Betting preview: Telstar vs Almere City should be interesting

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 27.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: BUKO Stadion (5200 seats)

There's been three days and nights since Telstar ran out versus MVV Maastricht and the scoreline was 5-3. Can they win hosting Almere City?

Insights:
  • Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Not much time to rest for the home side, as they performed in a Eerste Divisie game only three days back. This match was also played here at BUKO Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Almere City have had more rest.

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Telstar form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Telstar have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Telstar, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Telstar's last game was hosting MVV Maastricht (placed 6th) and winning 5-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Smit was absolutely essential when Telstar beat MVV Maastricht 5-3, scoring three goals. The versatile forward Giousis outshone all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 9.44 out of 10. Giousis scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at FC Dordrecht that finished 0-0.

Telstar has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Telstar defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Almere City form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.

Almere played 2-2 against Graafschap in their previous match. Midfield player de Kamp was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Kamp scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Willem II.

The visiting Almere City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. As for defending, Almere City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Telstar have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) facing Almere City.

It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Almere City - Telstar 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
12 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
6 goals
TelstarC. Giousis
C. Giousis
4 goals

Telstar missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Telstar Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 5 10 21
7 5 1 Won W 3 4 11
8 3 0 Drew D 1 1 3
6 3 2 Lost L 1 5 7
23 15 5 Scored S 7 11 33
28 18 11 Conceded C 5 15 27
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 70% 76%
48% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 57%
19% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 29%
10% 18% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 24%
48% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 40% 52%
33% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 30% 29%
33% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 19%
 
4.3 4.9 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.5 4.4
4.4 3.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.5 5.8
1.4 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.2 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.6 10.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 9 9.6
3.6 4.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.3
31% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 26% 36%
 
9.5 9.8 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.8 8.9
3.9 4.1 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.7 4.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 20 15 2 3 49 21 11 7 2 2 24 15 9 8 0 1 25 6 28 47
2 Heracles 20 14 2 4 56 26 10 8 1 1 35 12 10 6 1 3 21 14 30 44
3 FC Eindhoven 20 10 6 4 35 25 10 6 3 1 23 11 10 4 3 3 12 14 10 36
4 Almere City 21 11 3 7 33 27 11 7 2 2 22 12 10 4 1 5 11 15 6 36
5 VVV-Venlo 21 10 5 6 31 30 10 3 4 3 11 12 11 7 1 3 20 18 1 35
6 MVV Maastricht 20 10 4 6 37 33 10 7 3 0 25 10 10 3 1 6 12 23 4 34
7 Jong AZ 21 9 5 7 34 26 11 5 4 2 22 13 10 4 1 5 12 13 8 32
8 Willem II 20 8 6 6 28 22 9 4 2 3 10 9 11 4 4 3 18 13 6 30
9 Telstar 21 7 8 6 23 28 11 5 3 3 15 18 10 2 5 3 8 10 -5 29
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 20 8 4 8 30 28 9 4 2 3 16 13 11 4 2 5 14 15 2 28
11 NAC Breda 21 8 4 9 29 35 10 4 2 4 11 11 11 4 2 5 18 24 -6 28
12 Graafschap 21 7 5 9 33 34 11 5 2 4 17 13 10 2 3 5 16 21 -1 26
13 Jong PSV 21 6 6 9 32 34 10 4 1 5 15 15 11 2 5 4 17 19 -2 24
14 ADO Den Haag 21 6 6 9 24 32 11 3 4 4 15 15 10 3 2 5 9 17 -8 24
15 Jong Ajax 21 5 8 8 35 38 11 3 4 4 22 16 10 2 4 4 13 22 -3 23
16 FC Dordrecht 21 6 5 10 24 36 10 3 2 5 13 16 11 3 3 5 11 20 -12 23
17 FC Den Bosch 21 7 1 13 29 41 11 5 0 6 17 20 10 2 1 7 12 21 -12 22
18 Helmond Sport 21 6 3 12 18 35 10 4 1 5 13 15 11 2 2 7 5 20 -17 21
19 FC Oss 21 5 3 13 21 36 11 3 1 7 13 19 10 2 2 6 8 17 -15 18
20 Jong Utrecht 21 4 4 13 20 34 10 2 2 6 6 11 11 2 2 7 14 23 -14 16

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 PEC Zwolle 20 15 2 3 49 21 11 7 2 2 24 15 9 8 0 1 25 6 28 47
2 Heracles 20 14 2 4 56 26 10 8 1 1 35 12 10 6 1 3 21 14 30 44
3 FC Eindhoven 20 10 6 4 35 25 10 6 3 1 23 11 10 4 3 3 12 14 10 36
4 Almere City 21 11 3 7 33 27 11 7 2 2 22 12 10 4 1 5 11 15 6 36
5 VVV-Venlo 21 10 5 6 31 30 10 3 4 3 11 12 11 7 1 3 20 18 1 35
6 MVV Maastricht 20 10 4 6 37 33 10 7 3 0 25 10 10 3 1 6 12 23 4 34
7 Jong AZ 21 9 5 7 34 26 11 5 4 2 22 13 10 4 1 5 12 13 8 32
8 Willem II 20 8 6 6 28 22 9 4 2 3 10 9 11 4 4 3 18 13 6 30
9 Telstar 21 7 8 6 23 28 11 5 3 3 15 18 10 2 5 3 8 10 -5 29
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 20 8 4 8 30 28 9 4 2 3 16 13 11 4 2 5 14 15 2 28
11 NAC Breda 21 8 4 9 29 35 10 4 2 4 11 11 11 4 2 5 18 24 -6 28
12 Graafschap 21 7 5 9 33 34 11 5 2 4 17 13 10 2 3 5 16 21 -1 26
13 Jong PSV 21 6 6 9 32 34 10 4 1 5 15 15 11 2 5 4 17 19 -2 24
14 ADO Den Haag 21 6 6 9 24 32 11 3 4 4 15 15 10 3 2 5 9 17 -8 24
15 Jong Ajax 21 5 8 8 35 38 11 3 4 4 22 16 10 2 4 4 13 22 -3 23
16 FC Dordrecht 21 6 5 10 24 36 10 3 2 5 13 16 11 3 3 5 11 20 -12 23
17 FC Den Bosch 21 7 1 13 29 41 11 5 0 6 17 20 10 2 1 7 12 21 -12 22
18 Helmond Sport 21 6 3 12 18 35 10 4 1 5 13 15 11 2 2 7 5 20 -17 21
19 FC Oss 21 5 3 13 21 36 11 3 1 7 13 19 10 2 2 6 8 17 -15 18
20 Jong Utrecht 21 4 4 13 20 34 10 2 2 6 6 11 11 2 2 7 14 23 -14 16

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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.