KERKRADE. Willem II defeats Roda JC Kerkrade 1-0 after T. Oosting scored just 1 goal (14′). Roda JC Kerkrade was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Parkstad Limburg Stadion stadium in Kerkrade on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Nagtegaal assisted by Cristian Dobre and Dyon Fikkert. The 4th official was Stijn van Zuilichem. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.21 degrees Celsius or 59.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Roda JC Kerkrade was in firm control of the ball 62% while Willem II was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Roda JC Kerkrade had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Willem II was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Roda JC Kerkrade shot 17 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Willem II shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Roda JC Kerkrade received 1 yellow card (Metehan Güçlü). On the other side, Willem II received 4 yellow cards (Jeremy Bokila, Thijs Oosting, Michael de Leeuw and Jesse Bosch).

Standings

After this contest, Roda JC Kerkrade will stay with 23 points like Willem II to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Willem II will have 23 points like Roda JC Kerkrade to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Roda JC Kerkrade will play away with FC Groningen on the 10th of May with a 12-8 head to head in favor of FC Groningen (5 draws).

Willem II will play away agasint FC Dordrecht on the 3rd of May with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Willem II (2 draws).

Roda JC Kerkrade – Formation

Roda JC Kerkrade started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Bas Sibum decided to play with the following team: Koen Bucker (6.8), Boyd Reith (7.1), Matisse Didden (7.0), Brian Koglin (7.0), Laurit Krasniqi (7.1), Wesley Spieringhs (7.3), Orhan Dzepar (7.1), Sami Ouaissa (6.7), Walid Ould-Chikh (7.8), Enrique Peña Zauner (7.3) and Maximilian Schmid (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Niek Vossebelt, Marvin Pourié (6.4), Nils Röseler, Lennerd Daneels (6.8), Lucas Beerten, Fabio Sposito, Leroy Been, Loek Hamers, Jordy Steins, Arjen Van Der Heide (6.7), Saydou Bangura (6.4) and Metehan Güçlü (6.6).

Substitutions

Roda JC Kerkrade made 4 changes: Laurit Krasniqi for Marvin Pourié (62′), Sami Ouaissa for Lennerd Daneels (62′), Enrique Peña Zauner for Arjen Van Der Heide (75′) and Maximilian Schmid for Metehan Güçlü (75′).

Best player: Walid Ould-Chikh​

The most impressive player for Roda JC Kerkrade was Walid Ould-Chikh.

His rating is (7.8) with 51 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Willem II – Formation

Willem II started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Peter Maes played with: Joshua Smits (7.3), Tommy St. Jago (7.3), Raffael Behounek (6.6), Erik Schouten (6.7), Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson (7.3), Jesse Bosch (6.7), Ringo Meerveld (7.3), Matthias Verreth (7.0), Nick Doodeman (6.8), Jeredy Hilterman (6.4) and Thijs Oosting (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Freek Heerkens, Max de Waal, Max Svensson, Patrick Joosten, Jeremy Bokila (6.8), Michael de Leeuw (6.4), Connor van den Berg, Amine Lachkar (7.0), Maarten Schut, Niels van Berkel and Chip Engels.

Willem II could not rely on the presence of Michael de Leeuw (injured) and Amine Lachkar (injured).

Substitutions

Willem II made 4 changes: Jeredy Hilterman for Jeremy Bokila (59′), Thijs Oosting for Michael de Leeuw (82′), Matthias Verreth for Amine Lachkar (59′) and Matthias Verreth for Amine Lachkar (88′).

Best player: Tommy St. Jago​

The most impressive player for Willem II was Tommy St. Jago even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 37 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Roda JC Kerkrade – Willem II – 0-1