Football betting preview: Telstar vs Almere City

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 11.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Telstar Stadion

This could be an interesting match as Telstar have their presumed home advantage while Almere City are ahead 12 points in the Eerste Divisie table.

Insights:
  • Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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.

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Telstar form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Telstar have to build on here at Telstar Stadion in the Eerste Divisie.

Telstar's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus SC Cambuur (placed 1st). A strong away win before that one, visiting Jong Utrecht and winning 2-1.

Telstar can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Telstar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Almere City form and stats

As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, Almere City have produced an overall stat of 3-3-1 so far.

The supporters enjoyed Almere's previous game versus Jong Utrecht (placed 13th), a Eerste Divisie 4-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus FC Volendam that ended 2-2.

Almere are a potent attacking force on the road with their 18 goals in 7 league games. For Almere, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Telstar won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Almere City has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
9 goals
TelstarI. Bronkhorst
I. Bronkhorst
6 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
6 goals

Telstar missing players

Almere City missing players

Telstar Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 7 15
6 3 0 Won W 2 3 10
4 2 1 Drew D 0 3 4
5 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
25 16 3 Scored S 10 18 36
20 10 4 Conceded C 5 17 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 87%
60% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 60%
20% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 71% 40%
13% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 43% 27%
73% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 53%
13% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 47%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 11.2 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.1 13.1
4.2 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.6 5.6
40% 44% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 71% 46% 43%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Telstar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almere City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Telstar have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Telstar 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 15 12 1 2 50 15 8 6 0 2 27 10 7 6 1 0 23 5 35 37
2 Almere City 15 10 4 1 36 19 8 7 1 0 18 2 7 3 3 1 18 17 17 34
3 Graafschap 15 10 1 4 31 24 7 5 0 2 15 10 8 5 1 2 16 14 7 31
4 NAC Breda 14 9 1 4 27 14 7 5 0 2 15 8 7 4 1 2 12 6 13 28
5 NEC 14 8 3 3 27 14 7 4 2 1 15 7 7 4 1 2 12 7 13 27
6 FC Volendam 14 6 6 2 34 17 8 3 3 2 18 9 6 3 3 0 16 8 17 24
7 Telstar 15 6 4 5 25 20 8 3 2 3 16 10 7 3 2 2 9 10 5 22
8 Go Ahead Eagles 15 6 4 5 17 13 7 2 2 3 8 7 8 4 2 2 9 6 4 22
9 FC Eindhoven 14 6 3 5 24 27 8 3 3 2 19 14 6 3 0 3 5 13 -3 21
10 Excelsior 14 6 2 6 28 22 6 3 0 3 15 11 8 3 2 3 13 11 6 20
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 14 5 5 4 23 18 7 4 3 0 14 3 7 1 2 4 9 15 5 20
12 Jong Ajax 14 6 2 6 27 29 7 3 1 3 12 15 7 3 1 3 15 14 -2 20
13 Jong Utrecht 14 5 1 8 21 28 7 2 0 5 8 13 7 3 1 3 13 15 -7 16
14 Jong PSV 14 4 3 7 21 27 6 1 2 3 7 11 8 3 1 4 14 16 -6 15
15 Helmond Sport 15 4 3 8 13 24 8 2 1 5 6 14 7 2 2 3 7 10 -11 15
16 Jong AZ 14 3 2 9 21 41 6 1 2 3 14 20 8 2 0 6 7 21 -20 11
17 FC Oss 13 2 4 7 9 21 7 2 2 3 7 7 6 0 2 4 2 14 -12 10
18 MVV Maastricht 15 2 4 9 18 37 7 1 1 5 11 24 8 1 3 4 7 13 -19 10
19 FC Den Bosch 14 2 3 9 14 29 7 2 2 3 9 9 7 0 1 6 5 20 -15 9
20 FC Dordrecht 14 2 2 10 11 38 7 2 2 3 8 11 7 0 0 7 3 27 -27 8

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.