National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Almere City or TOP Oss that keep their silverware dream alive.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting TOP Oss have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-2-12 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Almere City form and stats
Last season, Almere's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 1st round.Almere City have collected 10 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 3-1-2.
The Almere City club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Yanmar Stadion: A 2-3 defeat against Jong Ajax. Hilterman, who usually features in attack, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.6 (out of 10). Hilterman scored one goal and hit one key pass.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Jong Utrecht.The manager Pastoor will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Willem II in only three days.
A decent goal production from Almere City in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches.
TOP Oss form and stats
TOP's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for TOP Oss so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for TOP Oss, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus FC Eindhoven. Lake, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Lake scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
The game before that, in the Eerste Divisie, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against MVV Maastricht.A quick return to home after this game, as TOP Oss are hosting Roda JC Kerkrade in the Eerste Divisie only three days away.
TOP Oss find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, TOP have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Almere City have won every one of the 7 most recent duels against this opponent. Will the streak continue?Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 6 goals |  J. Mathieu 5 goals |
Almere City missing players
TOP Oss missing players
| Almere City | TOP Oss | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 30 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 |
