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Almere City

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Almere City will be wanting a better result here following a 1-7 Eredivisie defeat last time out to PSV Eindhoven.

In that match, Almere City managed 26% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. For Almere City, goals were scored by Kornelius Hansen (57') and Théo Barbet (78' Own goal). At the other end, PSV had 20 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. Guus Til (10'), Luuk de Jong (15'), Couhaib Driouech (65'), Malik Tillman (71'), Hirving Lozano (83') and Ricardo Pepi (90') scored for PSV Eindhoven.

Almere City haven’t made the most of their chances in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 3 vs opposition teams during their last six matches. In those games, Almere City have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 19.

Coming into this contest, Almere City have not won at home in their last 9 league games. Something needs to change.

FC Groningen

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In their last game, FC Groningen drew 0-0 in the Eredivisie tie with AZ.

In that match, FC Groningen managed 44% possession and 2 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, AZ had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target.

A series of very capable performances from the FC Groningen defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their last 6 outings overall. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 10. That kind of trend might not follow through into this next game, however.

Ahead of this clash, FC Groningen have not been beaten in their last 9 away league matches. What an impressive run of results.

🗞️ Team News: Almere City

There’s just one fitness concern for the Almere City boss Hedwiges Maduro to be concerned with due to a largely intact group of players. Àlex Carbonell (unknown injury) will miss out.

In all likelihood, De Zwarte Schapen may well employ a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, handing starts to Nordin Bakker, Hamdi Akujobi, Ricardo Visus, Christopher Mamengi, Vasilios Zagaritis, Stije Resink, Alex Balboa, L. Delaurier-Chaubet, J. Ritmeester van, Faiz Mattoir and Kornelius Hansen.

📋 Team News: FC Groningen

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the FC Groningen gaffer Dick Lukkien to contend with. Fofin Turay (Knock) won’t be playing here.

We reckon that Trots van het Noorden might begin the game with a 4-4-2 lineup by sending out Etienne Vaessen, Leandro Bacuna, Marco Rente, Marvin Peersman, Finn Stam, Jorg Schreuders, Johan Hove, Tika de Jonge, Luciano Valente, Romano Postema and Thom van Bergen.

💭 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Almere City might have a difficult job to score against this FC Groningen team who we think will likely be able to grind out a win.

Our tip is therefore for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 win for FC Groningen after 90 minutes.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

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Renata Leite, 14:06 31/08/2024