ALMERE. Almere City had a surprising win over FC Eindhoven with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Duijvestijn (43′) and a goal from J. Arweiler (48′). Almere City took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadion stadium in Almere on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Joey Kooij who had the assistance of Freek Vandeursen and Mark Janssen. The 4th official was Christian Mulder. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.7 degrees Celsius or 40.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Almere City had a superior ball possession 58% while FC Eindhoven was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Eindhoven was more pushing with 78 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, Almere City succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Almere City shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, FC Eindhoven shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Almere City received 1 yellow card (B. van Vlerken). Talking about the opposition, FC Eindhoven received 2 yellow cards (E. Hernandez and J. van Son).

Standings

After playing this contest, Almere City will have 16 points like Helmond Sport to remain in the 17th place. On the opposite side, FC Eindhoven will stay with 29 points like ADO Den Haag to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Almere City will play away with NAC Breda on the 10th of December with a 7-3 head to head stats in favor of NAC Breda (1 draw).

FC Eindhoven will host Telstar on the 10th of December with a 15-11 head to head statistic in favor of FC Eindhoven (6 draws).

Almere City – Formation

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

The manager Tim Bakens decided to play with the following team: Agil Etemadi (6.8), Bram Van Vlerken (8.3), Ramon Leeuwin (7.3), Frederik Helstrup (6.9), Thomas Poll (7.0), Tim Receveur (7.2), Jorrit Smeets (7.1), Jeffry Puriel (6.4), Lance Duijvestijn (8.0), Thijs van Leeuwen (7.1) and Jonas Arweiler (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: J. Rullens, S. Keller, M. Esajas, F. Hammouti, E. Hoogenboom, Anass Ahannach (6.3), S. Resink, T. Lesquoy, Maarten Pouwels (7.0), Tijmen Wildeboer (6.4) and S. Tunga.

Substitutions

Almere City made 3 changes: T. van Leeuwen for A. Ahannach (65′), J. Arweiler for M. Pouwels (75′) and J. Puriel for T. Wildeboer (76′).

Best player: Bram Van Vlerken​

The most impressive player for Almere City was Bram Van Vlerken even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 45 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

FC Eindhoven – Formation

FC Eindhoven started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Rob Penders played with: Nigel Bertrams (6.8), Collin Seedorf (6.5), Maarten Peijnenburg (6.5), Jarno Janssen (6.8), Mitchel Van Rosmalen (6.2), Valentino Vermeulen (6.4), Jens Van Son (6.8), Enrico Hernández (7.1), Barnabás Rácz (6.2), Jort van der Sande (6.7) and Joey Sleegers (7.3).

They had on the bench: M. van den Bos, Charles-Andreas Brym (7.0), T. Odunze, J. van Casand, J. Huybers, Jasper Dahlhaus (6.4), P. Strijbosch, Cas Faber (7.0), Dave de Meij and Koen Oostenbrink (6.8).

Substitutions

FC Eindhoven made 4 changes: M. van Rosmalen for C. Brym (46′), B. Racz for J. Dahlhaus (67′), J. van Son for K. Oostenbrink (78′) and E. Hernandez for C. Faber (86′).

Best player: Joey Sleegers​

The most impressive player for FC Eindhoven was Joey Sleegers.

His rating is (7.3) with 28 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 12 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Almere City – FC Eindhoven – 2-0
• FC Den Bosch – NAC Breda – 0-5
• FC Dordrecht – Roda JC Kerkrade – 2-5
• Helmond Sport – FC Volendam – 1-1
• MVV Maastricht – TOP Oss – 1-1
• Telstar – VVV-Venlo – 1-3