Almere City II beat Reinsbryge Boys 4-0 in the opening round of the Tweede Divisie regular season on Saturday afternoon. The hosts moved off the bottom of the table with a result that changed their standing overnight. To be fair, the scoreline was generous to the visitors who dominated possession but failed to convert their opportunities.
The opening goal came at the twenty-sixth minute when B. Huisman finished a well-worked move. Just five minutes later I. Ghogli doubled the advantage after a quick transition caught the defence out. By then the visitors were scrambling, and their frustration showed in a yellow card for Y. Tufi at thirty-four minutes. The hosts kept their heads and controlled the tempo without needing to chase the game.
Both sides made changes at the break as the managers reshuffled their options. Almere City II brought on five players including M. Smit and S. Bastmeijer, while the visitors responded with J. Simoes for J. Kalisvaart. The pattern of the match barely changed, though the hosts looked sharper on the counter. The visitors continued to create but couldn't find the final pass.
The third goal arrived at seventy-one minutes when A. Bais tapped in from close range. It was a moment that sealed the result and let the hosts breathe. The visitors made another substitution with M. van Kempen, but the damage was done. Almere City II went one better at eighty-two minutes through X. Dors, who finished a breakaway to make it 4-0 before the visitors pulled N. Klaver off for N. Klaver.
The statistics told a familiar story of dominance without reward. Reinsbryge Boys held 62 per cent possession and registered 96 attacks compared to 73 for the hosts. They won eight corners to two and had more throw-ins, but their shots on target totalled just three. Nine shots on target for the hosts yielded four goals — efficiency over volume.
The result moves Almere City II off the bottom with three points from four games. Reinsbryge Boys remain in fourteenth place with four points after one win, one draw and two defeats. The hosts had won just once in their previous four league matches before this weekend, so this was a turning point. The visitors have now lost two of four and will want to regroup quickly.