The Eredivisie tie at Stadion Galgenwaard on Sunday sees home side FC Utrecht prepare for the visit of opponents, Almere City.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for FC Utrecht v Almere City including the latest game odds.
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FC Utrecht
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FC Utrecht will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-0 KNVB Beker losing effort in their last game against Heracles Almelo.
Luka Kulenović (8') and Mats Rots (34') scored for Heracles Almelo.
It’s not been often in recent games that FC Utrecht have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that FC Utrecht have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 8 goals during that time.
Pre-game facts show that FC Utrecht:
- haven't lost in the league to Almere City in their previous 2 matches.
- have not won at home in their last 4 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.
Almere City
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Following on from being beaten in their last game against RKC Waalwijk in Eredivisie action, Almere City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Almere City managed 32% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Almere City, the scorers were Junior Kadile (17') and Nordin Bakker (92' Own goal). For their opponents, RKC Waalwijk got 27 shots at goal with 12 on target. Mohamed Ihattaren (58'), Yassin Oukili (72') and Oskar Zawada (85') scored for RKC Waalwijk.
Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Jeroen Rijsdijk's Almere City have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 5 times - giving them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.
Ahead of this clash, Almere City are without a win away from home in their last 15 league matches. They must be getting so desperate.
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Head to head
The previous league clash between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 15 on 08/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Almere City 1-3 FC Utrecht.
In that match, Almere City had 50% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (86').
For their opponents, FC Utrecht had 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Mike van der Hoorn (35'), Zidane Iqbal (41') and Noah Ohio (94') scored.
The referee was Allard Lindhout.
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Team News: FC Utrecht
Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the FC Utrecht manager Ron Jans to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Can Bozdogan (Ankle surgery) is sidelined.
It looks as if Utreg may well use a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, utilising Vasilios Barkas, Alonzo Engwanda, Matisse Didden, Nick Viergever, Souffian El Karouani, Oscar Fraulo, Zidane Iqbal, Anthony Descotte, Paxten Aaronson, Yoann Cathline and Sebastien Haller.
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Team News: Almere City
In an otherwise available group of players, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Almere City gaffer Jeroen Rijsdijk to be concerned about. Baptiste Guillaume (Foot injury) won’t be playing here.
There’s a good chance that De Zwarte Schapen might elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Nordin Bakker, Hamdi Akujobi, Joey Jacobs, Théo Barbet, Vasilios Zagaritis, J. Ritmeester van, Thom Haye, K. Normann Hansen, Thomas Robinet, Junior Kadile and Charles-Andreas Brym.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that FC Utrecht have it within them to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
However, Almere City could well struggle to get a goal of their own although we do think it’s probable that they will be getting the chances to score, too.
We’re therefore expecting to see a comfortable 3-1 win for FC Utrecht at full-time.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds on the WDW market, staking on FC Utrecht is available for 1.38, betting on the draw is 4.75 & betting on victory for Almere City will get you 7. Those are the best bets on offer at the current time.
Peter Guest,
08:02 07/02/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
FC Utrecht
Formed: 1970
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard (23,750)
Captain: Nick Viergever
Chairman: Steef Klop
Manager: Ron Jans
Competitions: Eredivisie position 3, KNVB Beker (Quarter-finals)
🔑 Key Man: Paxten Aaronson
Mostly playing in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Paxten Aaronson was born in Medford, USA. Having played his first senior match for Philadelphia Union in the 2021 season, the skilful Midfielder has contributed 5 league goals in the Eredivisie 2024 - 2025 season to date coming from a total of 20 appearances.