Football betting preview: Almere City vs MVV Maastricht

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Almere City welcome MVV Maastricht for the opening game at Yanmar Stadion. Read on!

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 4-4-10 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.

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Almere City form and stats

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Almere friendly games in pre-season: Almere City played three friendlies, won 3, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Almere City scored 7 goals and conceded 2 in these three games.

Last season, Almere City's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Eerste Divisie. Over these 29 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Almere City managed 10-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 14 conceded.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Maastricht have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five fixtures.

Let's have a look at how MVV Maastricht performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 53 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 12 with 14/36 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Almere City-MVV Maastricht H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almere City four wins, MVV Maastricht two wins, four draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Almere City Last season MVV Maastricht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   15 29
13 10   Won W   1 7
5 1   Drew D   2 6
11 3   Lost L   12 16
44 25   Scored S   14 37
42 14   Conceded C   36 53
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 90%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 83%
52% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 66%
38% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 45%
24% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 28%
62% 43%   BTTS BTTS   60% 55%
21% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 24%
21% 21%   Failed to Score F T   33% 31%
 
5.5 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.8
5.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 6.5
1.3 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
374 204   Total Shots T S   124 216
174 93   Shots on Target S O   54 89
25% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Graafschap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Den Bosch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Dordrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Eindhoven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Helmond Sport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jong Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jong AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Jong PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Jong Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MVV Maastricht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 NAC Breda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Telstar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FC Oss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 29 21 3 5 68 25 14 11 1 2 40 14 15 10 2 3 28 11 43 66
2 Graafschap 29 17 11 1 63 28 14 10 4 0 36 10 15 7 7 1 27 18 35 62
3 FC Volendam 29 16 7 6 57 42 15 9 5 1 35 20 14 7 2 5 22 22 15 55
4 Jong Ajax 29 16 6 7 72 47 14 9 3 2 40 17 15 7 3 5 32 30 25 54
5 NAC Breda 29 14 8 7 48 30 15 9 3 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 21 18 18 50
6 Go Ahead Eagles 29 12 12 5 49 41 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 5 5 4 22 27 8 48
7 Excelsior 29 13 8 8 65 55 15 9 3 3 44 32 14 4 5 5 21 23 10 47
8 NEC 29 12 9 8 51 37 14 6 5 3 24 17 15 6 4 5 27 20 14 45
9 Almere City 29 13 5 11 44 42 14 10 1 3 25 14 15 3 4 8 19 28 2 44
10 Telstar 29 12 8 9 47 48 15 8 1 6 21 21 14 4 7 3 26 27 -1 44
11 FC Den Bosch 29 10 11 8 56 49 15 6 6 3 31 20 14 4 5 5 25 29 7 38
12 Jong Utrecht 29 10 8 11 48 47 15 8 5 2 34 20 14 2 3 9 14 27 1 38
13 FC Eindhoven 29 9 7 13 46 59 15 7 5 3 29 23 14 2 2 10 17 36 -13 34
14 Jong AZ 29 7 7 15 45 61 15 6 4 5 26 25 14 1 3 10 19 36 -16 28
15 MVV Maastricht 29 7 6 16 37 53 14 6 4 4 23 17 15 1 2 12 14 36 -16 27
16 FC Oss 29 6 7 16 28 53 14 5 3 6 17 19 15 1 4 10 11 34 -25 25
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 5 10 14 36 52 14 4 4 6 28 28 15 1 6 8 8 24 -16 22
18 Jong PSV 29 5 7 17 34 56 14 4 5 5 18 19 15 1 2 12 16 37 -22 22
19 FC Dordrecht 29 4 8 17 34 66 14 2 4 8 18 29 15 2 4 9 16 37 -32 20
20 Helmond Sport 29 3 8 18 25 62 15 2 5 8 14 25 14 1 3 10 11 37 -37 17

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.