Almere City vs MVV Maastricht forecast and statistics

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 19.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

A total of 37 rounds of games are done and both Almere City and MVV Maastricht are high up in the table. Game on!

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting MVV Maastricht 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 6-1-9 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Almere City form and stats

Almere City have collected 31 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 9-4-5.

Almere City drew their last game, 2-2 away at FC Den Bosch (placed 18th). Peña (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.15/10. Peña scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 65 successful passes (of 75 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to NAC Breda (0-2).

Almere have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yanmar Stadion with 28 goals in 18 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Almere City have conceded 21 goals.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 5-2-11 (18 played).

Maastricht had fun at their own home (Yanmar Stadion) last time out, beating Telstar 2-1. Steuckers and van Bommel scored. Attacker Kostons got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Kostons signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against De Graafschap wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 16 of this club's 21 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far MVV Maastricht have scored 23 goals in 18 league games away. The MVV Maastricht manager Verberne has some worries about the defense as 41 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other already this season, with the final score MVV Maastricht - Almere City 1-0 written in the official records. Almere-MVV Maastricht H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almere City two wins, MVV Maastricht four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtR. van Bommel
R. van Bommel
15 goals
Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
14 goals
MVV MaastrichtJ. Steuckers
J. Steuckers
9 goals

Almere City missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City MVV Maastricht
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 4 18 37
20 9 2 Won W 1 5 18
7 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
10 5 1 Lost L 2 11 14
57 28 5 Scored S 4 23 65
41 21 5 Conceded C 8 41 64
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 78% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 84%
49% 56% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 78% 73%
27% 28% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 39% 49%
19% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 28% 27%
49% 61% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 70%
38% 28% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 16%
16% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 17% 14%
 
5 5.3 1.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 3.7
4.9 4.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.2 5.7
1.7 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.7 12.3 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.3 10
4.8 4.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 4.2
32% 33% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 42%
 
9.1 8.2 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 15.3 14.6
4 4.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 6.3 5.6
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 (17) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • MVV Maastricht 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 Heracles Almelo 37 26 4 7 101 42 18 14 3 1 59 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 59 82
2 PEC Zwolle 37 26 4 7 96 41 19 15 2 2 58 18 18 11 2 5 38 23 55 82
3 Willem II 37 19 10 8 66 38 19 13 2 4 37 17 18 6 8 4 29 21 28 67
4 Almere City 37 20 7 10 57 41 18 9 4 5 28 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 16 67
5 MVV Maastricht 37 18 5 14 65 64 19 13 3 3 42 23 18 5 2 11 23 41 1 59
6 NAC Breda 37 18 5 14 63 62 19 10 3 6 34 27 18 8 2 8 29 35 1 59
7 VVV-Venlo 37 16 9 12 55 50 19 6 7 6 24 22 18 10 2 6 31 28 5 57
8 FC Eindhoven 37 16 9 12 57 53 19 10 4 5 37 23 18 6 5 7 20 30 4 57
9 Jong AZ 37 14 9 14 60 56 18 8 7 3 37 22 19 6 2 11 23 34 4 51
10 Telstar 37 13 11 13 37 51 18 7 5 6 20 24 19 6 6 7 17 27 -14 50
11 De Graafschap 37 14 7 16 61 54 18 9 2 7 28 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 7 49
12 ADO Den Haag 37 12 12 13 49 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 18 6 6 6 19 26 -8 48
13 Jong Ajax 37 12 10 15 69 70 19 7 5 7 41 31 18 5 5 8 28 39 -1 46
14 Jong PSV 37 12 8 17 58 62 18 8 2 8 33 28 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 44
15 Helmond Sport 37 11 10 16 37 54 18 7 4 7 24 22 19 4 6 9 13 32 -17 43
16 Roda JC Kerkrade 37 12 6 19 47 57 18 7 3 8 25 24 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 42
17 TOP Oss 37 10 6 21 43 74 19 6 3 10 27 37 18 4 3 11 16 37 -31 36
18 FC Den Bosch 37 10 5 22 46 82 19 7 3 9 30 33 18 3 2 13 16 49 -36 35
19 FC Dordrecht 37 9 7 21 39 66 18 6 3 9 21 26 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 34
20 Jong Utrecht 37 7 6 24 32 64 18 5 4 9 17 20 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 27

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 Heracles Almelo 37 26 4 7 101 42 18 14 3 1 59 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 59 82
2 PEC Zwolle 37 26 4 7 96 41 19 15 2 2 58 18 18 11 2 5 38 23 55 82
3 Willem II 37 19 10 8 66 38 19 13 2 4 37 17 18 6 8 4 29 21 28 67
4 Almere City 37 20 7 10 57 41 18 9 4 5 28 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 16 67
5 MVV Maastricht 37 18 5 14 65 64 19 13 3 3 42 23 18 5 2 11 23 41 1 59
6 NAC Breda 37 18 5 14 63 62 19 10 3 6 34 27 18 8 2 8 29 35 1 59
7 VVV-Venlo 37 16 9 12 55 50 19 6 7 6 24 22 18 10 2 6 31 28 5 57
8 FC Eindhoven 37 16 9 12 57 53 19 10 4 5 37 23 18 6 5 7 20 30 4 57
9 Jong AZ 37 14 9 14 60 56 18 8 7 3 37 22 19 6 2 11 23 34 4 51
10 Telstar 37 13 11 13 37 51 18 7 5 6 20 24 19 6 6 7 17 27 -14 50
11 De Graafschap 37 14 7 16 61 54 18 9 2 7 28 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 7 49
12 ADO Den Haag 37 12 12 13 49 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 18 6 6 6 19 26 -8 48
13 Jong Ajax 37 12 10 15 69 70 19 7 5 7 41 31 18 5 5 8 28 39 -1 46
14 Jong PSV 37 12 8 17 58 62 18 8 2 8 33 28 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 44
15 Helmond Sport 37 11 10 16 37 54 18 7 4 7 24 22 19 4 6 9 13 32 -17 43
16 Roda JC Kerkrade 37 12 6 19 47 57 18 7 3 8 25 24 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 42
17 TOP Oss 37 10 6 21 43 74 19 6 3 10 27 37 18 4 3 11 16 37 -31 36
18 FC Den Bosch 37 10 5 22 46 82 19 7 3 9 30 33 18 3 2 13 16 49 -36 35
19 FC Dordrecht 37 9 7 21 39 66 18 6 3 9 21 26 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 34
20 Jong Utrecht 37 7 6 24 32 64 18 5 4 9 17 20 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 27

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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.