De Adelaarshorst: Go Ahead Eagles vs Almere City Eerste Divisie preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Go Ahead Eagles - Almere City!

Insights:
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Go Ahead Eagles, who have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Eerste Divisie, have played 16 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager K. van Wonderen led his Eagles to a defeat in the Eerste Divisie match away at Graafschap. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at De Adelaarshorst. In the game before, an away victory match versus NAC Breda with a 1-0 scoreline.

The Eagles fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. Eagles are not conceding a lot of goals here at De Adelaarshorst in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Almere City form and stats

Playing away, Almere City have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Almere's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Telstar that finished 1-1. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Roda JC Kerkrade.

As mentioned above, Almere drew the match against Telstar. Manager J. Rijsdijk brought on Radinio Balker to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Almere are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Almere manager J. Rijsdijk has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Almere City - Eagles 3-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Eagles won five, Almere City won two and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
19 goals
Almere CityF. Hammouti
F. Hammouti
8 goals
Go Ahead EaglesS. Beukema
S. Beukema
7 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Go Ahead Eagles Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 3 16 33
18 7 0 Won W 1 8 20
8 5 3 Drew D 0 4 7
7 4 0 Lost L 2 4 6
50 20 0 Scored S 3 36 68
23 11 0 Conceded C 11 33 41
79% 69% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
61% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 85%
45% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 58%
18% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 62% 36%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 38% 24%
21% 19% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 75% 52%
67% 69% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 39%
33% 44% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 19% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.3 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 8.6 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 12.8 12.6
4 3.3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 6 5.8
38% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 38% 36%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have the most clean sheets (22) in Eerste Divisie

  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 33 25 4 4 96 30 16 13 0 3 52 15 17 12 4 1 44 15 66 79
2 Graafschap 33 22 4 7 61 43 17 11 3 3 29 19 16 11 1 4 32 24 18 70
3 Almere City 33 20 7 6 68 41 17 12 3 2 32 8 16 8 4 4 36 33 27 67
4 NAC Breda 33 20 6 7 65 33 17 12 1 4 38 17 16 8 5 3 27 16 32 66
5 Go Ahead Eagles 33 18 8 7 50 23 16 7 5 4 20 11 17 11 3 3 30 12 27 62
6 NEC 33 17 6 10 61 38 16 9 4 3 29 14 17 8 2 7 32 24 23 57
7 FC Volendam 33 15 8 10 69 47 17 7 3 7 38 27 16 8 5 3 31 20 22 53
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 14 11 8 62 47 16 7 6 3 30 19 17 7 5 5 32 28 15 53
9 Excelsior 33 12 5 16 58 61 17 7 2 8 32 30 16 5 3 8 26 31 -3 41
10 TOP Oss 33 12 5 16 35 50 16 7 2 7 25 25 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 41
11 Helmond Sport 33 10 10 13 47 58 17 7 3 7 24 29 16 3 7 6 23 29 -11 40
12 Telstar 33 10 9 14 52 50 16 5 4 7 33 26 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 39
13 MVV Maastricht 33 11 5 17 42 65 17 8 2 7 29 35 16 3 3 10 13 30 -23 38
14 Jong PSV 33 10 7 16 51 59 16 4 5 7 22 24 17 6 2 9 29 35 -8 37
15 Jong Ajax 33 9 9 15 52 64 17 4 5 8 24 32 16 5 4 7 28 32 -12 36
16 FC Eindhoven 33 8 9 16 43 57 16 4 5 7 27 28 17 4 4 9 16 29 -14 33
17 Jong AZ 33 9 5 19 48 82 17 6 3 8 34 41 16 3 2 11 14 41 -34 32
18 Jong Utrecht 33 10 1 22 44 68 16 5 0 11 20 31 17 5 1 11 24 37 -24 31
19 FC Dordrecht 33 8 3 22 33 84 16 4 3 9 18 33 17 4 0 13 15 51 -51 27
20 FC Den Bosch 33 5 8 20 41 78 17 4 6 7 27 31 16 1 2 13 14 47 -37 23

Table
  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 33 25 4 4 96 30 16 13 0 3 52 15 17 12 4 1 44 15 66 79
2 Graafschap 33 22 4 7 61 43 17 11 3 3 29 19 16 11 1 4 32 24 18 70
3 Almere City 33 20 7 6 68 41 17 12 3 2 32 8 16 8 4 4 36 33 27 67
4 NAC Breda 33 20 6 7 65 33 17 12 1 4 38 17 16 8 5 3 27 16 32 66
5 Go Ahead Eagles 33 18 8 7 50 23 16 7 5 4 20 11 17 11 3 3 30 12 27 62
6 NEC 33 17 6 10 61 38 16 9 4 3 29 14 17 8 2 7 32 24 23 57
7 FC Volendam 33 15 8 10 69 47 17 7 3 7 38 27 16 8 5 3 31 20 22 53
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 14 11 8 62 47 16 7 6 3 30 19 17 7 5 5 32 28 15 53
9 Excelsior 33 12 5 16 58 61 17 7 2 8 32 30 16 5 3 8 26 31 -3 41
10 TOP Oss 33 12 5 16 35 50 16 7 2 7 25 25 17 5 3 9 10 25 -15 41
11 Helmond Sport 33 10 10 13 47 58 17 7 3 7 24 29 16 3 7 6 23 29 -11 40
12 Telstar 33 10 9 14 52 50 16 5 4 7 33 26 17 5 5 7 19 24 2 39
13 MVV Maastricht 33 11 5 17 42 65 17 8 2 7 29 35 16 3 3 10 13 30 -23 38
14 Jong PSV 33 10 7 16 51 59 16 4 5 7 22 24 17 6 2 9 29 35 -8 37
15 Jong Ajax 33 9 9 15 52 64 17 4 5 8 24 32 16 5 4 7 28 32 -12 36
16 FC Eindhoven 33 8 9 16 43 57 16 4 5 7 27 28 17 4 4 9 16 29 -14 33
17 Jong AZ 33 9 5 19 48 82 17 6 3 8 34 41 16 3 2 11 14 41 -34 32
18 Jong Utrecht 33 10 1 22 44 68 16 5 0 11 20 31 17 5 1 11 24 37 -24 31
19 FC Dordrecht 33 8 3 22 33 84 16 4 3 9 18 33 17 4 0 13 15 51 -51 27
20 FC Den Bosch 33 5 8 20 41 78 17 4 6 7 27 31 16 1 2 13 14 47 -37 23

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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.