Home advantage could prove decisive in Almere City - TOP Oss battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 04.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

Almere City challenge TOP Oss for praise and victory.

Insights:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eerste Divisie

Both contenders have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!

It should be mentioned that TOP Oss play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for TOP Oss on grass are 3 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 11-28. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Almere City form and stats

Almere City have collected 1 point from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 0-1-0.

Happy days for Almere in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 6th) that ended with a 4-3 victory. The attacker Bradly Van Hoeven was "man of the match" for Almere with a rating of 8.21/10. Hoeven scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Manager G. Verbeek felt very clever after Jonas Arweiler scored the winning goal against Roda JC Kerkrade, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 78th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Jonas Arweiler scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.

Heartbreak before that as Almere City lost 1-2 at VVV-Venlo's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Almere City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won nine times, drawn one and lost four.

At Yanmar Stadion, Almere City has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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TOP Oss form and stats

TOP Oss are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eerste Divisie, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Impressive finishing from Richonell Margaret and Kay Tejan secured the home win 3-0 against FC Dordrecht in their previous game. Kay Tejan, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.03. Tejan scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Jong AZ's place.

TOP are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, TOP Oss has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Almere six wins, two draws and TOP Oss two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityI. Alhaft
I. Alhaft
1 goals
AlmereR. Leeuwin
R. Leeuwin
1 goals
Almere CityL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
1 goals

Almere City missing players

TOP Oss missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City TOP Oss
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 1 0 Scored S 0 1 6
8 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
75% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
4 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 5.8
5.8 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3.5 8.8
4.5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 3.2
39% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 46%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Eerste Divisie
Almere City Last season TOP Oss
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   19 38
0 0   Won W   5 13
0 0   Drew D   5 8
1 1   Lost L   9 17
0 0   Scored S   11 40
4 4   Conceded C   26 57
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 71%
100% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 50%
100% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 26%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   26% 34%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 34%
100% 100%   Failed to Score F T   53% 39%
 
5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.4
4 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.6
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11 11   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 11.3
6 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.5
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   14% 24%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jong AZ 4 4 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 TOP Oss 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 9
3 Graafschap 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
4 FC Eindhoven 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
5 Excelsior 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 7
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 4 2 0 2 11 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 6
7 FC Den Bosch 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
8 MVV Maastricht 4 2 0 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 5 -5 6
9 FC Volendam 4 1 2 1 9 6 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 5
10 Jong Utrecht 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 5
11 NAC Breda 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 5
12 FC Dordrecht 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 5
13 Almere City 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 4
14 VVV-Venlo 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
15 Jong PSV 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
16 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
17 ADO Den Haag 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 3
18 Jong Ajax 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 3
19 Helmond Sport 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 3
20 Telstar 4 0 2 2 6 10 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 2
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 38 29 5 4 109 36 19 15 1 3 60 19 19 14 4 1 49 17 73 92
2 Go Ahead Eagles 38 23 8 7 62 25 19 10 5 4 30 13 19 13 3 3 32 12 37 77
3 Graafschap 38 23 8 7 67 47 19 11 5 3 31 21 19 12 3 4 36 26 20 77
4 Almere City 38 22 9 7 75 48 19 13 4 2 34 9 19 9 5 5 41 39 27 75
5 NAC Breda 38 22 7 9 75 41 19 13 1 5 41 19 19 9 6 4 34 22 34 73
6 FC Volendam 38 19 9 10 79 52 19 9 3 7 42 28 19 10 6 3 37 24 27 66
7 NEC 38 20 6 12 68 45 19 11 4 4 34 19 19 9 2 8 34 26 23 66
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 15 12 11 67 61 19 8 7 4 35 24 19 7 5 7 32 37 6 57
9 Excelsior 38 14 6 18 65 66 19 8 2 9 35 31 19 6 4 9 30 35 -1 48
10 TOP Oss 38 13 8 17 40 57 19 8 3 8 29 31 19 5 5 9 11 26 -17 47
11 MVV Maastricht 38 13 7 18 50 72 19 9 3 7 34 38 19 4 4 11 16 34 -22 46
12 Helmond Sport 38 11 12 15 51 68 19 8 4 7 26 30 19 3 8 8 25 38 -17 45
13 Telstar 38 10 11 17 57 61 19 5 6 8 37 31 19 5 5 9 20 30 -4 41
14 Jong PSV 38 10 10 18 54 65 19 4 6 9 22 27 19 6 4 9 32 38 -11 40
15 FC Eindhoven 38 10 10 18 50 62 19 6 6 7 33 30 19 4 4 11 17 32 -12 40
16 Jong Ajax 38 10 10 18 55 71 19 4 6 9 25 34 19 6 4 9 30 37 -16 40
17 Jong AZ 38 11 5 22 56 92 19 7 3 9 38 46 19 4 2 13 18 46 -36 38
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 2 25 53 77 19 5 0 14 23 38 19 6 2 11 30 39 -24 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 8 8 22 59 85 19 6 6 7 38 32 19 2 2 15 21 53 -26 32
20 FC Dordrecht 38 8 3 27 36 97 19 4 3 12 20 41 19 4 0 15 16 56 -61 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 Jong AZ 4 4 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 TOP Oss 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 9
3 Graafschap 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
4 FC Eindhoven 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
5 Excelsior 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 7
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 4 2 0 2 11 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 6
7 FC Den Bosch 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
8 MVV Maastricht 4 2 0 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 5 -5 6
9 FC Volendam 4 1 2 1 9 6 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 5
10 Jong Utrecht 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 5
11 NAC Breda 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 5
12 FC Dordrecht 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 5
13 Almere City 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 4
14 VVV-Venlo 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
15 Jong PSV 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
16 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
17 ADO Den Haag 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 3
18 Jong Ajax 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 3
19 Helmond Sport 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 3
20 Telstar 4 0 2 2 6 10 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 2

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