After five games we know a little more about the qualities of FC Den Bosch and Almere City in this fresh Eerste Divisie season. Read our match preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Bosch's stadium, BrainWash Stadion De Vliert, has a artifical turf surface. Almere City have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Almere City when playing on artifical turf; 10 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from 24 matches. They have scored 43 goals in these games and conceded 44.
FC Den Bosch form and stats
Perfect Eerste Divisie season at home so far for FC Den Bosch 2 wins from 2 appearances.
No payout for Bosch in their previous match, an away game at Telstar that ended in defeat 1-6. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against MVV Maastricht.
As you see from the result above, FC Den Bosch suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Den Bosch at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Almere City form and stats
Almere City, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Eerste Divisie, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Eerste Divisie. The fact that Almere have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The Almere goalkeeper Michael Cornelis Woud is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 273 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Delvechio Blackson and Anass Ahannach scored in Almere's previous match, the home game against Helmond Sport that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus NEC at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Roda JC Kerkrade in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Almere City has scored 7 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
FC Den Bosch-Almere City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bosch one win, Almere City eight wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Hornkamp 3 goals |   T. Verheydt 3 goals | A. Ahannach 2 goals |
FC Den Bosch missing players
Almere City missing players
| FC Den Bosch | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | 29 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 27 | 68 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 26 |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 54% | 46% |
- All of FC Den Bosch's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City has the most clean sheets (4) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Almere City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Almere City have won all their away games so far.
- FC Den Bosch have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Den Bosch have won all their matches at home so far.
- FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| FC Den Bosch | Last season | Almere City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 56 | 31 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 49 | 20 | Conceded | C | 28 | 42 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | ||
| 69% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 55% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 38% | ||
| 34% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 69% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 62% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 21% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 21% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 315 | 198 | Total Shots | T S | 170 | 374 | ||
| 129 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 81 | 174 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | NAC Breda | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Almere City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Telstar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | NEC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 20 | FC Oss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -10 | 1 |