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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Frans Heesen Stadion (4700 seats)

TOP Oss will hope that their home support is enough to get at least a draw from this strenuous dispute, vs vibrant Almere City.

Insights:
  • TOP Oss is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in Eerste Divisie

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Almere City's normal surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on artifical turf Almere City have performed like this: Played 21 matches with the outcome 7 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats with the goal data 32-39 (scored/conceded).

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!

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TOP Oss form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, TOP Oss, who have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Eerste Divisie, have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 9 defeats from 17 games. Two draws in a row at home now for TOP.

No payout for TOP Oss in their previous match, an away game at Willem II that ended in defeat 0-4. TOP were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Gündüz got a match rating of 6.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Gündüz hit one key pass and had 36 successful passes (of 38 total).

Before that, TOP Oss drew at home versus Graafschap.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 12 of the 15 most recent league matches with this team has seen at least three goals.

The TOP Oss fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 17 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the TOP defense is not exactly impregnable. 32 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When TOP Oss hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Jong Utrecht, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, Jong PSV, Helmond Sport and Jong Ajax), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Almere City form and stats

10-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Almere City, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) away in Eerste Divisie, in their Eerste Divisie matches away. Almere are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Almere City played 1-1 against PEC Zwolle in their previous match. Midfielder Resink was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Resink scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Prior to that result Almere won their away game at ADO Den Haag. The scoreline was 3-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Almere City have scored 22 goals in 17 league games away. Almere City have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Almere City have been victorious in all of the 8 latest duels versus this side. Can they do it again?

Almere City - TOP Oss 3-0 was the end result in these teams' previous head-to-head match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
13 goals
TOPJ. Margaritha
J. Margaritha
10 goals
TOP OssJ. Mathieu
J. Mathieu
8 goals

TOP Oss missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
TOP Oss Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
9 5 0 Won W 4 10 19
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 6
20 9 5 Lost L 1 5 9
41 26 3 Scored S 6 22 50
68 32 16 Conceded C 3 18 37
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
82% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 65% 71%
71% 76% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 35% 47%
35% 41% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 24%
24% 24% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 18%
53% 59% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 35% 50%
21% 24% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 47% 38%
29% 18% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 15%
 
3.6 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 5.1
5.1 4.9 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 5.2 5
1.8 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
7.9 8.9 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.1 11.3
3 4 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 4.4
41% 38% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 33% 34%
 
13.9 14.5 16.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 9.9 9
6 6.4 7.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.6 4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (18) away in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) 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 fewest points from losing position (4) in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • TOP Oss haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • TOP Oss is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 34 24 4 6 88 37 17 13 2 2 51 17 17 11 2 4 37 20 51 76
2 Heracles 34 23 4 7 92 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 17 10 1 6 36 24 51 73
3 Almere City 34 19 6 9 50 37 17 9 4 4 28 19 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 63
4 Willem II 33 17 8 8 59 35 17 11 2 4 31 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 24 59
5 VVV-Venlo 34 15 8 11 52 47 17 5 7 5 22 20 17 10 1 6 30 27 5 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 NAC Breda 33 16 4 13 56 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 17 7 2 8 27 35 0 52
8 FC Eindhoven 34 14 9 11 53 51 17 9 4 4 35 22 17 5 5 7 18 29 2 51
9 Graafschap 34 13 7 14 56 48 17 8 2 7 26 19 17 5 5 7 30 29 8 46
10 ADO Den Haag 34 12 10 12 43 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 17 6 6 5 17 22 -6 46
11 Telstar 34 12 10 12 35 49 17 7 4 6 20 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -14 46
12 Jong AZ 34 12 8 14 54 53 17 8 6 3 36 21 17 4 2 11 18 32 1 44
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 12 6 16 43 48 17 7 3 7 24 22 17 5 3 9 19 26 -5 42
14 Jong PSV 33 11 8 14 55 56 16 7 2 7 30 26 17 4 6 7 25 30 -1 41
15 Jong Ajax 33 10 10 13 63 65 17 6 5 6 36 27 16 4 5 7 27 38 -2 40
16 Helmond Sport 34 10 8 16 33 51 17 7 3 7 23 21 17 3 5 9 10 30 -18 38
17 FC Dordrecht 34 9 6 19 36 57 17 6 3 8 20 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -21 33
18 FC Den Bosch 34 10 3 21 44 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 17 3 1 13 16 49 -35 33
19 TOP Oss 34 9 5 20 41 68 17 5 3 9 26 32 17 4 2 11 15 36 -27 32
20 Jong Utrecht 33 6 5 22 31 59 16 4 3 9 16 20 17 2 2 13 15 39 -28 23

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 34 24 4 6 88 37 17 13 2 2 51 17 17 11 2 4 37 20 51 76
2 Heracles 34 23 4 7 92 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 17 10 1 6 36 24 51 73
3 Almere City 34 19 6 9 50 37 17 9 4 4 28 19 17 10 2 5 22 18 13 63
4 Willem II 33 17 8 8 59 35 17 11 2 4 31 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 24 59
5 VVV-Venlo 34 15 8 11 52 47 17 5 7 5 22 20 17 10 1 6 30 27 5 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 NAC Breda 33 16 4 13 56 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 17 7 2 8 27 35 0 52
8 FC Eindhoven 34 14 9 11 53 51 17 9 4 4 35 22 17 5 5 7 18 29 2 51
9 Graafschap 34 13 7 14 56 48 17 8 2 7 26 19 17 5 5 7 30 29 8 46
10 ADO Den Haag 34 12 10 12 43 49 17 6 4 7 26 27 17 6 6 5 17 22 -6 46
11 Telstar 34 12 10 12 35 49 17 7 4 6 20 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -14 46
12 Jong AZ 34 12 8 14 54 53 17 8 6 3 36 21 17 4 2 11 18 32 1 44
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 12 6 16 43 48 17 7 3 7 24 22 17 5 3 9 19 26 -5 42
14 Jong PSV 33 11 8 14 55 56 16 7 2 7 30 26 17 4 6 7 25 30 -1 41
15 Jong Ajax 33 10 10 13 63 65 17 6 5 6 36 27 16 4 5 7 27 38 -2 40
16 Helmond Sport 34 10 8 16 33 51 17 7 3 7 23 21 17 3 5 9 10 30 -18 38
17 FC Dordrecht 34 9 6 19 36 57 17 6 3 8 20 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -21 33
18 FC Den Bosch 34 10 3 21 44 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 17 3 1 13 16 49 -35 33
19 TOP Oss 34 9 5 20 41 68 17 5 3 9 26 32 17 4 2 11 15 36 -27 32
20 Jong Utrecht 33 6 5 22 31 59 16 4 3 9 16 20 17 2 2 13 15 39 -28 23

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