Betting guide: Go Ahead Eagles favourite to beat Almere City at De Adelaarshorst

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Sun 12.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

Go Ahead Eagles and Almere City have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Eerste Divisie.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

4-6-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Go Ahead Eagles so far this season. The Go Ahead Eagles fans aren't used to losing here at De Adelaarshorst and will expect new points from this game. Go Ahead Eagles has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat. Go Ahead Eagles has a nice streak going on as they have played 17 consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the FC Eindhoven defeat 134 days ago.

The spoils were shared in Go Ahead Eagles's previous game, also at home. Visiting Almere City (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Jong Utrecht.

The Go Ahead Eagles fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. Go Ahead Eagles are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Adelaarshorst in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.

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Almere City form and stats

There's been little loot from Almere City's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Almere City only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Almere City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Go Ahead Eagles for a Eerste Divisie game that ended a draw (1-1). Prior to that result Almere City won their away game at NEC. The scoreline was 3-2.

Almere City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). The Almere City manager O. Tobiasen has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Go Ahead Eagles - Almere City 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Go Ahead Eagles, 3 draws and 1 win for Almere City. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityS. Harrison
S. Harrison
7 goals
Go Ahead EaglesE. Lieftink
E. Lieftink
6 goals
Almere CityY. Loen
Y. Loen
5 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Almere City missing players

Go Ahead Eagles Almere City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 3 11 21
8 4 1 Won W 1 1 9
11 7 1 Drew D 0 4 5
2 0 0 Lost L 2 6 7
36 20 4 Scored S 4 14 33
25 10 0 Conceded C 6 22 31
95% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
95% 91% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 81%
52% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 52%
29% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 55% 43%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 36% 29%
71% 73% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 82% 67%
24% 27% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 24%
10% 9% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 14%
 
6.6 8.5 8.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 5.7 6.1
4.7 4.3 1.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 6.9 5.8
1.7 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.3
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
264 154 27 Total Shots T S 38 119 280
111 61 16 Shots on Target S O 18 56 130
32% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 25% 25%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
  • Go Ahead Eagles have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 21 14 3 4 49 18 10 7 1 2 29 10 11 7 2 2 20 8 31 45
2 Jong Ajax 20 13 3 4 54 26 10 7 2 1 29 10 10 6 1 3 25 16 28 42
3 Graafschap 21 10 10 1 43 20 11 7 4 0 26 7 10 3 6 1 17 13 23 40
4 FC Volendam 21 12 4 5 39 31 10 6 3 1 22 14 11 6 1 4 17 17 8 40
5 NAC Breda 21 10 5 6 32 21 11 6 2 3 18 9 10 4 3 3 14 12 11 35
6 Excelsior 21 10 5 6 42 37 10 7 0 3 27 20 11 3 5 3 15 17 5 35
7 Go Ahead Eagles 20 8 10 2 35 24 10 4 6 0 19 9 10 4 4 2 16 15 11 34
8 Telstar 21 9 5 7 34 30 11 5 1 5 16 13 10 4 4 2 18 17 4 32
9 Almere City 20 9 4 7 32 30 10 8 1 1 19 9 10 1 3 6 13 21 2 31
10 NEC 20 8 6 6 34 27 9 4 3 2 17 11 11 4 3 4 17 16 7 30
11 FC Den Bosch 20 6 10 4 35 32 11 4 6 1 22 13 9 2 4 3 13 19 3 28
12 Jong Utrecht 21 7 7 7 31 32 10 5 4 1 21 13 11 2 3 6 10 19 -1 28
13 FC Eindhoven 21 6 4 11 32 48 10 5 2 3 20 18 11 1 2 8 12 30 -16 22
14 Jong AZ 20 5 5 10 31 37 10 4 3 3 17 15 10 1 2 7 14 22 -6 20
15 MVV Maastricht 20 5 4 11 23 37 10 4 3 3 15 13 10 1 1 8 8 24 -14 19
16 Roda JC Kerkrade 20 4 8 8 24 32 10 3 3 4 18 18 10 1 5 4 6 14 -8 17
17 Jong PSV 20 4 4 12 23 38 10 3 3 4 13 14 10 1 1 8 10 24 -15 16
18 TOP Oss 20 4 3 13 17 39 10 3 2 5 11 13 10 1 1 8 6 26 -22 15
19 Helmond Sport 21 3 6 12 22 47 11 2 3 6 12 18 10 1 3 6 10 29 -25 15
20 FC Dordrecht 21 2 6 13 26 52 11 1 4 6 15 25 10 1 2 7 11 27 -26 12

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.