ALMERE. Go Ahead Eagles conquers Almere City with a 2-0 win with a goal from I. Cordoba (70′) and a penalty scored byL. Brouwers (16′). Go Ahead Eagles took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadion stadium in Almere on Wednesday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük with the assistance of Joost van Zuilen and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 12 Total 8
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 10 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 68 Attack 74
  • 38 Dangerous attack 38
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 6 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Go Ahead Eagles had a strong ball possession 60% while Almere City was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Almere City was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Go Ahead Eagles was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Almere City shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Go Ahead Eagles shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Almere City received 1 yellow card (T. Receveur). Regarding the opposition, Go Ahead Eagles received 2 yellow cards (B. Kuipers and Y. Bourhane).

Match Timeline

16'
46'
46'
46'
J. Puriël- sub ->B. Van Hoeven
62'
65'
65'
68'
Bas Kuipers - Yellow
68'
70'
73'
74'
74'
79'
79'

Standings

Standings
No data available

After this match, Almere City stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Go Ahead Eagles has points (0th).

Next matches

Almere City – Formation

Almere City
G
Michael Woud 22.New Zealand
D
R. Leeuwin 3.Netherlands
D
F. Helstrup 4.Denmark
D
B. van Vlerken 2.Netherlands
46'
D
Thomas Poll 46.Netherlands
M
Tim Receveur 6.Netherlands
79' 73'
M
Jorrit Smeets 25.Netherlands
M
Lance Duijvestijn 10.Netherlands
F
Ilias Alhaft 11.Netherlands
79'
F
Bradly van Hoeven 21.Netherlands
62'
F
Maarten Pouwels 9.Netherlands
46'
Substitutes
G
S. Keller 24.Switzerland
D
Faris Hammouti 23.Morocco
46'
D
Thibaut Lesquoy 12.Belgium
M
Thijs van Leeuwen 37.Netherlands
79'
M
Steve Tunga 5.Germany
F
Jonas Arweiler 19.Germany
46'
F
J. Puriël 32.Netherlands
62'
F
T. Wildeboer 34.Netherlands
79'
F
M. Esajas 36.Netherlands
F
J. Rullens 35.Netherlands

The manager Gertjan Verbeek decided to play with the following team: M. Woud, R. Leeuwin, F. Helstrup, B. van Vlerken, T. Poll, T. Receveur, J. Smeets, L. Duijvestijn, I. Alhaft, B. van Hoeven and M. Pouwels.

The home team had on the bench: J. Arweiler, F. Hammouti, J. Puriel, T. Wildeboer, T. van Leeuwen, S. Tunga, S. Keller, M. Esajas, J. Rullens and T. Lesquoy.

Substitutions

Almere City made 5 changes: M. Pouwels for J. Arweiler (46′), B. van Vlerken for F. Hammouti (46′), B. Van Hoeven for J. Puriel (62′), T. Receveur for T. Wildeboer (79′) and I. Alhaft for T. van Leeuwen (79′).

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Go Ahead Eagles
G
Andries Noppert 23.Netherlands
D
Gerrit Nauber 3.Germany
D
Bas Kuipers 5.Netherlands
68'
D
Mats Deijl 20.Netherlands
D
J. Bakker 26.Netherlands
M
Iñigo Córdoba 21.Spain
74' 70'
M
Philippe Rommens 10.Belgium
65'
M
Luuk Brouwers 8.Netherlands
46' 16'
M
Yacine Bourhane 24.Comoros
68'
M
Ogechika Heil 19.Germany
65'
F
Marc Cardona 29.Spain
74'
Substitutes
Olaf Kok 18.Netherlands
74'
G
Job Schuurman 31.Netherlands
G
W. Hahn 1.Suriname
D
Boyd Lucassen 2.Netherlands
65'
D
Joris Kramer 4.Netherlands
M
Jay Idzes 6.Netherlands
F
Martijn Berden 7.Netherlands
46'
F
Ragnar Oratmangoen 11.Netherlands
65'
F
Quiermo Dumay 22.Netherlands
74'

On the opposite side, Kees van Wonderen played with: A. Noppert, G. Nauber, B. Kuipers, M. Deijl, J. Bakker, Iñigo Córdoba, P. Rommens, L. Brouwers, Y. Bourhane, O. Heil and Cardona.

The following players were sitting on the bench: M. Berden, B. Lucassen, R. Oratmangoen, O. Kok, Q. Dumay, J. Idzes, J. Schuurman, W. Hahn and J. Kramer.

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 5 changes: L. Brouwers for M. Berden (46′), P. Rommens for B. Lucassen (65′), O. Heil for R. Oratmangoen (65′), I. Cordoba for Q. Dumay (74′) and M. Cardona for O. Kok (74′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the KNVB Beker.​