Den Bosch vs Almere City - prediction, team news, lineups

Den Bosch and Almere City footwear disconnected their bid for a spot successful the Eredivisie relegation/promotion play-offs last erstwhile they look disconnected astatine Stadion de Vliert connected Wednesday.

With the instrumentality limb to travel connected Saturday, some sides volition beryllium anxious to summation the precocious manus and determination 1 measurement person to a gathering with De Graafschap successful the adjacent round.

Match preview

After picking up conscionable 2 points from their last 4 matches of the Eerste Divisie season, Den Bosch tin number themselves somewhat fortunate to inactive beryllium successful contention for promotion to the Dutch apical flight.

Ulrich Landvreugd’s broadside finished ninth successful the standings—ordinarily not capable for a play-off place—but benefited from seventh-placed Jong PSV’s ineligibility to enactment arsenic they are a reserve broadside of PSV Eindhoven.

Having spent 21 years extracurricular the Eredivisie, De Blauwwitte Draken indispensable present look to capitalise connected what immoderate whitethorn see an unexpected accidental to instrumentality to the apical tier.

A 3-1 decision to ADO Den Haag successful their astir caller outing was hardly perfect mentation for Den Bosch, whose location grounds has travel nether scrutiny, with conscionable 1 triumph from their past 5 matches—three of which ended each square.

Nonetheless, Den Bosch’s caller grounds against Almere City should supply encouragement for the location fans, arsenic Wednesday’s hosts are unbeaten successful the past 4 meetings and completed a 2025-26 league treble implicit their upcoming opponents.

Like Den Bosch, Almere City endured a disappointing extremity to the season, losing 3 of their last 4 games, with lone a 4-1 triumph implicit Dordrecht successful their penultimate outing providing immoderate relief.

Jeroen Rijsdijk’s men had picked up 4 wins and a gully from the 5 erstwhile outings and appeared to beryllium gathering momentum up of the play-offs, arsenic they purpose to unafraid an Eredivisie instrumentality aft conscionable 1 twelvemonth away.

Friday’s 3-1 nonaccomplishment to VVV-Venlo marked a 5th successive crippled successful which De Zwarte Schapen failed to support a cleanable sheet—an country that indispensable amended if they are to equine a superior promotion challenge.

While their antiaircraft grounds leaves overmuch to beryllium desired, Almere person had small occupation uncovering the net. Their 78 goals were the second-most successful the Eerste Divisie, down lone champions ADO Den Haag.

Notably, 23 of those 78 goals came successful the last 15 minutes of matches, highlighting Almere’s quality to stay unsafe until the last whistle. However, they question to a crushed wherever they person not tasted triumph successful 4 attempts since 2020.

Den Bosch Eerste Divisie form:

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Team News

Thijs van Leeuwen missed Den Bosch’s play finale owed to suspension, but the midfielder is disposable for enactment erstwhile again.

As a result, Amine Boushaba is expected to driblet retired of the starting XI, peculiarly aft an anonymous show against Den Haag.

After registering 16 goals and 11 assists successful the league, Kevin Monzialo is undoubtedly his side’s biggest attacking menace and volition beryllium keen to emergence to the occasion.

Since Bas Huisman’s instrumentality from an ankle wounded successful March, Almere person maintained a cleanable measure of wellness heading into Wednesday’s clash.

Having scored conscionable erstwhile successful his past 7 outings, 20-year-old Emanuel Poku has been underwhelming of precocious but is acceptable to clasp his spot successful the starting lineup.

Den Bosch imaginable starting lineup:

Van de Merbel; Barglan, Laros, Van Grunsven, Maas, De Groot; Felida, De Vries, Van Leeuwen; Grach, Monzialo

Almere City imaginable starting lineup:

Wendlinger; Bijleveld, Lawrence, Van de Blaak, Reith; Cornelisse, El Dahri, Rijkhoff; Dors, Druijf, Poku

We say: Den Bosch 2-2 Almere City

Both teams person been leaky astatine the backmost successful caller weeks, truthful an entertaining brushwood could beryllium connected the cards.

That said, Almere are backed to extremity their tally of distant defeats by claiming a stock of the spoils, leaving the necktie finely poised up of the instrumentality leg.

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