Eerste Divisie: Almere City expected to win home against Telstar

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

It's advantage Almere City so far with their 4th position in the Eerste Divisie table, welcoming Telstar who are placed 12th.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eerste Divisie

The hosts Almere City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Eerste Divisie. That game was an away game at Roda JC Kerkrade, so at least Almere City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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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 (7) at home in Eerste Divisie, have scored 31 goals to get 38 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 12-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Almere City here at Yanmar Stadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Michael Cornelis Woud not having conceded a league goal in 188 minutes.

Almere manager J. Rijsdijk and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 8th) in the Eerste Divisie. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against NEC.

Almere have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yanmar Stadion with 31 goals in 16 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Almere City have only let in 7 goals at home.

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Telstar form and stats

As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, Telstar, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eerste Divisie, have produced an overall stat of 5-4-7 so far.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Excelsior in just four days.

Telstar find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 23 goals have been conceded by Telstar in these games.

Head 2 Head

Telstar - Almere 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Almere-Telstar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Almere City five wins, Telstar four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AlmereT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
19 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
17 goals
Almere CityF. Hammouti
F. Hammouti
8 goals

Almere City missing players

Telstar missing players

Almere City Telstar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
20 12 4 Won W 0 5 10
6 2 1 Drew D 1 4 8
6 2 1 Lost L 4 7 14
67 31 12 Scored S 2 18 51
40 7 4 Conceded C 8 23 49
91% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 81% 91%
59% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 59%
38% 12% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 31%
25% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 19%
50% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 75%
41% 69% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
19% 19% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 38% 19%
 
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 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.4 12 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10.4 10
5.8 5.6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 4.1
36% 35% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 29% 39%
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 (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Telstar have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar 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 SC Cambuur 33 25 4 4 96 30 16 13 0 3 52 15 17 12 4 1 44 15 66 79
2 Graafschap 32 21 4 7 60 43 16 10 3 3 28 19 16 11 1 4 32 24 17 67
3 NAC Breda 33 20 6 7 65 33 17 12 1 4 38 17 16 8 5 3 27 16 32 66
4 Almere City 32 20 6 6 67 40 16 12 2 2 31 7 16 8 4 4 36 33 27 66
5 Go Ahead Eagles 32 18 8 6 50 22 16 7 5 4 20 11 16 11 3 2 30 11 28 62
6 NEC 33 17 6 10 61 38 16 9 4 3 29 14 17 8 2 7 32 24 23 57
7 FC Volendam 33 15 8 10 69 47 17 7 3 7 38 27 16 8 5 3 31 20 22 53
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 13 11 8 58 45 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 6 5 5 28 26 13 50
9 Excelsior 33 12 5 16 58 61 17 7 2 8 32 30 16 5 3 8 26 31 -3 41
10 FC Oss 33 12 5 16 35 50 16 7 2 7 25 25 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 41
11 Helmond Sport 33 10 10 13 47 58 17 7 3 7 24 29 16 3 7 6 23 29 -11 40
12 Telstar 32 10 8 14 51 49 16 5 4 7 33 26 16 5 4 7 18 23 2 38
13 MVV Maastricht 32 11 5 16 40 61 16 8 2 6 27 31 16 3 3 10 13 30 -21 38
14 Jong PSV 33 10 7 16 51 59 16 4 5 7 22 24 17 6 2 9 29 35 -8 37
15 Jong Ajax 33 9 9 15 52 64 17 4 5 8 24 32 16 5 4 7 28 32 -12 36
16 FC Eindhoven 33 8 9 16 43 57 16 4 5 7 27 28 17 4 4 9 16 29 -14 33
17 Jong Utrecht 33 10 1 22 44 68 16 5 0 11 20 31 17 5 1 11 24 37 -24 31
18 Jong AZ 32 8 5 19 44 82 16 5 3 8 30 41 16 3 2 11 14 41 -38 29
19 FC Dordrecht 32 8 3 21 33 80 16 4 3 9 18 33 16 4 0 12 15 47 -47 27
20 FC Den Bosch 33 5 8 20 41 78 17 4 6 7 27 31 16 1 2 13 14 47 -37 23

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.