Willem II favourites for feisty fight facing Almere City

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

It's looking great for Willem II so far this season, with their 6th place in the Eerste Divisie table and eagerly waiting for Almere City (who are in 9th).

Insights:
  • Willem II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Willem II and Almere City.

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Willem II form and stats

The overall Eerste Divisie statistics playing at home this season for Willem II are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The regulars hope that Willem II will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the KNVB Beker fixture against FC Eindhoven.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Helmond Sport.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Willem handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Willem II are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. From these home matches, Willem II have conceded only 4 goals.

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Almere City form and stats

The visitors are W2-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Almere are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The followers enjoyed Almere City's previous fixture versus TOP Oss, a KNVB Beker win (2-0) played at home. That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points.

The game before that, in the Eerste Divisie, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Jong Ajax.

Almere City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

The 5 latest fixtures involving these opponents have all ended as Willem II victories. Will history repeat itself?

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
6 goals
Willem IIM. de Leeuw
M. de Leeuw
4 goals
WillemM. Svensson
M. Svensson
3 goals

Willem II missing players

Almere City missing players

Willem II Almere City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 0 5 11
5 3 3 Won W 0 2 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
17 6 4 Scored S 0 6 16
13 4 1 Conceded C 0 10 16
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
73% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 91%
64% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 64%
36% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
73% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 45%
27% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 27%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 27%
 
6.4 6.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 4.5
3.1 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.6 6.5
1.8 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 12.6 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.4 10.5
4.4 5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.6 4.5
35% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 33%
 
7.6 5.4 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.6 8.4
2.9 1.6 0.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.4 4.5
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Almere City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Willem II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Willem II have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heracles Almelo 11 8 1 2 29 15 5 4 1 0 16 7 6 4 0 2 13 8 14 25
2 PEC Zwolle 11 7 2 2 27 16 6 3 2 1 13 10 5 4 0 1 14 6 11 23
3 FC Eindhoven 11 6 4 1 20 10 6 4 2 0 14 6 5 2 2 1 6 4 10 22
4 MVV Maastricht 11 6 3 2 21 18 6 4 2 0 15 7 5 2 1 2 6 11 3 21
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 11 5 3 3 21 15 5 3 1 1 10 7 6 2 2 2 11 8 6 18
6 Willem II 11 5 3 3 17 13 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 2 2 2 11 9 4 18
7 VVV-Venlo 11 5 2 4 17 20 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 3 0 2 10 12 -3 17
8 Jong AZ 11 5 1 5 20 17 5 4 0 1 15 7 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 16
9 Almere City 11 5 1 5 16 16 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 2 0 3 6 10 0 16
10 Jong Ajax 11 4 3 4 19 17 5 3 1 1 13 4 6 1 2 3 6 13 2 15
11 Telstar 11 4 3 4 12 17 6 2 1 3 6 13 5 2 2 1 6 4 -5 15
12 FC Dordrecht 11 4 2 5 13 14 5 3 0 2 8 6 6 1 2 3 5 8 -1 14
13 ADO Den Haag 11 4 2 5 14 18 5 2 1 2 8 7 6 2 1 3 6 11 -4 14
14 NAC Breda 11 4 2 5 14 18 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 1 1 3 6 12 -4 14
15 Jong PSV 11 3 4 4 13 18 5 2 0 3 4 9 6 1 4 1 9 9 -5 13
16 FC Den Bosch 11 4 0 7 16 19 6 2 0 4 10 11 5 2 0 3 6 8 -3 12
17 De Graafschap 11 3 2 6 15 19 6 2 2 2 8 6 5 1 0 4 7 13 -4 11
18 TOP Oss 11 3 1 7 13 18 5 1 1 3 6 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -5 10
19 Helmond Sport 11 3 0 8 10 17 6 2 0 4 8 10 5 1 0 4 2 7 -7 9
20 Jong Utrecht 11 1 3 7 8 20 5 1 2 2 3 6 6 0 1 5 5 14 -12 6

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.