De Graafschap 1:4 Almere City: Eerste Divisie Match Result

Match report

De Graafschap and Almere City met in the Eerste Divisie Regular Season on 29 August 2026. The visitors secured a comfortable 4-1 victory away from home. The result extends Almere City's strong start to the campaign while deepening De Graafschap's struggles.

Ferdy Druijf opened the scoring in the 28th minute for the hosts before Julian Kania equalised for Almere City in the 45+1 minute. Both sides saw yellow cards as the half progressed, with Thomas Kok and Mees Hoedemakers being cautioned.

De Graafschap regained the lead through Ferdy Druijf in the 70th minute. Almere City quickly restored parity with Enzo Cornelisse finding the net in the 80th minute. Olivier De Nijs sealed the win with a late goal in the 86th minute.

Several changes were made throughout the match as managers sought to influence proceedings. Joran Hardeman came on early for De Graafschap in the 11th minute. Emmanuel van de Blaak replaced a player just after the interval. More substitutions followed as the game developed.

De Graafschap controlled possession at 55 per cent but failed to convert their dominance. They registered six shots on target with a 29 per cent accuracy rate. Almere City were more efficient, hitting 53 per cent of their shots on target. The visitors registered eight shots on target compared to six for the hosts.

Almere City move into second place with ten points from four matches. They have won three games and drawn one so far this season. De Graafschap remain in 19th position with just one point from four outings.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 55.00 – 45

Shots on target 6 – 8

Shots off target 7 – 6

Attacks 109 – 87

⇄ 11' Joran Hardeman — Substitution ⚽ 28' Ferdy Druijf — Goal 🟨 43' Thomas Kok — Yellow card 🟨 45' Mees Hoedemakers — Yellow card ⚽ 45+1' Julian Kania — Goal ⇄ 46' Emmanuel van de Blaak — Substitution ⇄ 62' Hamza El Dahri — Substitution ⇄ 63' Mees Hoedemakers — Substitution ⚽ 70' Ferdy Druijf — Goal ⇄ 74' Julian Kania — Substitution ⇄ 74' Gabriele Finocchiaro — Substitution ⇄ 77' Marley Dors — Substitution ⚽ 80' Enzo Cornelisse — Goal ⇄ 83' Tygo Grotenhuis — Substitution ⇄ 83' Jason Meerstadt — Substitution ⇄ 84' James Lawrence — Substitution ⚽ 86' Olivier De Nijs — Goal

Match events

11' 0:0 De Graafschap Substitution Joran Hardeman off: Tygo Grotenhuis
28' 0:1 Almere City Goal Ferdy Druijf assist: Enzo Cornelisse
43' 0:1 De Graafschap Yellow card Thomas Kok
45' 0:1 Almere City Yellow card Mees Hoedemakers
45+1' 1:1 De Graafschap Goal Julian Kania
46' 1:1 Almere City Substitution Emmanuel van de Blaak off: Damian van Bruggen
62' 1:1 Almere City Substitution Hamza El Dahri off: Olivier De Nijs
63' 1:1 Almere City Substitution Mees Hoedemakers off: Milan de Haan
70' 1:2 Almere City Goal Ferdy Druijf assist: Emanuel Poku
74' 1:2 De Graafschap Substitution Julian Kania off: Kyano Kwint
74' 1:2 De Graafschap Substitution Gabriele Finocchiaro off: Bjorn van Zijl
77' 1:2 Almere City Substitution Marley Dors off: Jereno van Gom
80' 1:3 Almere City Goal Enzo Cornelisse assist: Olivier De Nijs
83' 1:3 De Graafschap Substitution Tygo Grotenhuis off: Nathan Kaninda
83' 1:3 De Graafschap Substitution Jason Meerstadt off: Denzel Eijken
84' 1:3 Almere City Substitution James Lawrence off: Martin Wasinski
86' 1:4 Almere City Goal Olivier De Nijs assist: Ferdy Druijf

Statistics

55.00 Possession, % 45

6 Shots on target 8

7 Shots off target 6

109 Attacks 87

9 Corners 5

6 Fouls 9

9 Free kicks 6

0 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 9

19 Throw-ins 23

All statistics

8 Blocked shots 1

86 Failed passes 91

4 Goalkeeper saves 5

0.29 Shot accuracy 0.53

8 Shots from outside the box 3

13 Shots inside the box 12

444 Total passes 375

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