Go Ahead Eagles suffered a painful defeat at Roda JC during the first round after the winter break. On Friday evening the team from Deventer will meet with Almere City. In order not to lag behind further on the other title competitors, it is actually necessary to win.
G.A. Eagles :
Go Ahead Eagles suffered their fifth loss of the season last weekend when they visited Roda JC in shape. The team played sloppily and undersized and eventually went down 3-1. Kowet got only seven points from the last six matches and therefore had to surrender the leading position FC Den Bosch. The backlog on the Bosschenaren is already four points. Against Roda JC, the lack of scoring ability came to light.
Topscorer Verheydt scored six times for the time being and for attacking midfielder Paco van Moorsel almost droughts of almost seven hundred minutes already applies. While FC Den Bosch attracted Vincent Vermeij, FC Twente has Tom Boere and Sparta has Lars Veldwijk, the Deventer team does not get the focus. It is striking that the team also has difficulty playing on artificial grass, because in addition to the loss at Roda JC was also lost at Telstar and the pledge teams of AZ and PSV.
Almere City :
Almere City is currently in heavy weather. The team dropped to tenth place in the Kitchen Champions Division after lesser results and would miss the play-offs at the end of the season. Michele Santoni is slowly but surely coming under increasing pressure. The coach saw his team only win during two of the last fourteen games. The final victory dates back to November 9, when SC Cambuur was defeated 2-1 in-house.
The season start of the Almeerders was just as good with 23 points from the first ten matches, but this good feeling has already gone a long time. The objective was very ambitious during the New Year’s reception; aim for a spot at the top five. In order to achieve this, it did not prove itself to be a good service for FC Volendam’s own weekend last weekend. After a 0-0 half-time score, the Volendammers walked away after half time through goals by Kevin Visser and Nick Doodeman.
PREDICTION: G.A. Eagles to win @ 1.60
