Struggling Jong Utrecht will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Almere City in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Jong Utrecht form and stats
Jong Utrecht's results here at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch in the Eerste Divisie have been very modest with 5 victories, 0 draws and 13 defeats. It's been an uphill battle for Utrecht in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the FC Dordrecht game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
A strong away win for Jong Utrecht against FC Oss the last match, as Oussama Alou, Aurelio Oehlers and Jeredy Hilterman (2) were on target. Preceding that match was the home game against Go Ahead Eagles that was lost 0-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Utrecht played a great game against FC Oss and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The Jong Utrecht fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Utrecht have conceded 35 from these games.
Almere City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Almere had fun at their own home (Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch) last time out, beating Jong Ajax 1-0. John Yeboah scored. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus De Graafschap that ended 2-2.
John Yeboah came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Jong Ajax last time out, making the manager J. Rijsdijk feel like a tactical genius.
Almere have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 38 goals from 18 away matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Almere manager J. Rijsdijk has some worries about the defense as 38 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Almere City - Utrecht 4-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Utrecht won one game, one match ended with a draw and Almere City has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  T. Verheydt 20 goals |  J. Hilterman 19 goals | F. Hammouti 8 goals |
Jong Utrecht missing players
Almere City missing players
| Jong Utrecht | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 | 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 50 | 22 | 2 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | 71 |
| 72 | 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 38 | 46 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| 86% | 78% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 69% | 67% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 78% | 58% |
| 44% | 39% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 61% | 36% |
| 28% | 22% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 22% |
| 64% | 67% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 72% | 50% |
| 14% | 6% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 39% |
| 22% | 28% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 11.2 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 30% | 27% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 38% | 36% |
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht 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 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 105 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 71 | 86 |
| 2 | De Graafschap | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 20 | 75 |
| 3 | Almere City | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 71 | 46 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 38 | 25 | 71 |
| 4 | Go Ahead Eagles | 35 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 31 | 68 |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 35 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 69 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 31 | 67 |
| 6 | NEC | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 25 | 63 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 76 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 25 | 60 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 35 | 7 | 54 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 64 | 63 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 1 | 48 |
| 10 | Helmond Sport | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 49 | 62 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 33 | -13 | 43 |
| 11 | MVV Maastricht | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 69 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 37 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -22 | 43 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 56 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -19 | 42 |
| 13 | Telstar | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 41 |
| 14 | FC Eindhoven | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 58 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -11 | 39 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 37 | -10 | 38 |
| 16 | Jong Ajax | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 52 | 69 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 36 | -17 | 36 |
| 17 | Jong AZ | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 53 | 89 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 44 | -36 | 35 |
| 18 | Jong Utrecht | 36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 50 | 72 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 37 | -22 | 34 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 81 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 50 | -27 | 29 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 36 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 35 | 94 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 54 | -59 | 27 |