Jong Ajax have had trouble getting points this league season. Could they get something when Almere City come to visit Sportpark De Toekomst?
- Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Eerste Divisie
It's no vacation for neither Jong Ajax nor Almere City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Jong Ajax form and stats
When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Jong Ajax have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games.
Jong enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at NAC Breda's place. The match ended 6-2 with van Axel-Dongen, Warmerdam, Lucca, Regeer, Baas and Conceição scoring. Finally, a league win after three fixtures without. As mentioned above, Jong Ajax "killed" NAC Breda in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Attacking player van Axel-Dongen bettered all the other players in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Axel-Dongen scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FC Eindhoven (1-5).If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 19 most recent league matches highlights that 17 of them had at least one goal from each side.
A decent goal production from Jong Ajax in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 14 league matches. Jong's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Almere City form and stats
8 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Almere City playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season. Almere City has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against PEC Zwolle.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus VVV-Venlo with 1-3 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. de Kamp, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.7. Kamp scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Prior to that result Almere City won their away game at FC Dordrecht. The scoreline was 1-0.The visiting Almere have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Almere City have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Almere City - Jong 2-3. Last ten meetings between these contenders: Jong Ajax won six, Almere City were winners in four and we saw zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 12 goals |  C. Kjelder Rasmussen 9 goals |  K. Hlynsson 7 goals |
Jong Ajax missing players
Almere City missing players
| Jong Ajax | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 51 | 27 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 40 |
| 56 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 97% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 90% | 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 68% |
| 66% | 64% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 50% |
| 45% | 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 31% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 79% | 79% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 46% |
| 7% | 14% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | 39% |
| 17% | 14% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 10.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10 | 11.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 38% | 41% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 28% | 32% |
| 11.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 9.4 | 8.5 |
| 4.6 | 3.2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
- Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Jong Ajax have the fewest clean sheets (2) 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 | PEC Zwolle | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 79 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 47 | 66 |
| 2 | Heracles | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 78 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 46 | 60 |
| 3 | VVV-Venlo | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 51 |
| 4 | Almere City | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 49 |
| 5 | FC Eindhoven | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 46 |
| 6 | Willem II | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | NAC Breda | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 31 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 52 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 40 |
| 10 | Jong AZ | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 40 |
| 11 | De Graafschap | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 39 |
| 12 | ADO Den Haag | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | Telstar | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 39 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -17 | 32 |
| 16 | Jong Ajax | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -5 | 31 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -16 | 30 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 37 | 69 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 44 | -32 | 27 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 26 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -22 | 20 |
