Almere City have delivered well so far, being 5th position in the table. Willem II have a view both direction in the table from the 7th spot.
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they played a KNVB Beker game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus NEC, was also a home game here at Yanmar Stadion. The away team is better rested.
Almere City form and stats
Almere City are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Yanmar Stadion. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Almere here at Yanmar Stadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Almere City's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 0-4 versus NEC (in KNVB Beker). Midfielder Resink was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.22 (out of ten) in that game. Resink hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 33 successful passes (of 35 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting PEC Zwolle (2-3).Goals decide football matches and Almere City are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Almere's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Willem II form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
218 minutes! That's how long the Willem II goalkeeper Kostas Lamprou and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Willem II go into this game after a win, the home game against Roda JC Kerkrade that ended 1-0. The attacker Kabangu got a match rating of 7.7 in that game. Kabangu scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Willem won their away game at Graafschap. The scoreline was 3-0.Observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Willem II's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 10 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Willem II in these games.
Head 2 Head
Willem II have won or drawn the last 6 games (5-1-0) facing Almere.The sides have played each other previously this season, with the result Willem II - Almere City 1-1 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 11 goals |   M. Svensson 5 goals |  M. de Leeuw 5 goals |
Almere City missing players
Willem II missing players
| Almere City | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 28 |
| 25 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 89% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 74% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | 63% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 26% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 5% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 68% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 32% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 11% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 10.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 9.8 | 10.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 46% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | 37% |
| 9.1 | 8.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 8.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Almere City | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Willem II | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | Graafschap | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Telstar | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 17 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 15 |
