Your Web 3 Guru and Moonbet presenting todays match: Almere City – FC Utrecht
Almere City has been distributing their results exceptionally well in recent weeks. The newcomers are staking their claim for a mid-table position with three wins, three draws, and three losses in their last nine matches. It increasingly seems like the adventure at the highest level for Alex Pastoor’s team won’t be limited to just one season, as they already have a ten-point gap with the current 16th-placed team.
Thomas Robinet has been the primary goal scorer for Almere City this season. Last weekend, he was involved in both goals in the 2-2 draw against Heracles (scoring 1, assisting 1). However, he later received a red card in the match, rendering him unavailable for selection on Saturday. His scoring prowess will be challenging to replace. Considering that all other squad members have contributed no more than two goals each in the Eredivisie.
FC Utrecht
After recently breaking the club record by remaining undefeated for fifteen consecutive matches, FC Utrecht’s streak came to an end last week with a 2-0 loss away to Ajax. That was also the scoreline when Utrecht faced Almere earlier this season for the first time in the club’s history. However, much has changed since then under the leadership of Ron Jans, making Utrecht the clear favorites according to bookmakers.
The question remains as to who will be in goal for Utrecht. Mattijs Branderhorst has been filling in for the injured Vasilios Barkas in recent weeks and has performed admirably with three consecutive clean sheets, while Barkas needed nineteen league matches to keep the same number of clean sheets. Barkas was back in the squad last weekend, but Jans opted for Branderhorst. However, Branderhorst didn’t look very solid during both goals conceded, leading some of the Utrecht fans to hope for Barkas to regain his starting position.
Hot Stats
Players to watch: Peer Koopmeiners received his sixth yellow card of the season last week and committed at least nineteen more fouls than any other player in the Eredivisie this season (62). Center forward Sam Lammers arrived in Utrecht to provide the team with more goals but has unexpectedly become the assist king of the city with three decisive passes in his last seven matches.
Hot stat: Last week, Almere City became the first team in the Eredivisie to accumulate 50 yellow cards.
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