TILBURG. Willem II overcame VVV-Venlo to win 2-1. A goal from R. Behounek was decisive in the 88min. It was Willem II to strike first with a goal of Nick Doodeman at the 35′. Then it was a goal in the 79′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Raffael Behounek gave the win to Willem II in the 88′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Koning Willem II Stadion stadium in Tilburg on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Arne De Beuckelaer with the collaboration of Gilles De Beuckelaer and Dieter Van Den Hoeck. The 4th official was Youri Kuipers. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.51 degrees Celsius or 43.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 25 Total 8
- 9 On Target 2
- 10 Off Target 3
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 107 Attack 100
- 55 Dangerous attack 40
- 83 Ball safe 116
- 12 Free Kicks 13
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 1
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Willem II was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. VVV-Venlo that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Willem II was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Willem II won the match.
Willem II shot 25 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, VVV-Venlo shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Willem II received 2 yellow cards (John Stegeman and Devin Haen). Talking about the opposition, VVV-Venlo received 1 yellow card (Gabin Blancquart).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Willem II has 36 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, VVV-Venlo stays with 30 points like Jong FC Utrecht to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Willem II will play away with Jong Ajax on the 2nd of February with a 0-0 head to head.
VVV-Venlo will play away against Roda JC Kerkrade on the 26th of January with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Willem II – Formation
Willem II
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88'
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Willem II started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager John Stegeman decided to play with the following team: Karst de Leeuw , Amine Et-Taïbi , Raffael Behounek , Justin Hoogma , Nathan Tjoe-A-On , Nick Doodeman , Gijs Besselink , Anass Zarrouk , Mounir El Allouchi , Devin Haen and Thomas Verheydt .
The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Ciranni , Armin Culum , Jens Mathijsen, Samuel Bamba , Uriël van Aalst , Per van Loon, Lasse Abildgaard, Tygo Kotte, Vince van der Bas, Pieter van Maarschalkerwaard and Siegert Baartmans .
Substitutions
Willem II made 5 changes: Thomas Verheydt for Siegert Baartmans (63′), Mounir El Allouchi for Samuel Bamba (75′), Amine Et-Taïbi for Alessandro Ciranni (75′), Nick Doodeman for Armin Culum (84′) and Gijs Besselink for Uriël van Aalst (84′).
Player of the match: Nick Doodeman
The most impressive player for Willem II was Nick Doodeman.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 15 crosses.
VVV-Venlo – Formation
VVV-Venlo
VVV-Venlo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Peter Uneken played with: Youri Schoonderwaldt , Michael Davis , Gabin Blancquart , Philip Heise , Lars de Blok , Joshua Eijgenraam , Navarone Foor , Layee Kromah , Diego van Oorschot , Lasse Wehmeyer and Dean Zandbergen .
They had on the bench: Trevor Doornbusch, Luuk Verheij, Joep Kluskens , Nassim Ait Mouhou , Tijn Joosten, Driess Saddiki, Bjorn van Zijl , Zidane Taylan, Yousri Sbai , Naïm Matoug and Raf Vullers.
Substitutions
VVV-Venlo made 5 changes: Michael Davis for Yousri Sbai (17′), Lasse Wehmeyer for Naïm Matoug (69′), Layee Kromah for Nassim Ait Mouhou (69′), Yousri Sbai for Bjorn van Zijl (77′) and Diego van Oorschot for Joep Kluskens (77′).
Player of the match: Philip Heise
The most impressive player for VVV-Venlo was Philip Heise.
His rating is with 70 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.
- De Graafschap – RKC Waalwijk – 2-4
- FC Dordrecht – FC Den Bosch – 3-2
- MVV Maastricht – Jong FC Utrecht – 2-2
- Roda JC Kerkrade – TOP Oss – 1-2
- Willem II – VVV-Venlo – 2-1
- Vitesse – ADO Den Haag – 2-1
