Eerste Divisie: Two sides in reasonably good form get together for this game. Roda JC Kerkrade hold a tiny edge with their 4th place in the table?
- Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Roda JC Kerkrade have not yet lost a game away.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Roda JC Kerkrade 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 6-5-5 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Almere City form and stats
Almere City have played 4 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Almere in their previous game, a fixture away at De Graafschap (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. At last, a league victory after three games without one. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Pastoor when Limbombe scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 35th minute. The attacking player Limbombe was named "man of the match" for Almere City with a rating of 7.54/10. Limbombe scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus FC Eindhoven.The Almere fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. From these home matches, Almere City have conceded only 2 goals.
Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats
Playing away, Roda JC Kerkrade have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season. Two points from the last two away games for Roda JC Kerkrade, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Kerkrade are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at FC Eindhoven (placed 3rd). Roda JC Kerkrade's last match (vs FC Eindhoven) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Vente. Vente has scored at least one goal for the away team three games in a row. The ability! Attacker Vente got a player rating of 8.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Vente scored two goals.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against De Graafschap.Will both teams score? This side's most recent statistics suggest that, having played 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Roda JC Kerkrade are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Almere five wins, three draws and Roda JC Kerkrade two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Vente 8 goals |   J. Hilterman 4 goals |  B. Limbombe 3 goals |
Almere City missing players
Roda JC Kerkrade missing players
| Almere City | Roda JC Kerkrade | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.6 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 6.6 | 6.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 11.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.5 | 10.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 29% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | 42% |
| 8.1 | 6.2 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
- All of Roda JC Kerkrade's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Almere City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Roda JC Kerkrade have not yet lost a game away.
- Roda JC Kerkrade have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Roda JC Kerkrade have scored in all their matches so far.
- Roda JC Kerkrade 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Willem II | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | MVV Maastricht | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | VVV-Venlo | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Jong AZ | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Almere City | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Telstar | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | TOP Oss | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | De Graafschap | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 5 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
