MVV Maastricht and Almere City spectators can't wait for Eerste Divisie clash at De Geusselt

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 26.March
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

Struggling MVV Maastricht will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Almere City in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almere City have the most scored goals (36) away in Eerste Divisie

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!

8-7-9 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Almere City when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 24 matches are 44-52 (scored/conceded).

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht have played 14 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). Maastricht has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at De Geusselt. We remember; it was Helmond Sport.

Maastricht faced defeat in their previous match, away at Jong Ajax (3-4). Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Jong AZ.

A goal frenzy last time out for Maastricht, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Jong Ajax. Fun stuff to watch!

The Maastricht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. Maastricht are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (31 from 14 played). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 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, who have the most scored goals (36) away in Eerste Divisie, have won 8 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Almere are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Impressive finishing from Thomas Verheydt and Faris Hammouti secured the home win 2-0 against FC Den Bosch in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at FC Eindhoven.

Almere are a potent attacking force on the road with their 36 goals in 14 league games. The Almere City manager J. Rijsdijk has some worries about the defense as 31 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

MVV Maastricht and Almere City have met before this season: Almere City - Maastricht 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Maastricht, five draws and three wins for Almere City. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
17 goals
MaastrichtJ. Schroijen
J. Schroijen
9 goals
Almere CityF. Hammouti
F. Hammouti
8 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
MVV Maastricht Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 14 29
9 6 1 Won W 3 8 19
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 5
15 6 4 Lost L 0 3 5
35 23 6 Scored S 13 36 65
58 31 17 Conceded C 7 31 38
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
83% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 86%
52% 64% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 86% 66%
34% 50% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 71% 41%
28% 43% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 43% 28%
48% 64% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 55%
21% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 38%
34% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 14%
 
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 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 12.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 15.8 13.1 12.6
4.2 5.6 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.4 5.9
28% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 40% 38%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almere City have the most scored goals (36) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MVV Maastricht haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 28 21 4 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 14 10 4 0 35 9 55 67
2 Graafschap 29 20 4 5 58 37 15 10 3 2 28 16 14 10 1 3 30 21 21 64
3 Almere City 29 19 5 5 65 38 15 11 2 2 29 7 14 8 3 3 36 31 27 62
4 NAC Breda 29 18 5 6 58 29 14 10 1 3 32 14 15 8 4 3 26 15 29 59
5 Go Ahead Eagles 29 17 6 6 46 19 15 7 4 4 20 11 14 10 2 2 26 8 27 57
6 NEC 30 17 5 8 59 33 15 9 3 3 28 13 15 8 2 5 31 20 26 56
7 FC Volendam 30 14 8 8 64 41 15 6 3 6 33 23 15 8 5 2 31 18 23 50
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 12 9 8 55 44 14 6 5 3 27 18 15 6 4 5 28 26 11 45
9 Excelsior 29 11 4 14 54 50 14 6 1 7 30 26 15 5 3 7 24 24 4 37
10 Telstar 29 10 7 12 48 44 15 5 4 6 31 23 14 5 3 6 17 21 4 37
11 Jong Ajax 30 9 7 14 50 61 15 4 4 7 23 30 15 5 3 7 27 31 -11 34
12 FC Oss 29 10 4 15 32 49 15 6 2 7 23 25 14 4 2 8 9 24 -17 34
13 Helmond Sport 29 8 9 12 40 52 15 6 2 7 21 28 14 2 7 5 19 24 -12 33
14 MVV Maastricht 29 9 5 15 35 58 14 6 2 6 23 31 15 3 3 9 12 27 -23 32
15 Jong PSV 30 8 6 16 46 58 15 3 5 7 19 23 15 5 1 9 27 35 -12 30
16 FC Eindhoven 28 7 8 13 38 49 14 4 4 6 27 26 14 3 4 7 11 23 -11 29
17 Jong Utrecht 30 9 1 20 40 62 15 5 0 10 20 30 15 4 1 10 20 32 -22 28
18 Jong AZ 30 7 5 18 42 79 15 4 3 8 28 40 15 3 2 10 14 39 -37 26
19 FC Dordrecht 29 6 3 20 28 75 14 3 3 8 16 28 15 3 0 12 12 47 -47 21
20 FC Den Bosch 29 4 7 18 33 68 14 3 5 6 20 23 15 1 2 12 13 45 -35 19

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 28 21 4 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 14 10 4 0 35 9 55 67
2 Graafschap 29 20 4 5 58 37 15 10 3 2 28 16 14 10 1 3 30 21 21 64
3 Almere City 29 19 5 5 65 38 15 11 2 2 29 7 14 8 3 3 36 31 27 62
4 NAC Breda 29 18 5 6 58 29 14 10 1 3 32 14 15 8 4 3 26 15 29 59
5 Go Ahead Eagles 29 17 6 6 46 19 15 7 4 4 20 11 14 10 2 2 26 8 27 57
6 NEC 30 17 5 8 59 33 15 9 3 3 28 13 15 8 2 5 31 20 26 56
7 FC Volendam 30 14 8 8 64 41 15 6 3 6 33 23 15 8 5 2 31 18 23 50
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 12 9 8 55 44 14 6 5 3 27 18 15 6 4 5 28 26 11 45
9 Excelsior 29 11 4 14 54 50 14 6 1 7 30 26 15 5 3 7 24 24 4 37
10 Telstar 29 10 7 12 48 44 15 5 4 6 31 23 14 5 3 6 17 21 4 37
11 Jong Ajax 30 9 7 14 50 61 15 4 4 7 23 30 15 5 3 7 27 31 -11 34
12 FC Oss 29 10 4 15 32 49 15 6 2 7 23 25 14 4 2 8 9 24 -17 34
13 Helmond Sport 29 8 9 12 40 52 15 6 2 7 21 28 14 2 7 5 19 24 -12 33
14 MVV Maastricht 29 9 5 15 35 58 14 6 2 6 23 31 15 3 3 9 12 27 -23 32
15 Jong PSV 30 8 6 16 46 58 15 3 5 7 19 23 15 5 1 9 27 35 -12 30
16 FC Eindhoven 28 7 8 13 38 49 14 4 4 6 27 26 14 3 4 7 11 23 -11 29
17 Jong Utrecht 30 9 1 20 40 62 15 5 0 10 20 30 15 4 1 10 20 32 -22 28
18 Jong AZ 30 7 5 18 42 79 15 4 3 8 28 40 15 3 2 10 14 39 -37 26
19 FC Dordrecht 29 6 3 20 28 75 14 3 3 8 16 28 15 3 0 12 12 47 -47 21
20 FC Den Bosch 29 4 7 18 33 68 14 3 5 6 20 23 15 1 2 12 13 45 -35 19

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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.