Here's what we know about the FC Eindhoven - Almere City fixture:

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 10.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

Both sides are relishing a quality season so far and occasions like today could be influential. Read up on FC Eindhoven - Almere City!

Insights:
  • FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Eerste Divisie

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Almere City have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 7-3-13 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.

The hosts Eindhoven saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eerste Divisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Willem II.

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 Eerste Divisie games here at Jan Louwers Stadion for FC Eindhoven. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. FC Eindhoven has recorded two wins in a row here at Jan Louwers Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Stress levels are on the rise for FC Eindhoven's attacking players as they have now played 239 minutes without scoring in a league game. Rottier was their last goal scorer.

The followers are hoping that Eindhoven will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Willem II (placed 5th). Bertrams had a busy but productive day in the Willem II match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The gifted forward Kökçü outshone all others in that match and received a match rating of 7.12 out of 10. Kökçü hit two key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).

Heartbreak before that as FC Eindhoven lost 0-4 at FC Dordrecht's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how FC Eindhoven have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 0.

The Eindhoven manager Penders has got the team scoring with 24 from 11 home games in the league.

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Almere City form and stats

5-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Almere City in their Eerste Divisie matches away.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Jong PSV with 1-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. Midfield player Peña was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Peña hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 60 successful passes (of 71 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Telstar at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Almere City playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 3 Almere City wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Almere City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 15 goals have been conceded by Almere City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Eindhoven and Almere City have played each other before this season: Almere City - FC Eindhoven 1-1. FC Eindhoven-Almere City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Eindhoven two wins, Almere City six wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
12 goals
FC EindhovenE. Rottier
E. Rottier
7 goals
FC EindhovenN. Bannis
N. Bannis
6 goals

FC Eindhoven missing players

Almere City missing players

FC Eindhoven Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
11 7 2 Won W 0 5 12
6 3 0 Drew D 1 1 3
6 1 1 Lost L 2 5 8
36 24 3 Scored S 3 12 35
32 11 3 Conceded C 7 15 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 74%
57% 64% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 57%
30% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 26%
17% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 22%
52% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 52%
26% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 30%
22% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 17%
 
3.8 3.9 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.5 4.6
4.8 4.6 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.5 5.6
2.1 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 1.9
5 3 2 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.3 7.7 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.7 10.1
3.7 3.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4 4.3
43% 60% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 36%
 
9.7 8.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 9.4 8.6
3.4 3 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.3 4.3
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 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 PEC Zwolle 23 17 3 3 55 23 12 8 2 2 28 16 11 9 1 1 27 7 32 54
2 Heracles 22 15 2 5 62 28 11 9 1 1 41 13 11 6 1 4 21 15 34 47
3 Almere City 23 12 3 8 35 29 12 7 2 3 23 14 11 5 1 5 12 15 6 39
4 FC Eindhoven 23 11 6 6 36 32 11 7 3 1 24 11 12 4 3 5 12 21 4 39
5 Willem II 23 10 6 7 38 26 11 6 2 3 18 10 12 4 4 4 20 16 12 36
6 VVV-Venlo 23 10 6 7 34 34 11 3 5 3 11 12 12 7 1 4 23 22 0 36
7 Jong AZ 23 10 5 8 39 34 12 6 4 2 26 16 11 4 1 6 13 18 5 35
8 MVV Maastricht 22 10 5 7 41 38 10 7 3 0 25 10 12 3 2 7 16 28 3 35
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 23 10 4 9 34 31 12 6 2 4 20 16 11 4 2 5 14 15 3 34
10 Telstar 23 8 8 7 24 29 12 5 3 4 15 19 11 3 5 3 9 10 -5 32
11 NAC Breda 23 9 4 10 35 38 11 5 2 4 16 12 12 4 2 6 19 26 -3 31
12 Jong PSV 23 8 6 9 37 37 11 5 1 5 18 17 12 3 5 4 19 20 0 30
13 ADO Den Haag 23 7 7 9 26 33 12 4 4 4 17 16 11 3 3 5 9 17 -7 28
14 Graafschap 23 7 6 10 34 36 12 5 2 5 17 14 11 2 4 5 17 22 -2 27
15 FC Dordrecht 23 7 5 11 28 37 11 4 2 5 17 16 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 26
16 Jong Ajax 23 5 10 8 36 39 12 3 5 4 22 16 11 2 5 4 14 23 -3 25
17 FC Den Bosch 23 7 2 14 32 47 12 5 1 6 20 23 11 2 1 8 12 24 -15 23
18 Helmond Sport 23 6 4 13 20 41 11 4 2 5 14 16 12 2 2 8 6 25 -21 22
19 FC Oss 23 6 3 14 25 40 12 4 1 7 16 19 11 2 2 7 9 21 -15 21
20 Jong Utrecht 23 4 5 14 22 41 11 2 3 6 7 12 12 2 2 8 15 29 -19 17

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.