Jong PSV v Almere City preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 21.December
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sportcomplex De Herdgang (2500 seats)

The visiting Almere City side should be favourites in this visit to Jong PSV, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Jong PSV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Jong PSV have scored home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Jong PSV form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Jong PSV have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Sportcomplex De Herdgang.

Jong are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus FC Oss. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Roda JC Kerkrade.

Jong has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Almere City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Almere City's previous game was their home loss versus VVV-Venlo (1-4). Preceding that game was the away Eerste Divisie victory against Telstar with the score of 3-2.

Almere City are a potent attacking force on the road with their 21 goals in 8 league games. The Almere manager O. Tobiasen has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Jong wins - draws - Almere City wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
9 goals
JongK. Kristinsson
K. Kristinsson
5 goals
Almere CityX. Emmers
X. Emmers
4 goals

Jong PSV missing players

Almere City missing players

Jong PSV Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 8 16
4 1 0 Won W 0 4 11
4 3 1 Drew D 2 3 4
8 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
24 8 1 Scored S 3 21 39
31 12 2 Conceded C 3 19 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
69% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 62%
31% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 75% 44%
31% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 31%
81% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 56%
6% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 44%
12% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 18 13 13.1
3.3 3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.8 5.7
45% 38% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 46% 43%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almere City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Jong PSV have scored home.
  • Almere City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Jong PSV 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 SC Cambuur 16 13 1 2 52 15 9 7 0 2 29 10 7 6 1 0 23 5 37 40
2 Almere City 16 11 4 1 39 21 8 7 1 0 18 2 8 4 3 1 21 19 18 37
3 De Graafschap 16 10 2 4 33 26 8 5 1 2 17 12 8 5 1 2 16 14 7 32
4 NEC 16 9 4 3 31 17 7 4 2 1 15 7 9 5 2 2 16 10 14 31
5 FC Volendam 16 8 6 2 43 19 9 4 3 2 24 9 7 4 3 0 19 10 24 30
6 NAC Breda 16 9 2 5 27 15 8 5 0 3 15 9 8 4 2 2 12 6 12 29
7 FC Eindhoven 16 7 4 5 29 28 9 4 3 2 23 14 7 3 1 3 6 14 1 25
8 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 5 5 17 13 8 2 3 3 8 7 8 4 2 2 9 6 4 23
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 16 5 7 4 26 21 8 4 4 0 16 5 8 1 3 4 10 16 5 22
10 Telstar 16 6 4 6 27 23 9 3 2 4 18 13 7 3 2 2 9 10 4 22
11 Jong Ajax 16 6 4 6 30 32 8 3 2 3 13 16 8 3 2 3 17 16 -2 22
12 Excelsior 16 6 2 8 32 28 7 3 0 4 17 14 9 3 2 4 15 14 4 20
13 Jong Utrecht 16 6 1 9 24 31 9 3 0 6 11 16 7 3 1 3 13 15 -7 19
14 FC Oss 16 5 4 7 14 23 8 3 2 3 10 9 8 2 2 4 4 14 -9 19
15 Jong PSV 16 4 4 8 24 31 7 1 3 3 8 12 9 3 1 5 16 19 -7 16
16 Helmond Sport 16 4 4 8 15 26 8 2 1 5 6 14 8 2 3 3 9 12 -11 16
17 Jong AZ 16 3 2 11 21 44 7 1 2 4 14 21 9 2 0 7 7 23 -23 11
18 FC Dordrecht 16 3 2 11 13 40 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 1 0 7 4 27 -27 11
19 FC Den Bosch 16 2 4 10 16 37 8 2 3 3 11 11 8 0 1 7 5 26 -21 10
20 MVV Maastricht 16 2 4 10 18 41 7 1 1 5 11 24 9 1 3 5 7 17 -23 10

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.