Soccer betting preview: TOP Oss welcomes Almere City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Frans Heesen Stadion (4700 seats)

This is Eerste Divisie and TOP Oss - Almere City. In this preview you'll get stats, previous results, numbercrunching, trends and stories!

Insights:
  • TOP Oss have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (34) in Eerste Divisie

This arena has artifical turf, which is not Almere City's everyday surface at their own football stadium. When playing on artifical turf Almere City have performed like this: Played 19 matches with the results 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats with the goal difference 42-42 (scored/conceded).

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an in-your-face fixture!

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TOP Oss form and stats

The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for TOP Oss at their home stadium (Frans Heesen Stadion) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

TOP enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Graafschap's place. The match ended 2-1 with Guezen and Sanches scoring. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Peeters when Guezen scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute. Midfielder Sanches was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.64 (out of ten) in that game. Sanches scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Jong PSV.

The TOP Oss fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 17 league matches. On the other hand, TOP have conceded 24 goals.

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Almere City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.

Almere City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. NAC Breda proved too strong as Almere City slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Yanmar Stadion. Late heartbreak for Almere in the NAC Breda match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. The attacker Alhaft got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Alhaft hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.

Prior to that match, the Almere City manager Pastoor faced defeat when travelling to FC Eindhoven and losing 1-3.

The travelling fans enjoy Almere City's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 17 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Almere City - TOP Oss 3-0 was the product when these contenders previously did battle, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these squads: TOP won two, Almere City were winners in six and we saw two draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

TOP OssK. Tejan
K. Tejan
14 goals
Almere CityL. Duijvestijn
L. Duijvestijn
11 goals
Almere CityJ. Arweiler
J. Arweiler
10 goals

TOP Oss missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
TOP Oss Almere City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
11 6 3 Won W 1 5 10
8 5 2 Drew D 1 4 8
16 6 0 Lost L 4 8 17
46 26 9 Scored S 6 28 54
55 24 2 Conceded C 11 34 63
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 88% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 86%
63% 65% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 76% 69%
29% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 41% 37%
14% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 24% 20%
66% 71% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 76% 60%
14% 24% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 23%
23% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 23%
 
4.8 4.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 6 5.7
5.2 5.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.6 5.1
1.3 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 10.5 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.8 11.1
4.2 4.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 4.5
32% 36% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 44% 35%
 
12.2 11.9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10.6 9.5
5.2 5.2 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 4.2
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 dropped points from leading position (34) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • TOP Oss have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • TOP Oss have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Eerste Divisie

  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 35 24 5 6 59 23 17 13 0 4 36 12 18 11 5 2 23 11 36 77
2 FC Volendam 35 20 11 4 75 47 18 13 2 3 45 26 17 7 9 1 30 21 28 71
3 FC Eindhoven 35 19 7 9 65 41 18 11 4 3 38 19 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 64
4 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 17 12 6 73 44 18 9 6 3 38 21 17 8 6 3 35 23 29 63
5 Excelsior 35 19 6 10 75 50 17 9 3 5 39 23 18 10 3 5 36 27 25 63
6 ADO Den Haag 34 21 5 8 72 47 16 11 2 3 35 18 18 10 3 5 37 29 25 62
7 Jong Ajax 35 17 8 10 75 60 17 11 3 3 44 26 18 6 5 7 31 34 15 59
8 NAC Breda 35 15 10 10 54 41 17 9 7 1 29 11 18 6 3 9 25 30 13 55
9 Graafschap 35 14 9 12 46 41 18 4 7 7 17 24 17 10 2 5 29 17 5 51
10 VVV-Venlo 35 13 5 17 44 54 18 7 3 8 25 31 17 6 2 9 19 23 -10 44
11 TOP Oss 35 11 8 16 46 55 17 6 5 6 26 24 18 5 3 10 20 31 -9 41
12 Jong PSV 34 11 7 16 55 57 17 7 4 6 32 25 17 4 3 10 23 32 -2 40
13 FC Den Bosch 34 12 4 18 38 58 17 9 1 7 21 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -20 40
14 Almere City 35 10 8 17 54 63 18 5 4 9 26 29 17 5 4 8 28 34 -9 38
15 Jong AZ 35 11 5 19 33 46 18 7 3 8 19 21 17 4 2 11 14 25 -13 38
16 Telstar 35 8 11 16 43 66 17 4 5 8 20 35 18 4 6 8 23 31 -23 35
17 Jong Utrecht 34 10 4 20 37 61 17 5 0 12 14 31 17 5 4 8 23 30 -24 34
18 MVV Maastricht 35 10 3 22 39 73 18 4 3 11 21 37 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 33
19 FC Dordrecht 35 8 8 19 47 73 18 5 6 7 25 29 17 3 2 12 22 44 -26 32
20 Helmond Sport 35 7 6 22 37 67 17 4 3 10 19 31 18 3 3 12 18 36 -30 24

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 FC Emmen 35 24 5 6 59 23 17 13 0 4 36 12 18 11 5 2 23 11 36 77
2 FC Volendam 35 20 11 4 75 47 18 13 2 3 45 26 17 7 9 1 30 21 28 71
3 FC Eindhoven 35 19 7 9 65 41 18 11 4 3 38 19 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 64
4 Roda JC Kerkrade 35 17 12 6 73 44 18 9 6 3 38 21 17 8 6 3 35 23 29 63
5 Excelsior 35 19 6 10 75 50 17 9 3 5 39 23 18 10 3 5 36 27 25 63
6 ADO Den Haag 34 21 5 8 72 47 16 11 2 3 35 18 18 10 3 5 37 29 25 62
7 Jong Ajax 35 17 8 10 75 60 17 11 3 3 44 26 18 6 5 7 31 34 15 59
8 NAC Breda 35 15 10 10 54 41 17 9 7 1 29 11 18 6 3 9 25 30 13 55
9 Graafschap 35 14 9 12 46 41 18 4 7 7 17 24 17 10 2 5 29 17 5 51
10 VVV-Venlo 35 13 5 17 44 54 18 7 3 8 25 31 17 6 2 9 19 23 -10 44
11 TOP Oss 35 11 8 16 46 55 17 6 5 6 26 24 18 5 3 10 20 31 -9 41
12 Jong PSV 34 11 7 16 55 57 17 7 4 6 32 25 17 4 3 10 23 32 -2 40
13 FC Den Bosch 34 12 4 18 38 58 17 9 1 7 21 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -20 40
14 Almere City 35 10 8 17 54 63 18 5 4 9 26 29 17 5 4 8 28 34 -9 38
15 Jong AZ 35 11 5 19 33 46 18 7 3 8 19 21 17 4 2 11 14 25 -13 38
16 Telstar 35 8 11 16 43 66 17 4 5 8 20 35 18 4 6 8 23 31 -23 35
17 Jong Utrecht 34 10 4 20 37 61 17 5 0 12 14 31 17 5 4 8 23 30 -24 34
18 MVV Maastricht 35 10 3 22 39 73 18 4 3 11 21 37 17 6 0 11 18 36 -34 33
19 FC Dordrecht 35 8 8 19 47 73 18 5 6 7 25 29 17 3 2 12 22 44 -26 32
20 Helmond Sport 35 7 6 22 37 67 17 4 3 10 19 31 18 3 3 12 18 36 -30 24

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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.