Pre-match most people would expect a pronounced gap in form between these teams based on table positions so far, with FC Emmen ahead of Almere City by 17 points.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Eerste Divisie
Both teams have had adequate rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an active fixture!
FC Emmen form and stats
All-inclusive Eerste Divisie stats playing at home this season for FC Emmen are 4-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at De Oude Meerdijk.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Emmen, as their goalkeeper Michael Brouwer has completely shut out the opponents for 245 minutes in the Eerste Divisie.
Emmen shared the glory with Jong AZ in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Michael Brouwer was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.3 out of ten. Brouwer stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Emmen had a home game versus Jong PSV which ended with a victory 2-0.FC Emmen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at De Oude Meerdijk with 12 goals in 7 league matches. FC Emmen have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Almere City form and stats
Almere City have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
The manager G. Verbeek was unhappy after their last game, a Eerste Divisie match played at their home ground Yanmar Stadion. Almere suffered a 0-2 loss to MVV Maastricht (placed 11th). Lance Duijvestijn got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, top player of the team. Duijvestijn hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.
Before that, Almere City travelled to Excelsior and returned home with a draw after the game finished 4-4.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FC Eindhoven in just four days.
Almere City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. For Almere, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Almere has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these participants: Emmen won one, Almere City were winners in five and we saw four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 8 goals |   J. Arweiler 7 goals | R. Mendes 5 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
Almere City missing players
| FC Emmen | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 36 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 44% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 31% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 11.9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 28% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 44% | 41% |
| 7.6 | 6.9 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.2 | 10.6 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
- Almere City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Almere City have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen 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 Volendam | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 32 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Graafschap | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | FC Den Bosch | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 10 | Jong AZ | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | MVV Maastricht | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 21 |
| 12 | NAC Breda | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Telstar | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 17 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 18 | Almere City | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 10 |