 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Almere have only let in 8 goals at home.

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Jong PSV form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Jong PSV playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Jong have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. E. Matuta was the goal scorer.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eerste Divisie home defeat versus FC Volendam with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting TOP Oss.

Jong are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 18 away games so far. Jong PSV have conceded 37 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Jong PSV - Almere 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Almere eight wins, zero draws and Jong PSV two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlmereT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
20 goals
Almere CityF. Hammouti
F. Hammouti
8 goals
Jong PSVK. Kristinsson
K. Kristinsson
8 goals

Almere City missing players

Jong PSV missing players

Almere City Jong PSV
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
22 13 5 Won W 0 6 10
8 3 1 Drew D 0 3 9
7 2 0 Lost L 5 9 18
74 33 12 Scored S 4 31 53
47 8 1 Conceded C 15 37 64
92% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 95%
84% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 78%
59% 39% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 72% 59%
38% 11% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 35%
22% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 44% 27%
51% 28% 17% BTTS BTTS 80% 72% 65%
38% 67% 83% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 16%
19% 17% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 22% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.2 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.4 12.4 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.7 9.4
5.5 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 4
36% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 49% 36%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 37 28 5 4 106 34 18 14 1 3 57 17 19 14 4 1 49 17 72 89
2 De Graafschap 37 23 7 7 67 47 18 11 4 3 31 21 19 12 3 4 36 26 20 76
3 Go Ahead Eagles 37 22 8 7 61 25 19 10 5 4 30 13 18 12 3 3 31 12 36 74
4 Almere City 37 22 8 7 74 47 18 13 3 2 33 8 19 9 5 5 41 39 27 74
5 NAC Breda 37 22 7 8 73 38 19 13 1 5 41 19 18 9 6 3 32 19 35 73
6 FC Volendam 37 18 9 10 77 51 18 8 3 7 40 27 19 10 6 3 37 24 26 63
7 NEC 37 19 6 12 66 44 18 10 4 4 32 18 19 9 2 8 34 26 22 63
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 37 15 12 10 67 59 19 8 7 4 35 24 18 7 5 6 32 35 8 57
9 Excelsior 37 14 6 17 65 65 18 8 2 8 35 30 19 6 4 9 30 35 0 48
10 Helmond Sport 37 11 11 15 51 68 19 8 4 7 26 30 18 3 7 8 25 38 -17 44
11 TOP Oss 37 12 8 17 38 57 18 7 3 8 27 31 19 5 5 9 11 26 -19 44
12 MVV Maastricht 37 12 7 18 47 71 18 8 3 7 31 37 19 4 4 11 16 34 -24 43
13 Telstar 37 10 11 16 56 59 18 5 6 7 36 29 19 5 5 9 20 30 -3 41
14 Jong PSV 37 10 9 18 53 64 19 4 6 9 22 27 18 6 3 9 31 37 -11 39
15 FC Eindhoven 37 10 9 18 48 60 18 6 5 7 31 28 19 4 4 11 17 32 -12 39
16 Jong AZ 37 11 5 21 55 90 19 7 3 9 38 46 18 4 2 12 17 44 -35 38
17 Jong Ajax 37 9 10 18 53 70 19 4 6 9 25 34 18 5 4 9 28 36 -17 37
18 Jong Utrecht 37 11 1 25 51 75 19 5 0 14 23 38 18 6 1 11 28 37 -24 34
19 FC Den Bosch 37 8 8 21 58 82 19 6 6 7 38 32 18 2 2 14 20 50 -24 32
20 FC Dordrecht 37 8 3 26 35 95 19 4 3 12 20 41 18 4 0 14 15 54 -60 27

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.