MAASTRICHT. Heracles Almelo tops MVV Maastricht 2-0 after A. Ouahim scores a double.

The match was played at the De Geusselt stadium in Maastricht on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Bas Nijhuis with the support of Rob van de Ven and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Tim Visser. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.2 degrees Celsius or 41.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

MVV Maastricht was in firm control of the ball 59% while Heracles Almelo was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

MVV Maastricht had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Heracles Almelo was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

MVV Maastricht shot 9 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Heracles Almelo shot 11 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

MVV Maastricht received 1 yellow card (Nicky Souren). Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo received 3 yellow cards (J. Hoogma, Anas Ouahim and Thomas Bruns).

Standings

After playing this encounter, MVV Maastricht will stay with 38 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo will have 50 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, MVV Maastricht will play away with Almere City on the 19th of May with a 17-8 head to head record in favor of MVV Maastricht (11 draws).

Heracles Almelo will host Jong Ajax on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head.

MVV Maastricht – Formation

MVV Maastricht adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Maurice Verberne decided to play with the following team: Romain Matthys (6.8), Clint Essers (6.0), Rein Van Helden (6.1), Matteo Waem (7.1), Lars Schenk (6.8), Nicky Souren (7.0), Orhan Dzepar (6.1), Sven Blummel (6.6), Jarne Steuckers (6.5), Ruben van Bommel (6.1) and Koen Kostons (5.8).

The home team had on the bench: Thijs Lambrix, Thomas van Bommel, Tim Zeegers, Saul Penders, Rayan El Azrak (6.6), Nabil El Basri, Rico Zeegers, Marco Kleinen, Matthias Van Hecke, Leroy Labylle (7.1), Dailon Rocha Livramento (7.5) and Mart Remans.

Substitutions

MVV Maastricht made 3 changes: Jarne Steuckers for Rayan El Azrak (60′), Lars Schenk for Leroy Labylle (73′) and Sven Blummel for D. Rocha Livramento do Rosario (73′).

Best player: Dailon Rocha Livramento​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for MVV Maastricht was Dailon Rocha Livramento.

His rating is (7.5) with 3 passes (100% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 73′.

Heracles Almelo – Formation

Also Heracles Almelo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Joannes Gerardus Adrianus Lammers played with: Michael Brouwer (6.8), Navajo Bakboord (7.4), Sava Arangel Čestić (7.1), Justin Hoogma (6.5), Mateo Leš (7.3), Lucas Schoofs (6.8), Thomas Bruns (7.2), Nikolai Laursen (6.8), Anas Ouahim (8.8), Emil Hansson (7.4) and Antonio Satriano (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Chiel Olde Keizer, Ismail Azzaoui, Sylian Aldren Mokono, Robin Jalving, Lasse Wehmeyer, Elias Sierra, Rigino Cicilia, Sven Sonnenberg (6.6), Marko Vejinovic and Koen Bucker.

Substitutions

Heracles Almelo made 3 changes: Thomas Bruns for Sven Sonnenberg (80′), Emil Hansson for Lasse Wehmeyer (83′) and Antonio Satriano for Ismail Azzaoui (89′).

Best player: Anas Ouahim​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was Anas Ouahim.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 26 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.​

• Jong Utrecht – Telstar – 0-1
• Jong PSV – ADO Den Haag – 1-2
• MVV Maastricht – Heracles Almelo – 0-2