EMMEN. FC Emmen defeats Excelsior 2-0 after O. Romeny scores a double.
The match was played at the De Oude Meerdijk stadium in Emmen on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Higler with the support of Mario Diks and Don Frijn. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3 degrees Celsius or 37.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. FC Emmen was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Excelsior that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Excelsior was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, FC Emmen was able to find the solution to win this contest.
FC Emmen shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Excelsior shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
FC Emmen received 1 yellow card (Richairo Živković). On the other side, Excelsior received 3 yellow cards (Lazaros Lamprou, Couhaib Driouech and Kenzo Goudmijn).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, FC Emmen will have 21 points to sit in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Excelsior will stay with 20 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Emmen will play away against SC Cambuur on the 1st of April with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of SC Cambuur (3 draws).
Excelsior will play away agasint PSV on the 8th of April with a 17-0 head to head stats in favor of PSV (2 draws).
FC Emmen – Formation
FC Emmen
59'
63', 71'
68'
FC Emmen adopted the 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 , Mike te Wierik , Miguel Araujo , Dennis Vos , Julius Dirksen , Keziah Veendorp , Lucas Bernadou , Ole Romeny , Mark Diemers , Jeremy Antonisse and Richairo Živković .
The home team had on the bench: Lorenzo Burnet , Jasin Assehnoun, Michael Heylen, Jari Vlak , Mohamed Bouchouari , Kyan van Dorp, Eric Oelschlägel, Azzeddine Toufiqui and Ahmed El Messaoudi .
Substitutions
FC Emmen made 5 changes: Lucas Bernadou for Jari Vlak (59′), D. Vos for Mohamed Bouchouari (59′), Julius Dirksen for Lorenzo Burnet (72′), J. Antonisse for Jasin-Amin Assehnoun (84′) and Richairo Živković for Ahmed El Messaoudi (85′).
Best player: Ole Romeny
The player that probably impressed the most for FC Emmen was Ole Romeny.
His rating is with 2 goals, 26 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.
Excelsior – Formation
Excelsior
Also Excelsior adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marinus Dijkhuizen played with: Stijn van Gassel , Siebe Horemans , Sven Nieuwpoort , Redouan El Yaakoubi , Nathan Tjoe-A-On , Peer Koopmeiners , Kenzo Goudmijn , Lazaros Lamprou , Noah Naujoks , Couhaib Driouech and Nikolas Agrafiotis .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Serano Seymor, Yassin Ayoub , Nathan Markelo, Norbert Alblas, Arthur Zagre, Reda Kharchouch , Julian Baas and Joshua Eijgenraam.
Substitutions
Excelsior made 3 changes: Peer Koopmeiners for Julian Baas (69′), Nikolas Agrafiotis for Reda Kharchouch (82′) and Couhaib Driouech for Ayoub El Jorfi (83′).
Best player: Lazaros Lamprou
The most impressive player for Excelsior was Lazaros Lamprou.
His rating is with 34 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 13 duels out of 19. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Sparta Rotterdam – Vitesse – 3-1
- Fortuna Sittard – FC Twente – 0-3
- FC Emmen – Excelsior – 2-0
- AZ – FC Groningen – 1-0
