ROTTERDAM. Go Ahead Eagles and Excelsior draw 1-1. J. Amofa scored the first goal (54′) for Go Ahead Eagles. O. Uddenäs equalized (83′).

The match was played at the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion stadium in Rotterdam on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. In front of 4,400 spectators.​ The referee was Alex Bos with the support of Stefan de Groot and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Kevin Puts. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.96 degrees Celsius or 48.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Excelsior was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Go Ahead Eagles that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Go Ahead Eagles had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Go Ahead Eagles to win the encounter​.

Excelsior shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Go Ahead Eagles shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Excelsior didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Go Ahead Eagles received 2 yellow cards (Gerrit Nauber and Philippe Rommens).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Excelsior has 17 points like PEC Zwolle and FC Utrecht to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Go Ahead Eagles will has 23 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Excelsior will play away against PSV on the 13th of January with a 18-0 head to head statistic in favor of PSV (2 draws).

Go Ahead Eagles will host Ajax on the 14th of January with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Ajax (3 draws).

Excelsior – Formation

Excelsior started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Marinus Dijkhuizen decided to play with the following team: Arthur Zagré, Ken Tokura, Stijn van Gassel (6.7), Siebe Horemans (7.9), Sven Nieuwpoort (7.0), Casper Widell (6.7), Redouan El Yaakoubi (7.5), Ian Smeulers (7.3), Lazaros Lamprou (6.8), Noah Naujoks (6.7), Julian Baas (7.5), Couhaib Driouech (7.0) and Troy Parrott (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Kian Fitz-Jim (7.0), Oscar Uddenäs (7.7), Richie Omorowa, Norbert Alblas, Nikolas Agrafiotis (6.4), Mimeirhel Benita (6.8), Mike van Duinen, Derensili Sanches Fernandes (7.0), Siem de Moes and Pascal Kuiper.

Substitutions

Excelsior made 5 changes: Casper Widell for Oscar Uddenäs (82′), Couhaib Driouech for Derensili Sanches Fernandes (68′), Noah Naujoks for Kian Fitz-Jim (46′), Ian Smeulers for Mimeirhel Benita (68′) and Lazaros Lamprou for Nikolas Agrafiotis (68′).

Player of the match: Siebe Horemans​

The player that probably impressed the most for Excelsior was Siebe Horemans.

His rating is 7.9 with 52 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 8 crosses.

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Go Ahead Eagles started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

René Hake played with: Jeffrey de Lange (6.8), Mats Deijl (6.7), Jamal Amofa (7.7), Joris Kramer (7.0), Bas Kuipers (6.7), Enric Llansana (7.1), Philippe Rommens (7.9), J. Breum (7.0), Willum Thór Willumsson (7.7), Oliver Valaker Edvardsen (6.4), Sylla Sow (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Gerrit Nauber (6.4), Rashaan Fernandes, Evert Linthorst, Dean James, Victor Edvardsen (6.6), Darío Serra, Xander Blomme, Erwin Mulder, Luca Everink, Sven Jansen and Thibo Baeten (6.6).

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 3 changes: J. Breum for Thibo Baeten (82′), Oliver Valaker Edvardsen for Gerrit Nauber (82′) and Sylla Sow for Victor Edvardsen (68′).

Player of the match: Philippe Rommens​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Go Ahead Eagles was Philippe Rommens.

His rating is 7.9 with 75 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• SC Heerenveen – FC Volendam – 1-2
• FC Utrecht – RKC Waalwijk – 1-1
• Excelsior – Go Ahead Eagles – 1-1