HEERENVEEN. FC Volendam overcome SC Heerenveen to win 2-1. It was FC Volendam to strike first with a goal of Bilal Ould-Chikh at the 28′. Then Lequincio Zeefuik scored again for FC Volendam in the 51′ minute. Eventually, Ion Nicolaescu reduced the distance for SC Heerenveen (65′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. SC Heerenveen was much superior in terms of ball possession (77%).
The match was played at the Abe Lenstra Stadion stadium in Heerenveen on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 21,800 spectators. The referee was Allard Lindhout assisted by Maarten Ketting and Cristian Dobre. The 4th official was Wouter Wiersma. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.44 degrees Celsius or 48.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- ! 77 Ball Possession 23
Shots
- 20 Total 3
- 7 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 1
- 9 Shots blocked 0
- 174 Attack 48
- 108 Dangerous attack 20
- 9 Ball safe 11
- 0 Penalties 0
- 19 Corners 2
Fouls
- 2 Total 1
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
SC Heerenveen had a strong ball possession 77% while FC Volendam was struggling with a 23% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
SC Heerenveen had a more offensive attitude with 108 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, FC Volendam was capable to find the solution to win this match.
SC Heerenveen shot 20 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Volendam shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card (Simon Olsson). Talking about the opposition, FC Volendam received 2 yellow cards (Hoeve Quincy and Milan de Haan).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, SC Heerenveen stays with 19 points like Fortuna Sittard to remain in the 9th place. On the opposite side, FC Volendam will has 11 points like Vitesse to hold in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen will play away against PEC Zwolle on the 13th of January with a 12-9 head to head in favor of SC Heerenveen (4 draws).
FC Volendam will host Almere City on the 14th of January with a 14-7 head to head stats in favor of FC Volendam (12 draws).
SC Heerenveen – Formation
SC Heerenveen
57'
76'
65'
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 , Oliver Braude , Sven van Beek , Syb van Ottele , Mats Köhlert , Thom Haye , Simon Olsson , Ché Nunnely , Luuk Brouwers , Osame Sahraoui and Pelle van Amersfoort .
The home team had on the bench: Denzel Hall, Pawel Bochniewicz , Daniel Karlsbakk, Mickey van der Hart, Charlie Webster, Hussein Ali, Ion Nicolaescu , Djenahro Nunumete, Jan Bekkema, Patrik Wålemark , Anas Tahiri and Espen van Ee.
Substitutions
SC Heerenveen made 4 changes: Luuk Brouwers for Pawel Bochniewicz (87′), Pelle van Amersfoort for Ion Nicolaescu (57′), Ché Nunnely for Patrik Wålemark (57′) and Simon Olsson for Anas Tahiri (82′).
Player of the match: Thom Haye
The most impressive player for SC Heerenveen was Thom Haye.
His rating is with 107 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 10 crosses.
FC Volendam – Formation
FC Volendam
FC Volendam started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Michael Dingsdag played with: Benaissa Benamar, Calvin Twigt, Mio Backhaus , Xavier Mbuyamba , Damon Mirani , Josh Flint , Oskar Buur , Milan de Haan , Bram van Driel , Zach Booth , George Cox and Bilal Ould-Chikh , Lequincio Zeefuik .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Brian Plat , Luke Le Roux , Robin Maulun, Garang Kuol, Imran Nazih , Kayne van Oevelen, Barry Lauwers, Billy van Duijl, Achraf Douiri , Hoeve Quincy , Rob Tol and Ibrahim El Kadiri.
FC Volendam could not rely on the presence of Luke Le Roux (injured).
Substitutions
FC Volendam made 5 changes: Oskar Buur for Brian Plat (65′), Bram van Driel for Luke Le Roux (66′), Bilal Ould-Chikh for Hoeve Quincy (77′), Xavier Mbuyamba for Achraf Douiri (76′) and Milan de Haan for Imran Nazih (85′).
Player of the match: Mio Backhaus
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Volendam was the goalkeeper: Mio Backhaus. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.
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
