📏 Form Guide

Almere City

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Almere City will be looking for a repeat result of a 3-0 Eerste Divisie Play-offs triumph versus Den Bosch.

In that game, Almere City managed 48% possession and 16 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For Almere City, the scorers were Marley Dors (41'), Ferdy Druijf (82') and Julian Rijkhoff (89'). On the other side, FC Den Bosch had 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

Almere City have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, but they have also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Almere City have been punished defensively in 5 of them while also scoring in 6 of those games.

De Graafschap

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Since being beaten in their last game against FC Emmen in Eerste Divisie action, De Graafschap will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, De Graafschap had 58% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. At the other end, FC Emmen got 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Rodney Kongolo (46') scored for FC Emmen.

Illustrating their appetite for high-scoring matches, goals have been celebrated 22 times in the last six matches in which De Graafschap have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.67 goals per fixture. Opposing teams have got 7 of these goals. Such a trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 10/10/2021 tells us that Almere City have won 2 of these games & De Graafschap 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

A total of 18 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from De Zwarte Schapen and 9 netted by Superboeren. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Eerste Divisie match day 23 on 18/01/2026 when it ended Almere City 2-0 De Graafschap.

That day, Almere City managed 43% possession and 24 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The goals were scored by Junior Kadile (61') and Emanuel Poku (91').

On the other side, De Graafschap had 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Martin van den Kerkhof.

📰 Team News: De Graafschap

Thanks to a largely available group, there is only the lone fitness issue for the De Graafschap boss Marinus Dijkhuizen to be concerned about. Reuven Niemeijer (Leg injury) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Almere City will probably be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

However, De Graafschap may well struggle to break down their defence but do we see them hitting back at some stage here, too.

We’re tipping a 3-1 victory for Almere City when the full-time whistle blows.

Lucas Pereira, 07:00 06/05/2026