FC Dordrecht fights Almere City in Eerste Divisie battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 07.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion (4088 seats)

Season ticket holders at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with FC Dordrecht languishing in the 19th position so far. The guesting Almere City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Dordrecht and Almere City.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. FC Dordrecht, who have the most conceded goals (55) in Eerste Divisie, have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion.

The FC Dordrecht fans got no joy from their last match, a Eerste Divisie game also here at Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion: A 1-2 defeat against Almere City (placed 9th). Before that, FC Dordrecht played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Jong Utrecht.

FC Dordrecht has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. FC Dordrecht have conceded 25 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Almere City form and stats

Almere City have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 1-5-6 (12 played).

Two travels in a row for Almere City, whose manager O. Tobiasen could celebrate last time after the Eerste Divisie win against FC Dordrecht. Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Telstar.

Almere City have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. The Almere City manager O. Tobiasen has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

FC Dordrecht - Almere City 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Dordrecht two wins, two draws and Almere City six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
8 goals
Almere CityS. Harrison
S. Harrison
7 goals
Almere CityN. Venema
N. Venema
7 goals

FC Dordrecht missing players

Almere City missing players

FC Dordrecht Almere City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 4 13 25
3 2 2 Won W 0 2 11
7 4 1 Drew D 3 5 6
15 7 2 Lost L 1 6 8
29 17 8 Scored S 7 19 42
57 27 9 Conceded C 8 26 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
92% 92% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 84%
52% 46% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 56%
40% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 54% 44%
36% 31% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 32%
72% 77% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 85% 68%
12% 15% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 20%
16% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 16%
 
4 4.8 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 5.9 5.8
6.3 6.2 6.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.6 5.6
1.6 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.2 1.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
280 166 52 Total Shots T S 51 156 335
121 72 25 Shots on Target S O 20 70 151
24% 24% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 27% 28%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals (55)
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals in the first half (25)
  • FC Dordrecht has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
  • FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 24 16 3 5 56 22 11 8 1 2 32 11 13 8 2 3 24 11 34 51
2 Jong Ajax 24 15 5 4 64 30 12 9 2 1 36 11 12 6 3 3 28 19 34 50
3 FC Volendam 24 15 4 5 48 36 12 8 3 1 28 17 12 7 1 4 20 19 12 49
4 De Graafschap 24 12 11 1 49 23 12 8 4 0 29 9 12 4 7 1 20 14 26 47
5 Go Ahead Eagles 24 10 11 3 41 32 12 5 7 0 21 10 12 5 4 3 20 22 9 41
6 NAC Breda 24 11 6 7 37 25 12 7 2 3 21 10 12 4 4 4 16 15 12 39
7 Excelsior 24 10 7 7 48 44 12 7 2 3 32 25 12 3 5 4 16 19 4 37
8 Telstar 24 10 6 8 40 37 12 6 1 5 17 13 12 4 5 3 23 24 3 36
9 Almere City 24 10 6 8 40 38 12 9 1 2 23 13 12 1 5 6 17 25 2 36
10 NEC 24 9 8 7 38 32 12 5 4 3 21 16 12 4 4 4 17 16 6 35
11 FC Den Bosch 24 7 11 6 40 36 13 5 6 2 27 16 11 2 5 4 13 20 4 32
12 Jong Utrecht 24 8 8 8 35 37 12 6 5 1 24 15 12 2 3 7 11 22 -2 32
13 FC Eindhoven 24 7 5 12 35 50 12 6 3 3 23 19 12 1 2 9 12 31 -15 26
14 Jong AZ 24 6 6 12 38 47 12 5 4 3 23 19 12 1 2 9 15 28 -9 24
15 MVV Maastricht 24 6 6 12 30 43 12 5 4 3 18 14 12 1 2 9 12 29 -13 24
16 Jong PSV 24 5 5 14 28 46 12 4 4 4 15 15 12 1 1 10 13 31 -18 20
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 24 4 10 10 29 39 12 3 4 5 22 23 12 1 6 5 7 16 -10 19
18 TOP Oss 24 5 4 15 21 45 12 4 3 5 14 15 12 1 1 10 7 30 -24 19
19 FC Dordrecht 24 3 7 14 28 55 12 2 4 6 16 25 12 1 3 8 12 30 -27 16
20 Helmond Sport 24 3 7 14 23 51 12 2 4 6 12 18 12 1 3 8 11 33 -28 16

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.