ALMELO. Ajax didn’t concede much to Heracles Almelo to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday. Ajax was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (70%).
The match was played at the Erve Asito stadium in Almelo on Saturday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Jeroen Manschot who was helped by Rens Bluemink and Richard Brondijk. The 4th official was Richard Martens. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 13 degrees Celsius or 55.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 7 Total 17
- 5 On Target 7
- 2 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 68 Attack 148
- 41 Dangerous attack 84
- 15 Ball safe 15
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 1 Total 1
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Ajax had a strong ball possession 70% while Heracles Almelo was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was more aggressive with 84 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Ajax to win the match.
Heracles Almelo shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ajax shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Heracles Almelo received 4 yellow cards (D. Burgzorg, M. Rente, G. Quagliata and N. Bakboord). On the opposite side, Ajax received 1 yellow card (S. Haller).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Heracles Almelo will have 11 points to stay in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Ajax will have 26 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Heracles Almelo will play away against FC Twente on the 5th of November with a 17-5 head to head record in favor of FC Twente (7 draws).
Ajax will host Go Ahead Eagles on the 7th of November with a 8-0 head to head record in favor of Ajax (0 draws).
Heracles Almelo – Formation
Heracles Almelo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Frank Wormuth decided to play with the following team: Janis Blaswich , Navajo Bakboord , Marco Rente , Mats Knoester , Giacomo Quagliata , Orestis Kiomourtzoglou , Luca De La Torre , Noah Fadiga , Rai Vloet , Delano Burgzorg and Kaj Sierhuis .
The home team had on the bench: Nikolai Laursen, Melih Ibrahimoglu, Alessandro Damen, Robin Polley , Lucas Schoofs, Sven Sonnenberg, Bilal Başaçıkoğlu, Mateo Leš, Ruben Roosken, Sinan Bakış, Robin Jalving and Ismail Azzaoui .
Substitutions
Heracles Almelo made 2 changes: K. Sierhuis for I. Azzaoui (78′) and N. Bakboord for R. Polley (83′).
Best player: Janis Blaswich
The player that probably impressed the most for Heracles Almelo was the goalkeeper: Janis Blaswich. His rating is 8.51. He performed 7 saves.
Ajax – Formation
Also Ajax adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Erik ten Hag played with: Remko Pasveer , Devyne Rensch , Jurriën Timber , Lisandro Martínez , Daley Blind , Edson Álvarez , Ryan Gravenberch , Antony , Steven Berghuis , Dušan Tadić and Sébastien Haller .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Perr Schuurs , Charlie Setford, Kenneth Taylor, Davy Klaassen , Mohammed Daramy, David Neres , Victor Jensen, Jay Gorter, Nicolás Tagliafico, Mohammed Kudus and Danilo.
Ajax could not rely on the presence of P. Schuurs (injured).
Substitutions
Ajax made 3 changes: S. Berghuis for D. Klaassen (63′), Antony for D. Neres (71′) and D. Rensch for P. Schuurs (78′).
Best player: Remko Pasveer
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajax was the goalkeeper: Remko Pasveer. His rating is 8.14. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- AZ – PEC Zwolle – 3-2
- Heracles Almelo – Ajax – 0-0
- SC Heerenveen – Vitesse – 1-2
- PSV – FC Twente – 5-2