DEVENTER. Go Ahead Eagles overcomes NEC 1-0 after F. Stokkers scored just 1 goal (36′).

The match was played at the De Adelaarshorst stadium in Deventer on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Erwin Blank who was helped by Mario Diks and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Robin Gansner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Go Ahead Eagles was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. NEC that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

NEC was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Go Ahead Eagles was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Go Ahead Eagles shot 11 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, NEC shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Go Ahead Eagles didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, NEC received 5 yellow cards (Dirk Proper, Calvin Verdonk, Ilias Bronkhorst, Souffian El Karouani and Souffian El Karouani).

Standings

After this encounter, Go Ahead Eagles will have 22 points to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, NEC will stay with 23 points like Fortuna Sittard to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Go Ahead Eagles will play away with SC Cambuur on the 5th of March with a 13-9 head to head in favor of SC Cambuur (9 draws).

NEC will play away agasint FC Groningen on the 23rd of April with a 11-10 head to head stats in favor of NEC (10 draws).

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Go Ahead Eagles started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

The manager René Hake decided to play with the following team: Jeffrey De Lange (6.8), Mats Deijl (6.5), Gerrit Nauber (7.2), Jay Idzes (7.6), Jose Fontán (7.7), Enric Llansana (7.3), Philippe Rommens (7.3), Willum Thor Willumsson (7.0), Bobby Adekanye (7.1), Finn Stokkers (7.4) and Isac Lidberg (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Darío Serra, Luca Plogmann, Erwin Mulder, Sylla Sow, Rashaan Fernandes, Xander Blomme (7.0), Fredrik Oppegård (6.6), Federico Mattiello (7.1) and Jahnoah Markelo.

Go Ahead Eagles could not rely on the presence of Calvin Verdonk (injured) and F. Oppegård (injured).

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 5 changes: Ibrahim Cissoko for Calvin Verdonk (45′), Enric Llansana for Fredrik Oppegard (46′), Bobby Adekanye for Xander Blomme (62′), Philippe Rommens for Federico Mattiello (62′) and Finn Stokkers for Sylla Sow (82′).

Best player: Jose Fontán​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Go Ahead Eagles was Jose Fontán even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 33 passes (60% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

NEC – Formation

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

Rogier Meijer played with: Jasper Cillessen (6.5), Bart van Rooij (6.8), Iván Márquez (6.3), Joris Kramer (7.3), Souffian El Karouani (6.8), Lasse Schøne (6.2), Dirk Proper (6.8), Elayis Tavsan (6.0), Oussama Tannane (7.1), Ibrahim Cissoko (6.1) and Pedro Marques (6.6).

They had on the bench: Ilias Bronkhorst (6.3), Rijk Janse, Anthony Musaba (6.2), Mattijs Branderhorst, Andri Fannar Baldursson, Terry Sanniez, Kas De Wit and Calvin Verdonk (7.0).

Substitutions

NEC made 2 changes: Pedro Marques for Ilias Bronkhorst (69′) and Lasse Schöne for Anthony Musaba (73′).

Best player: Joris Kramer​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC was Joris Kramer.

His rating is (7.3) with 63 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• FC Groningen – FC Twente – 1-1
• Go Ahead Eagles – NEC – 1-0
• Feyenoord – PSV – 2-2
• SC Cambuur – Ajax – 0-5