TILBURG. Willem II was after all too strong for FC Emmen with the goal of Jeredy Hilterman (50′), Jeremy Bokila (80′) and Jeremy Bokila (84′).
The match was played at the Koning Willem II Stadion stadium in Tilburg on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Stan Teuben with the support of Charl Schaap and Joris Westhof. The 4th official was Rick Sturm. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 1.42 degrees Celsius or 34.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Willem II was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. FC Emmen that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Willem II was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Willem II won the match.
Willem II shot 10 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, FC Emmen shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Willem II received 1 yellow card (Jesse Bosch). On the opposite side, FC Emmen received 1 yellow card (Jeff Hardeveld).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Willem II will have 38 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, FC Emmen will stay with 32 points like Roda JC Kerkrade to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Willem II will play away with FC Dordrecht on the 3rd of May with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Willem II (2 draws).
FC Emmen will host De Graafschap on the 10th of May with a 14-6 head to head record in favor of De Graafschap (5 draws).
Willem II – Formation
Willem II started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Peter Maes decided to play with the following team: Joshua Smits , Tommy St. Jago , Raffael Behounek , Erik Schouten , Niels van Berkel , Nick Doodeman , Matthias Verreth , Jesse Bosch , Ringo Meerveld , Jeredy Hilterman and Thijs Oosting .
The home team had on the bench: Freek Heerkens, Max de Waal, Max Svensson , Jeremy Bokila , Valentino Vermeulen, Michael de Leeuw , Connor van den Berg, Amine Lachkar and Maarten Schut.
Substitutions
Willem II made 4 changes: Jeredy Hilterman for Jeremy Bokila (78′), Thijs Oosting for Michael de Leeuw (78′), Jesse Bosch for Amine Lachkar (88′) and Nick Doodeman for Max Svensson (85′).
Player of the match: Jeremy Bokila
The most impressive player for Willem II was Jeremy Bokila.
His rating is with 2 goals, 5 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5.
His performance was amazing also because he started the contest from the bench before entering in the 78′.
FC Emmen – Formation
FC Emmen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Fred Grim played with: Jan Hoekstra , Mike te Wierik , Michael Heylen , Julius Dirksen , Jeff Hardeveld , Jorrit Smeets , Jari Vlak , Rui Mendes , Ahmed El Messaoudi , Desley Ubbink and Piotr Parzyszek .
These were the players on the bench: Eric Oelschlägel, Robin Schouten, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Lucas Bernadou , Dennis Vos , Kyan van Dorp, Antonie Huijzer, Lorenzo Burnet, Ben Scholte and Joey Konings .
FC Emmen could not rely on the presence of Lucas Bernadou (injured).
Substitutions
FC Emmen made 4 changes: Piotr Parzyszek for Joey Konings (70′), Ahmed El Messaoudi for Ben Scholte (70′), Jorrit Smeets for Lucas Bernadou (58′) and Rui Mendes for Dennis Vos (89′).
Player of the match: Jari Vlak
The player that probably impressed the most for FC Emmen was Jari Vlak.
His rating is with 67 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.
- MVV Maastricht – Jong AZ – 4-0
- FC Den Bosch – Jong Ajax – 3-3
- Willem II – FC Emmen – 3-0
- SC Cambuur – FC Eindhoven – 2-2
- FC Groningen – VVV-Venlo – 2-1
- FC Dordrecht – Roda JC Kerkrade – 2-0
- Jong Utrecht – Jong PSV – 0-0
- TOP Oss – De Graafschap – 0-1
- Helmond Sport – ADO Den Haag – 3-2