NIJMEGEN. NEC found a way to snatch a draw against Go Ahead Eagles with a late goal from M. Ross scored in the (89′) after Go Ahead Eagles got a lead with a goal from S. Sow (88′). NEC was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Goffertstadion stadium in Nijmegen on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. In front of 12,500 spectators.​ The referee was Robin Hensgens with the collaboration of Erik Koopman and Martijn Beijer. The 4th official was Boyd van Kommer. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.01 degrees Celsius or 44.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

NEC had a strong ball possession 58% while Go Ahead Eagles was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

NEC was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough NEC to win the match​.

NEC shot 15 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Go Ahead Eagles shot 13 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

NEC didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Go Ahead Eagles received 3 yellow cards (J. Breum, Enric Llansana and Sylla Sow).

Standings

After this match, NEC will have 12 points like FC Utrecht and RKC Waalwijk to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Go Ahead Eagles will have 22 points to sit in the 5th 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 record in favor of FC Utrecht (9 draws).

Go Ahead Eagles will play away agasint FC Volendam on the 19th of May with a 12-10 head to head record in favor of Go Ahead Eagles (5 draws).

NEC – Formation

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

The manager Rogier Meijer decided to play with the following team: Jasper Cillessen (7.3), Bart van Rooij (7.3), Philippe Sandler  (8.1), Bram Nuytinck (7.5), Calvin Verdonk (7.9), Lasse Schöne (7.0), Dirk Proper (7.9), Sontje Hansen (6.7), Magnus Mattsson (7.3), Youri Baas (7.0) and Koki Ogawa (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Mathias Ross (7.5), Rober González, Lars Olden Larsen, Sai Van Wermeskerken, Robin Roefs, Mees Hoedemakers (7.5), Elayis Tavsan  (6.8), Kodai Sano and Rijk Janse.

Substitutions

NEC made 4 changes: Philippe Sandler  for Mathias Ross (83′), Lasse Schöne for Mees Hoedemakers (83′), Youri Baas for Elayis Tavsan  (72′) and Sontje Hansen for Rober González (89′).

Player of the match: Philippe Sandler ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC was Philippe Sandler .

His rating is (8.1) with 74 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 9.

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Also Go Ahead Eagles adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

René Hake played with: Jeffrey de Lange (7.3), Mats Deijl (6.8), Jamal Amofa (7.0), Joris Kramer (7.1), Bas Kuipers (6.6), Evert Linthorst (7.0), Philippe Rommens (7.5), J. Breum (7.1), Willum Thór Willumsson (7.5), Oliver Valaker Edvardsen (6.8) and Victor Edvardsen (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Bobby Adekanye (6.4), Gerrit Nauber, Rashaan Fernandes, Sylla Sow (7.3), Dean James, Darío Serra, Enric Llansana (6.6), Erwin Mulder, Luca Everink, Pim Saathof, Sven Jansen and Thibo Baeten.

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 4 changes: Evert Linthorst for Enric Llansana (64′), J. Breum for Bobby Adekanye (79′), Victor Edvardsen for Sylla Sow (64′) and Oliver Valaker Edvardsen for Thibo Baeten (87′).

Player of the match: Philippe Rommens​

The player that probably impressed the most for Go Ahead Eagles was Philippe Rommens.

His rating is (7.5) with 47 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 13 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sparta Rotterdam – FC Utrecht – 1-2
• AZ – FC Volendam – 3-0
• Almere City – Heracles Almelo – 0-5
• NEC – Go Ahead Eagles – 1-1