📊 Form Guide

Go Ahead Eagles

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Go Ahead Eagles go into this game following on from a 1-1 Eredivisie drawn game against Ajax.

In that match, Go Ahead Eagles had 37% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Go Ahead Eagles was Bas Kuipers (92'). Ajax got 21 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Anton Gaaei (24') scored for Ajax.

A recurring characteristic of more recent Go Ahead Eagles games is the number of nil scores.

From their previous six clashes before this one, in 6 of them a wager on both teams scoring would have been a losing one. Even so, we will just have to wait and see if the trend will be sustained in this match.

Coming into this fixture, Go Ahead Eagles have not been beaten in the league by Almere City in their last 2 matches.

Almere City

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In the game prior to this, Almere City drew 0-0 in the Eredivisie match with RKC Waalwijk.

In that match, Almere City had 46% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 0 on target. On the other side, RKC Waalwijk got 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Almere City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in all. Defensively, Almere City can certainly do much better.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Almere City:

• are winless against Go Ahead Eagles in away games against them for the last 12 matches in the league. Very poor away form.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings dating back to 29/10/2019 shows us that Go Ahead Eagles have won 3 of them & Almere City 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A total of 14 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for Trots aan de IJssel and 5 being from De Zwarte Schapen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 14 on 28/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Almere City 0-0 Go Ahead Eagles.

The match was refereed by Serdar Gözübüyük.

ℹ️ Team News: Go Ahead Eagles

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just one fitness concern for the Go Ahead Eagles manager René Hake to be concerned about from an otherwise complete group. Philippe Rommens (Syndesmotic ligament tear) misses out.

In our view, Trots aan de IJssel should opt for a 4-3-3 system, beginning the first half with Jeffrey De Lange, Mats Deijl, Jamal Amofa, Joris Kramer, Bas Kuipers, Willum Willumsson, Soeren Tengstedt, Xander Blomme, Bobby Adekanye, Thibo Baeten and Oliver Edvardsen.

🗞️ Team News: Almere City

From a largely available group, there is only a single fitness issue for the Almere City boss Alex Pastoor to contend with. Stijn Keller (unknown injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that De Zwarte Schapen seem most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 formation, going with Samuel Radlinger, Joey Jacobs, Damian van Bruggen, Alvaro Pena, Sherel Floranus, Hamdi Akujobi, Peer Koopmeiners, J. Ritmeester van, Yoann Cathline, Thomas Robinet and Adi Nalic.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Almere City have the capability to breach the defence of this Go Ahead Eagles outfit, however it may not prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Go Ahead Eagles when the full-time whistle blows. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 12:03 07/04/2024