EMMEN. FC Emmen and Ajax played an incredible match before drawing 3-3. Ajax was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the De Oude Meerdijk stadium in Emmen on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Jochem Kamphuis who was helped by Cristian Dobre and Michael Osseweijer. The 4th official was Jesse Rozendal. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.7 degrees Celsius or 45.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ajax had a superior ball possession 58% while FC Emmen was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ajax was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Ajax to win the contest​.

FC Emmen shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ajax shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

FC Emmen received 2 yellow cards (J. Assehnoun and R. Mendes). Regarding the opposition, Ajax received 1 yellow card (F. Grillitsch).

Standings

After playing this match, FC Emmen will have 11 points to remain in the 16th place. On the other side, Ajax will have 30 points like PSV and Feyenoord to soar in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Emmen will play away with RKC Waalwijk on the 28th of January with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of FC Emmen (4 draws).

FC Emmen – Formation

FC Emmen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Dick Lukkien decided to play with the following team: Mickey van der Hart (5.8), Mohamed Bouchouari (7.3), Miguel Araujo (6.5), Jeroen Veldmate (7.2), Lorenzo Burnet (6.1), Keziah Veendorp (6.2), Lucas Bernadou (7.8), Rui Mendes (6.0), Mark Diemers (7.1), Jasin Assehnoun (5.9) and Richairo Živković (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Eric Oelschlägel, Kyan van Dorp, Julius Dirksen, Azzeddine Toufiqui, Jari Vlak, Michael Heylen, Fernando Pacheco, Ahmed El Messaoudi (6.6) and Arnaud Luzayadio.

Substitutions

FC Emmen made 2 changes: J. Assehnoun for A. El Messaoudi (76′) and A. El Messaoudi for J. Vlak (89′).

Best player: Lucas Bernadou​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Emmen was Lucas Bernadou.

His rating is (7.8) with 40 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.

Ajax – Formation

Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Alfred Schreuder played with: Remko Pasveer (5.9), Devyne Rensch (6.2), Jurriën Timber (6.4), Calvin Bassey (6.8), Owen Wijndal (6.5), Steven Berghuis (6.8), Edson Álvarez (7.2), Kenneth Taylor (9.0), Dušan Tadić (8.4), Brian Brobbey (6.6) and Steven Bergwijn (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Daley Blind (6.4), Lisandro Magallán, Lucas Ocampos, Jay Gorter, Lorenzo Lucca, Maarten Stekelenburg, Jorge Sánchez, Davy Klaassen (6.6), Francisco Conceição, Florian Grillitsch and Mohammed Kudus (6.1).

Substitutions

Ajax made 5 changes: B. Brobbey for M. Kudus (46′), C. Bassey for D. Blind (46′), K. Taylor for D. Klaassen (58′), S. Berghuis for F. Grillitsch (82′) and O. Wijndal for L. Lucca (86′).

Best player: Kenneth Taylor​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajax was Kenneth Taylor.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 34 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• PSV – AZ – 0-1
• FC Volendam – FC Utrecht – 0-4
• FC Emmen – Ajax – 3-3