Soccer match preview: FC Twente confident before travelling to Almere City

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by club members of both contenders, as it's the first Eredivisie game of the season. Both Almere City and FC Twente are hoping for a good start to their league adventure.

The visiting FC Twente played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match.

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Almere City form and stats

Disaster struck Almere City last season as they could not defend their status as a Eerste Divisie team. With 19 defeats from 38 games, and only 11 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Almere City are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W5 D4 L10.

Almere have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Almere City scored {8 goals} and let in {4 goals} during these four games.

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FC Twente form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Twente performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 10 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 66 and conceded {27 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 20/16 goals scored/conceded.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa Conference League trip to Riga.

Just as the home team, FC Twente have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 FC Twente win, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the prior three meetings): Almere won zero games, one match ended with a tie and FC Twente got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.

Almere City missing players

FC Twente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City FC Twente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Almere City Last season FC Twente
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
6 3   Played P   19 38
3 2   Won W   6 21
2 1   Drew D   7 11
1 0   Lost L   6 6
9 6   Scored S   23 74
5 2   Conceded C   18 29
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
83% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 82%
33% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 55%
17% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 26%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
67% 67%   BTTS BTTS   42% 39%
17% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 50%
17% 0%   Failed to Score F T   32% 16%
 
8.8 12.7   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.2
4.3 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.4
2.3 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
18.8 29.3   Shots (avg) S (   16.6 18
5 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.9
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 33%
 
10.7 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 10.9
5 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Volendam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.