With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Almere City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against TOP Oss.
Almere City have less rest than TOP Oss in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Jong Utrecht, so at least Almere City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting TOP Oss have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-3-10 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.
Almere City form and stats
Almere City have performed here at Yanmar Stadion this season with 6 wins from 8 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Almere City to get some points in this home game.
The fans are hoping that Almere City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Eerste Divisie game against Jong Utrecht (placed 9th). Ahead of that match, Almere City lost 0-2 at home to FC Den Bosch.
The Almere City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Almere City have conceded 9 goals.
TOP Oss form and stats
TOP Oss have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 1-1-6 (8 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, TOP Oss are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
TOP Oss are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Eerste Divisie against FC Eindhoven (placed 13th). Prior to that match, the TOP Oss manager K. Wels faced defeat when travelling to MVV Maastricht and losing 0-4.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that TOP Oss concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Almere City wins - draws - TOP Oss wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Harrison 7 goals |   P. Rommens 6 goals |  Y. Loen 4 goals |
Almere City missing players
TOP Oss missing players
| Almere City | TOP Oss | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 24 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 28 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 32 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 47% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 59% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 29% |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 6.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 236 | 137 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 75 | 167 |
| 106 | 62 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 30 | 75 |
| 23% | 23% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 20% | 23% |
- All of TOP Oss's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as TOP Oss have scored away.
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- TOP Oss has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- TOP Oss have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- TOP Oss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- TOP Oss have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- TOP Oss haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 39 |
| 2 | De Graafschap | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 34 |
| 3 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 33 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | FC Volendam | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | NEC | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Telstar | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Almere City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Jong AZ | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 15 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 15 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -15 | 15 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 14 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -22 | 8 |