NIJMEGEN. Almere City and NEC draw 1-1. Y. Kitala scored the first goal (35′) for Almere City. M. Mattsson equalized (69′).

The match was played at the Goffertstadion stadium in Nijmegen on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 12,500 spectators.​ The referee was Danny Desmond Makkelie with the collaboration of Jan de Vries and Stefan de Groot. The 4th official was Jesse Rozendal. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.45 degrees Celsius or 58.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

NEC had a strong ball possession 55% while Almere City was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

NEC was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough NEC to win the match​.

NEC shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Almere City shot 14 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

NEC received 1 yellow card (Bart van Rooij). Talking about the opposition, Almere City received 2 yellow cards (Kornelius Hansen  and Peer Koopmeiners).

Standings

After playing this contest, NEC will have 9 points like RKC Waalwijk and Fortuna Sittard to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Almere City will have 8 points to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, NEC will play away with FC Utrecht on the 17th of March with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of FC Utrecht (9 draws).

Almere City will host SC Heerenveen on the 5th of May with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

NEC – Formation

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

The manager Rogier Meijer decided to play with the following team: Philippe Sandler , Robin Roefs (6.8), Bart van Rooij (7.0), Mathias Ross (6.4), Bram Nuytinck (7.5), Calvin Verdonk (7.9), Dirk Proper (7.1), Lasse Schöne (7.3), Rober González (7.1), Magnus Mattsson (8.7), Sontje Hansen (6.6) and Bas Dost (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Jasper Cillessen, Youri Baas (6.7), Mees Hoedemakers, Elayis Tavsan  (6.4), Lars Olden Larsen, Koki Ogawa (6.8), D’Leanu Arts (6.6), Kodai Sano, Rijk Janse and Luc Netten.

NEC could not rely on the presence of Koki Ogawa (injured) and Youri Baas (injured).

Substitutions

NEC made 4 changes: Sontje Hansen for D. Arts (76′), Rober González for Elayis Tavsan  (57′), Lasse Schöne for Koki Ogawa (67′) and Calvin Verdonk for Youri Baas (76′).

Best player: Magnus Mattsson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC was Magnus Mattsson.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 39 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 18.

Almere City – Formation

Almere City started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Alex Pastoor played with: Sherel Floranus, Hamdi Akujobi, Nordin Bakker (7.0), Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (7.5), Loïc Mbe Soh (7.1), Damian van Bruggen (7.0), Théo Barbet (7.0), Manel Royo (6.6), Peer Koopmeiners (7.9), Thomas Robinet (6.6), Stije Resink (7.1) and Rajiv van La Parra (6.4), Yann Kitala (7.7).

They had on the bench: Joey Jacobs, Danny Post, Lance Duijvestijn, Pascu, Kornelius Hansen  (7.0), Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Yoann Cathline (7.5), Christopher Mamengi (7.3), Stijn Keller, Bradly van Hoeven, Jeffry Puriel and Marcelencio Esajas.

Substitutions

Almere City made 5 changes: Manel Royo for Yoann Cathline (81′), Théo Barbet for Christopher Mamengi (76′), Rajiv van La Parra for Lance Duijvestijn (88′), Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp for Joey Jacobs (88′) and Yann Kitala for Kornelius Hansen  (82′).

Best player: Peer Koopmeiners​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Almere City was Peer Koopmeiners.

His rating is (7.9) with 54 passes (72% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 15. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• AZ – SC Heerenveen – 3-0
• RKC Waalwijk – FC Volendam – 2-1
• NEC – Almere City – 1-1
• PSV – Fortuna Sittard – 3-1
• Feyenoord – Vitesse – 4-0