A quick look at the Eerste Divisie table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Check out our FC Eindhoven - Almere City match guide!
- FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Eerste Divisie
It should be mentioned that Almere City play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Almere City on artifical turf are 7 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 42-42. You can compare this with overall results below.
FC Eindhoven and Almere City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FC Eindhoven form and stats
FC Eindhoven have performed here at Jan Louwers Stadion this season with 10 wins from 16 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2.
Happy days for Eindhoven in their previous game, a fixture away at FC Dordrecht (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The striker Sleegers was declared "man of the match" for FC Eindhoven with a rating of 7.84/10. Sleegers scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 22 successful passes (of 23 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Graafschap that was lost 1-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Eindhoven have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost zero.
Goals decide football matches and FC Eindhoven are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 16 league matches. FC Eindhoven are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jan Louwers Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.
Almere City form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Almere City playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season. Almere City have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
381 minutes! That's how long the Almere goalkeeper Nordin Bakker and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Almere City won their last game, 3-0 versus Excelsior played at home. Midfielder Duijvestijn was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.35. Duijvestijn scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at MVV Maastricht.We have checked recent matches where Almere City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, two draws and zero defeats.
Almere are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 16 away games so far. Almere City have conceded 31 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Almere City - Eindhoven 2-0 was the output when this pair of participants previously played each other, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (FC Eindhoven 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
  J. Sleegers 17 goals | J. van der Sande 12 goals |  L. Duijvestijn 11 goals |
FC Eindhoven missing players
Almere City missing players
| FC Eindhoven | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 61 | 34 | 10 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | 52 |
| 37 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | 58 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 81% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 85% |
| 52% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 39% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 38% | 36% |
| 21% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 25% | 21% |
| 52% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 58% |
| 36% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 24% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 19% | 24% |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 11.6 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11 |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 39% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 43% | 35% |
| 9.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.9 | 9.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Eindhoven have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Eindhoven have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- FC Eindhoven 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 | FC Emmen | 33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 32 | 71 |
| 2 | FC Volendam | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 67 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 64 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 73 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 28 | 62 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 61 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 65 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 56 |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 23 | 56 |
| 7 | Jong Ajax | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 68 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 55 |
| 8 | Graafschap | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 51 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 49 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 20 | -9 | 41 |
| 11 | Almere City | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 31 | -6 | 38 |
| 12 | Jong AZ | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 38 |
| 13 | FC Den Bosch | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 58 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -23 | 37 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -2 | 36 |
| 15 | TOP Oss | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 35 |
| 16 | FC Dordrecht | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 41 | -22 | 32 |
| 17 | Telstar | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 62 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -25 | 32 |
| 18 | MVV Maastricht | 33 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 36 | 68 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 36 | -32 | 32 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 59 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -27 | 28 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 60 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -27 | 24 |
