ALMELO. SC Heerenveen overcomes Heracles Almelo 1-0 after J. Veerman scored just 1 goal (79′).

The match was played at the Erve Asito stadium in Almelo. The referee was Pol van Boekel with the help of Rens Bluemink and Erik Kleinjan. The 4th official was Ingmar Oostrom. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.2 degrees Celsius or 39.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Heracles Almelo was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. SC Heerenveen that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Heracles Almelo was was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, SC Heerenveen found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Heracles Almelo shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, SC Heerenveen shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Heracles Almelo received 3 yellow cards (G. Quagliata, L. de la Torre and M. Knoester). Regarding the opposition, SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (S. van Beek).

Standings

After this match, Heracles Almelo will stay with 14 points to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, SC Heerenveen will have 21 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Heracles Almelo will play away against Vitesse on the 12th of December with a 17-5 head to head stats in favor of Vitesse (12 draws).

SC Heerenveen will host Sparta Rotterdam on the 11th of December with a 9-4 head to head statistic in favor of SC Heerenveen (4 draws).

Heracles Almelo – Formation

Heracles Almelo started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Frank Wormuth decided to play with the following team: Janis Blaswich (6.2), Noah Fadiga (7.3), Marco Rente (7.1), Mats Knoester (7.0), Giacomo Quagliata (6.6), Nikolai Laursen (7.9), Luca De La Torre (6.6), Lucas Schoofs (7.6), Delano Burgzorg (5.5), Kaj Sierhuis (6.9) and Sinan Bakış (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: B. Başacıkoğlu, Ruben Roosken (6.4), K. Bucker, M. Leš, Elias Sierra (6.7), O. Kiomourtzoglou, R. Polley, S. Sonnenberg, Adrián Szőke (6.6), A. Damen, N. Bakboord and M. Amissi.

Heracles Almelo could not rely on the presence of M. Amissi (injured).

Substitutions

Heracles Almelo made 4 changes: K. Sierhuis for A. Szoke (74′), G. Quagliata for R. Roosken (84′), N. Laursen for E. Sierra (84′) and D. Burgzorg for M. Amissi (90′).

Best player: Nikolai Laursen​

The most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was Nikolai Laursen.

His rating is (7.9) with 30 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

SC Heerenveen – Formation

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

Johnny Jansen played with: Xavier Mous (7.3), Milan van Ewijk (8.4), Sven van Beek (7.8), Nick Bakker (7.2), Rami Kaib (5.9), Nicolas Madsen (7.2), Joey Veerman (7.8), Anthony Musaba (7.2), Tibor Halilović (7.0), Filip Stevanović (6.1) and Henk Veerman (6.1).

They had on the bench: Benjamin Nygren (6.8), L. Woudenberg, Siem de Jong (6.2), J. Kroesen, I. Dresevic, J. Bekkema, J. Ras, S. van Ottele, H. Akujobi, Rami Al Hajj (6.8) and R. Kongolo.

Substitutions

SC Heerenveen made 3 changes: F. Stevanovic for R. Al Hajj (68′), T. Halilovic for S. de Jong (75′) and A. Musaba for B. Nygren (75′).

Best player: Milan van Ewijk​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Heerenveen was Milan van Ewijk even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 48 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Heracles Almelo – SC Heerenveen – 0-1
• PSV – FC Utrecht – 4-1
• SC Cambuur – Vitesse – 1-6