Match statistics and preview for Eerste Divisie: MVV Maastricht - Almere City at De Geusselt

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sun 27.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

Almere City have recuperated after their 2-0-match versus FC Den Bosch and are ready to meet MVV Maastricht. Here's all the data!

Insights:
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Eerste Divisie

Almere City play their home fixtures on grass, while this fixture is played on artifical turf. Relevant data for Almere City when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 19 matches. They have managed to score 40 goals and conceded 45 times in these fixtures.

This should be an engaging fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht's results here at De Geusselt in the Eerste Divisie have been very modest with 4 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. When MVV Maastricht hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like MVV Maastricht, Jong Utrecht, Telstar, FC Dordrecht, FC Oss and Helmond Sport), they have won 3 of 4 matches! MVV Maastricht are slowly digging their own grave here at De Geusselt with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the FC Dordrecht match.

MVV Maastricht enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Graafschap's place. The match ended 3-1 with Lake, Remans and Blummel scoring.

Preceding that match was the home game against Jong AZ that was lost 2-3.

Maastricht are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the MVV Maastricht defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Almere City form and stats

4-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Almere City in their Eerste Divisie matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Almere, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Almere City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Nordin Bakker. It's been 201 minutes since they last conceded in Eerste Divisie.

Almere City had fun at their own home (De Geusselt) last time out, beating FC Den Bosch 2-0. Pouwels and Alhaft scored. Midfield player Duijvestijn was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Duijvestijn hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Helmond Sport.

Almere has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 15 games. Almere City have conceded 31 goals in these games. When Almere City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Jong Utrecht, Telstar, FC Dordrecht, FC Oss, Almere City and Helmond Sport.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met before this season: Almere City - Maastricht 0-2. MVV Maastricht-Almere City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: MVV Maastricht three wins, Almere City three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
10 goals
Almere CityJ. Arweiler
J. Arweiler
9 goals
MVV MaastrichtS. Blummel
S. Blummel
8 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

Almere City missing players

MVV Maastricht Almere City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
9 4 3 Won W 2 4 8
2 2 1 Drew D 2 4 8
20 9 0 Lost L 0 7 15
34 18 9 Scored S 7 24 46
64 29 4 Conceded C 5 31 58
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
74% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 84%
61% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 73% 65%
39% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 40% 39%
23% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 23%
55% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 61%
16% 13% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
29% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 26%
 
3.7 4.4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.9 5.4
6.3 5.5 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.5 5.1
1.7 1.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 5.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.5 10.9
3 2.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 4.3
37% 45% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 35%
 
13.9 10.4 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 11.5 9.9
6.5 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almere City have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (31) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • MVV Maastricht have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht 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 FC Emmen 31 21 4 6 52 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 16 10 4 2 21 10 31 67
2 FC Volendam 31 18 10 3 66 41 15 11 2 2 38 22 16 7 8 1 28 19 25 64
3 Excelsior 31 18 5 8 70 42 15 8 3 4 35 19 16 10 2 4 35 23 28 59
4 FC Eindhoven 31 17 7 7 59 35 15 10 4 1 33 13 16 7 3 6 26 22 24 58
5 Jong Ajax 31 16 6 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 54
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 14 11 6 63 38 15 7 5 3 29 15 16 7 6 3 34 23 25 53
7 ADO Den Haag 29 17 5 7 61 42 14 9 2 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 30 26 19 50
8 NAC Breda 31 13 9 9 49 38 15 8 6 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 48
9 Graafschap 31 13 8 10 41 34 16 4 6 6 15 21 15 9 2 4 26 13 7 47
10 VVV-Venlo 31 12 4 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 22 24 15 6 1 8 18 20 -4 40
11 Jong PSV 30 10 6 14 50 50 16 7 3 6 30 23 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 36
12 Jong AZ 31 10 5 16 31 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -10 35
13 FC Den Bosch 31 10 3 18 33 57 15 8 0 7 18 25 16 2 3 11 15 32 -24 33
14 FC Oss 31 8 8 15 39 49 16 5 5 6 24 24 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 32
15 Almere City 31 8 8 15 46 58 16 4 4 8 22 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -12 32
16 Telstar 30 7 11 12 34 56 16 4 5 7 19 33 14 3 6 5 15 23 -22 32
17 FC Dordrecht 31 7 8 16 44 67 15 4 6 5 22 26 16 3 2 11 22 41 -23 29
18 MVV Maastricht 31 9 2 20 34 64 15 4 2 9 18 29 16 5 0 11 16 35 -30 29
19 Jong Utrecht 31 8 4 19 31 57 16 4 0 12 13 31 15 4 4 7 18 26 -26 28
20 Helmond Sport 31 7 6 18 32 55 16 4 3 9 18 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -23 24

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.