HEERENVEEN. SC Heerenveen was in the end too good for Almere City with the goal of P. van was the star player of the match after he scored in the 15th and 70th minute. Pelle van Amersfoort  (15′), Sven van Beek (39′) and Pelle van Amersfoort  (70′).

The match was played at the Abe Lenstra Stadion stadium in Heerenveen on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Richard Martens with the assistance of Richard Brondijk and Kevin Weever. The 4th official was Thomas Hardeman. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 0.84 degrees Celsius or 33.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. SC Heerenveen was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Almere City that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Almere City was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, SC Heerenveen found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

SC Heerenveen shot 15 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Almere City shot 13 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (Thom Haye). On the other side, Almere City received 2 yellow cards (Damian van Bruggen and Manel Royo).

Standings

After playing this match, SC Heerenveen will have 19 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Almere City will stay with 13 points like Fortuna Sittard to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen will play away with Sparta Rotterdam on the 19th of May with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of SC Heerenveen (7 draws).

Almere City will host SC Heerenveen on the 5th of May with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of SC Heerenveen (0 draws).

SC Heerenveen – Formation

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

The manager Kees van Wonderen decided to play with the following team: Márcio Azevedo, Andries Noppert (7.5), Oliver Braude (7.9), Sven van Beek (8.5), Syb van Ottele (7.5), Mats Köhlert (7.3), Thom Haye (7.3), Simon Olsson (7.3), Ché Nunnely (7.3), Luuk Brouwers (7.8), Osame Sahraoui (7.1) and Pelle van Amersfoort  (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Denzel Hall, Daniel Karlsbakk, Mickey van der Hart, Charlie Webster (6.6), Hussein Ali (6.7), Bernt Klaverboer, Ion Nicolaescu  (6.6), Djenahro Nunumete, Patrik Wålemark, Anas Tahiri (6.4) and Espen van Ee (6.4).

Substitutions

SC Heerenveen made 4 changes: Ché Nunnely for Anas Tahiri (78′), Luuk Brouwers for Charlie Webster (78′), Pelle van Amersfoort  for Ion Nicolaescu  (78′) and Oliver Braude for Hussein Ali (83′).

Player of the match: Sven van Beek​

The player that probably impressed the most for SC Heerenveen was Sven van Beek.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 57 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11.

Almere City – Formation

Almere City started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Alex Pastoor played with: Nordin Bakker (7.3), S. Floranus (6.8), Joey Jacobs (6.3), Damian van Bruggen (6.3), Loïc Mbe Soh (7.0), Manel Royo (6.3), Stije Resink (7.3), Thomas Robinet (7.3), Peer Koopmeiners (7.5), Kornelius Hansen  (6.6), Rajiv van La Parra (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (6.7), Álvaro Peña (7.0), Lance Duijvestijn, Yann Kitala, Pascu, Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Yoann Cathline, Milan Corryn, Théo Barbet (6.8), Bradly van Hoeven, Marcelencio Esajas and Joël van der Wilt.

Substitutions

Almere City made 3 changes: Manel Royo for Álvaro Peña (46′), Damian van Bruggen for Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (65′) and Rajiv van La Parra for Théo Barbet (79′).

Player of the match: Peer Koopmeiners​

The player that probably impressed the most for Almere City was Peer Koopmeiners.

His rating is (7.5) with 48 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• SC Heerenveen – Almere City – 3-0