UTRECHT. FC Utrecht snatched a late win Heracles Almelo 1-0 after M. Knoester scored an own goal (90′).

S. Gustafson didn’t convert a penalty (40′) for FC Utrecht.​

The match was played at the Stadion Galgenwaard stadium in Utrecht on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Martin van den Kerkhof assisted by Richard Polman and Frans Ozinga. The 4th official was Robin Gansner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.6 degrees Celsius or 38.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. FC Utrecht was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Heracles Almelo that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

FC Utrecht was was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Utrecht won the match​.

FC Utrecht shot 22 times, 7 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Heracles Almelo shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card (M. Paes). Talking about the opposition, Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card (M. Rente).

Standings

After this match, FC Utrecht will have 26 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo will stay with 14 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Utrecht will play away with PSV on the 4th of December with a 24-4 head to head statistic in favor of PSV (5 draws).

Heracles Almelo will host SC Heerenveen on the 4th of December with a 17-9 head to head stats in favor of Heracles Almelo (7 draws).

FC Utrecht – Formation

FC Utrecht adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager René Hake decided to play with the following team: Maarten Paes (6.8), Hidde ter Avest (7.3), Mike Van der Hoorn (7.3), Mark van der Maarel (8.0), Django Warmerdam (7.0), Adam Maher (7.8), Quinten Timber (7.1), Simon Gustafsson (6.3), Bart Ramselaar (7.0), Remco Balk (7.4) and Anastasios Douvikas (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Othman Boussaid, Willem Janssen, Fabian De Keijzer, Adrian Dalmau (6.8), Eric Oelschlägel, Arthur Zagre (6.4), Joris van Overeem (6.6), Rick Meissen and Mimoun Mahi (6.9).

Substitutions

FC Utrecht made 4 changes: D. Warmerdam for A. Zagre (49′), S. Gustafson for M. Mahi (69′), R. Balk for A. Dalmau (76′) and R. Balk for A. Dalmau (82′).

Best player: Mark van der Maarel​

The most impressive player for FC Utrecht was Mark van der Maarel even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 81 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Heracles Almelo – Formation

Also Heracles Almelo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Frank Wormuth played with: Janis Blaswich (8.8), Noah Fadiga (7.4), Marco Rente (6.9), Mats Knoester (6.6), Giacomo Quagliata (6.8), Lucas Schoofs (7.8), Luca De La Torre (7.3), Ismail Azzaoui (6.9), Elias Sierra (6.4), Delano Burgzorg (6.7) and Kaj Sierhuis (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Melih Ibrahimoglu, Sven Sonnenberg, Koen Bucker, Robin Polley, Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (6.2), Ruben Roosken, Alessandro Damen, Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (6.4), Sinan Bakış (6.3), Navajo Bakboord (6.6) and Nikolai Laursen.

Heracles Almelo could not rely on the presence of B. Basacikoglu (injured).

Substitutions

Heracles Almelo made 4 changes: N. Fadiga for N. Bakboord (58′), E. Sierra for O. Kiomourtzoglou (63′), I. Azzaoui for B. Basacikoglu (85′) and K. Sierhuis for S. Bakis (85′).

Best player: Janis Blaswich​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was the goalkeeper: Janis Blaswich. His rating is 8.80. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Sparta Rotterdam – Ajax – 0-1
• FC Twente – Feyenoord – 0-0
• FC Utrecht – Heracles Almelo – 1-0
• SC Heerenveen – PSV – 1-1
• Vitesse – AZ – 0-0