- Almere City are performing well in the 2025-2026 Eerste Divisie with four wins from their last five matches.
- Almere have scored at least twice in each of their last four wins.
- Romano Postema has a double-digit goal tally for FC Emmen after his hat-trick against Helmond Sport.
Almere’s attacking play can open up Emmen
This Almere City vs FC Emmen prediction sees Almere City as slight favorites for Saturday’s Eerste Divisie clash with FC Emmen with odds of 2.01 compared to Emmen 3.22 and the draw at 3.75, but that price on the hosts seems a bit high considering their current form.
Jeroen Rijsdijk’s side have been one of the most entertaining teams in Holland’s second tier this season, with his 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 systems bringing out the best in his players.
Our Almere City vs FC Emmen preview highlights how the main focus of the game is wide and the team plays to overpower opponents, especially through the wide channels, to disrupt the transition, which they do by pressing in the best situations. When the ball is won back, they transition quickly and get wide to cross or create wide overloads to get the ball into the box from angles.
Almere’s current form is particularly strong and they have won four of their last five, losing only to FC Den Bosch 2-5, although they scored twice in that defeat.
They have scored multiple goals in each of those four victories.
Emmen’s press has brought a flurry of goals
The Almere City vs FC Emmen prediction is supported by the 4-1 win they achieved away at Emmen in August 2025, which is a clear sign of their recent dominance in this head-to-head, which goes back to 2005 with over 35 meetings played.
Almere have won 15 of those games, with the last three meetings going their way in all competitions, so there is plenty of evidence to support a win for the hosts.
However, the last few clashes have all been goal fests and both teams to score, at 2.69, is a much stronger option than the home win in the match betting for this clash.
There is also strong justification in the odds of 1.42 being available for ‘Over 2.5 goals’ for this game given the likelihood of an open, high-scoring contest at Yanmar Stadion.
When considering Almere City vs FC Emmen betting tips, Emmen are an attack-minded side under Menno van Dam, who took over in June 2025 and has injected some youthful energy and enthusiasm into the team.
They play very proactively with plenty of pressing and the ability to mix up their formations and set-piece routines to suit the players on the pitch.
Pascal Mulder and Franck Evina provide the structure to Emmen’s attack with the former able to control the tempo from deep and the latter providing directness and an assist threat when he has the confidence.
Dutch weather should be perfect for a goal fest
But when Postema is on song, they become a far more potent force, as Helmond Sport discovered when he completed a hat-trick against them.
Postema is in double figures for Emmen and he will be the focus of the home defence on Saturday.
Almere’s attack is more spread out with Byron Burgering currently leading the scoring for the season with 7-9 goals. He is the perfect focal point for their transitions and always seems to be in the right place to finish off any chance.
Julian Rijkhoff has also been a direct goal threat of late, so there should be plenty of goals in this if the current weather forecasts prove true and it is cool and clear in Almere on Saturday night.
Almere City are right on the edge of the upper half of the Eerste Divisie table on 26 points from 19 games, just one point ahead of Emmen below them.
Therefore, a win could take Almere into the top six while a victory for Emmen would put them above their hosts and ahead of many other clubs just before the winter break.
FC Emmen have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five league games, so form suggests Almere will come out on top in the head-to-head between these two.
But Emmen’s defence has been disrupted by injuries in midfield and defence, although their attack has remained a constant and consistent threat.
In conclusion, the Almere City vs FC Emmen prediction leans towards a high-scoring game with Almere City just edging the contest.
So we are backing Almere City to edge a high-scoring clash with a 2-1 scoreline as the main Almere City vs FC Emmen prediction for this Eerste Divisie matchup.
