Home advantage could prove decisive in De Graafschap - Almere City battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 23.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for De Graafschap - Almere City!

Insights:
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Eerste Divisie match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong PSV.

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Stadion De Vijverberg. 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 17 games.

The Graafschap goalkeeper Rody de Boer is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 299 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eerste Divisie.

Graafschap are returning here after visiting Jong PSV in a Eerste Divisie game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Elmo Lieftink and Jordy Tutuarima scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Graafschap won a home game hosting Go Ahead Eagles (1-0).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Graafschap matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and zero defeats (from four games).

A decent goal production from De Graafschap in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, De Graafschap have conceded 19 goals.

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Almere City form and stats

Playing away, Almere City have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Almere lost away at Go Ahead Eagles (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Telstar.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Almere playing away, we found five games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and four home wins.

The Almere manager J. Rijsdijk has got the team scoring on the road, with 36 away goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Almere City have conceded 36 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Almere City - De Graafschap 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Graafschap wins - draws - Almere City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
19 goals
De GraafschapR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
13 goals
De GraafschapE. Lieftink
E. Lieftink
9 goals

De Graafschap missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
De Graafschap Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
23 11 3 Won W 1 8 20
4 3 0 Drew D 0 4 7
7 3 1 Lost L 3 5 7
63 29 4 Scored S 3 36 68
43 19 2 Conceded C 14 36 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
79% 76% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 88% 85%
56% 47% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 76% 59%
35% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 59% 35%
21% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 35% 24%
56% 47% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 71% 50%
35% 41% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 38%
12% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 24% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 14.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 12.6 12.5
5.7 5.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 5.6 5.6
32% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 38% 36%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 SC Cambuur 34 26 4 4 100 31 17 14 0 3 56 16 17 12 4 1 44 15 69 82
2 De Graafschap 34 23 4 7 63 43 17 11 3 3 29 19 17 12 1 4 34 24 20 73
3 NAC Breda 34 20 7 7 68 36 17 12 1 4 38 17 17 8 6 3 30 19 32 67
4 Almere City 34 20 7 7 68 44 17 12 3 2 32 8 17 8 4 5 36 36 24 67
5 Go Ahead Eagles 34 19 8 7 53 23 17 8 5 4 23 11 17 11 3 3 30 12 30 65
6 NEC 34 18 6 10 64 40 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 8 2 7 32 24 24 60
7 FC Volendam 34 16 8 10 72 49 17 7 3 7 38 27 17 9 5 3 34 22 23 56
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 14 12 8 65 50 17 7 7 3 33 22 17 7 5 5 32 28 15 54
9 Excelsior 34 12 6 16 59 62 17 7 2 8 32 30 17 5 4 8 27 32 -3 42
10 TOP Oss 34 12 6 16 37 52 17 7 3 7 27 27 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 42
11 Telstar 34 10 10 14 53 51 17 5 5 7 34 27 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 40
12 Helmond Sport 34 10 10 14 48 62 17 7 3 7 24 29 17 3 7 7 24 33 -14 40
13 MVV Maastricht 34 11 6 17 44 67 17 8 2 7 29 35 17 3 4 10 15 32 -23 39
14 Jong PSV 34 10 7 17 51 61 17 4 5 8 22 26 17 6 2 9 29 35 -10 37
15 FC Eindhoven 34 9 9 16 46 57 17 5 5 7 30 28 17 4 4 9 16 29 -11 36
16 Jong Ajax 34 9 9 16 52 67 17 4 5 8 24 32 17 5 4 8 28 35 -15 36
17 Jong AZ 34 9 5 20 50 85 17 6 3 8 34 41 17 3 2 12 16 44 -35 32
18 Jong Utrecht 34 10 1 23 46 71 17 5 0 12 22 34 17 5 1 11 24 37 -25 31
19 FC Dordrecht 34 8 3 23 35 90 17 4 3 10 20 39 17 4 0 13 15 51 -55 27
20 FC Den Bosch 34 6 8 20 47 80 17 4 6 7 27 31 17 2 2 13 20 49 -33 26

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 SC Cambuur 34 26 4 4 100 31 17 14 0 3 56 16 17 12 4 1 44 15 69 82
2 De Graafschap 34 23 4 7 63 43 17 11 3 3 29 19 17 12 1 4 34 24 20 73
3 NAC Breda 34 20 7 7 68 36 17 12 1 4 38 17 17 8 6 3 30 19 32 67
4 Almere City 34 20 7 7 68 44 17 12 3 2 32 8 17 8 4 5 36 36 24 67
5 Go Ahead Eagles 34 19 8 7 53 23 17 8 5 4 23 11 17 11 3 3 30 12 30 65
6 NEC 34 18 6 10 64 40 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 8 2 7 32 24 24 60
7 FC Volendam 34 16 8 10 72 49 17 7 3 7 38 27 17 9 5 3 34 22 23 56
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 14 12 8 65 50 17 7 7 3 33 22 17 7 5 5 32 28 15 54
9 Excelsior 34 12 6 16 59 62 17 7 2 8 32 30 17 5 4 8 27 32 -3 42
10 TOP Oss 34 12 6 16 37 52 17 7 3 7 27 27 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 42
11 Telstar 34 10 10 14 53 51 17 5 5 7 34 27 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 40
12 Helmond Sport 34 10 10 14 48 62 17 7 3 7 24 29 17 3 7 7 24 33 -14 40
13 MVV Maastricht 34 11 6 17 44 67 17 8 2 7 29 35 17 3 4 10 15 32 -23 39
14 Jong PSV 34 10 7 17 51 61 17 4 5 8 22 26 17 6 2 9 29 35 -10 37
15 FC Eindhoven 34 9 9 16 46 57 17 5 5 7 30 28 17 4 4 9 16 29 -11 36
16 Jong Ajax 34 9 9 16 52 67 17 4 5 8 24 32 17 5 4 8 28 35 -15 36
17 Jong AZ 34 9 5 20 50 85 17 6 3 8 34 41 17 3 2 12 16 44 -35 32
18 Jong Utrecht 34 10 1 23 46 71 17 5 0 12 22 34 17 5 1 11 24 37 -25 31
19 FC Dordrecht 34 8 3 23 35 90 17 4 3 10 20 39 17 4 0 13 15 51 -55 27
20 FC Den Bosch 34 6 8 20 47 80 17 4 6 7 27 31 17 2 2 13 20 49 -33 26

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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.