The fresh new season is about to start and the fans are shivering with excitement. It’s square one as FC Eindhoven host Almere City for the opening match at Jan Louwers Stadion. Read on!
8 - 4 - 12 with 39-42. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Almere City when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Almere City play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's no vacation for neither FC Eindhoven nor Almere City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
FC Eindhoven form and stats
The previous season, FC Eindhoven's league results were 16 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 8th place in the Eredivisie Playoffs. During these 38 matches they scored {58 goals} and gave away 54. Playing at their own stadium in the former season FC Eindhoven generated 10-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with {37 goals} and 23 conceded.
Almere City form and stats
Let's have a look at how Almere City performed last season in the Eredivisie Playoffs: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 29/20 goals scored/conceded.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Almere City have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other already this season, with the match result Eindhoven - Almere City 1-0 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Eindhoven two wins, two draws and Almere City six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 14 goals |  C. Brym 11 goals |  N. Bannis 9 goals |
FC Eindhoven missing players
Almere City missing players
| FC Eindhoven | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| FC Eindhoven | Last season | Almere City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 11 | 21 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 58 | 37 | Scored | S | 29 | 58 | ||
| 54 | 23 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 79% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 71% | ||
| 53% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 47% | ||
| 32% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 26% | ||
| 18% | 26% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 55% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 37% | 47% | ||
| 21% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 39% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 38% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 103 | 42 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 61 | 85 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 99 | 43 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 56 | 85 |
| 3 | Almere City | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 70 |
| 4 | Willem II | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 28 | 68 |
| 5 | MVV Maastricht | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 0 | 59 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 64 | 64 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 0 | 59 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 56 | 51 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 58 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 54 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 4 | 58 |
| 9 | Telstar | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -13 | 53 |
| 10 | Graafschap | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 64 | 54 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 10 | 52 |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 58 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 2 | 51 |
| 12 | ADO Den Haag | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -6 | 51 |
| 13 | Jong Ajax | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 69 | 72 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 41 | -3 | 46 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 63 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 34 | -4 | 45 |
| 15 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 59 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 33 | -10 | 43 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 57 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -18 | 43 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 45 | 76 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 39 | -31 | 37 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 68 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 40 | -27 | 35 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 46 | 85 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 52 | -39 | 35 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 65 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 44 | -32 | 28 |
