VOLENDAM. Almere City tops FC Volendam 1-0 after T. Robinet scored just 1 goal (12′). FC Volendam lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Kras Stadion stadium in Volendam on Sunday and it started at 12:15 pm local time. The referee was Ingmar Oostrom with the help of Erik Koopman and Dyon Fikkert. The 4th official was Thomas Hardeman. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.06 degrees Celsius or 41.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 5 Total 10
- 2 On Target 2
- 1 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 137 Attack 102
- 28 Dangerous attack 50
- 115 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
FC Volendam had a strong ball possession 57% while Almere City was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Almere City was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Almere City won the contest.
FC Volendam shot 5 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Almere City shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
FC Volendam received 1 yellow card (George Cox). Regarding the opposition, Almere City received 1 yellow card (S. Floranus).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, FC Volendam stays with 11 points to remain in the 18th place. On the other side, Almere City will has 19 points like PEC Zwolle and Fortuna Sittard to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Volendam will play away against Heracles Almelo on the 20th of January with a 4-1 head to head in favor of FC Volendam (2 draws).
Almere City will host Fortuna Sittard on the 20th of January with a 12-7 head to head statistic in favor of Fortuna Sittard (8 draws).
FC Volendam – Formation
FC Volendam
80'
78'
FC Volendam started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
The manager Regillio Simons decided to play with the following team: Mio Backhaus , Xavier Mbuyamba , Benaissa Benamar , Damon Mirani , Josh Flint, Oskar Buur , Milan de Haan , Calvin Twigt , Zach Booth , George Cox , Bilal Ould-Chikh and Robert Mühren .
The home team had on the bench: Brian Plat , Lequincio Zeefuik , Bram van Driel, Luke Le Roux , Garang Kuol , Kayne van Oevelen, Barry Lauwers, Achraf Douiri , Hoeve Quincy and Mika van der Horst.
Substitutions
FC Volendam made 4 changes: Oskar Buur for Brian Plat (63′), Robert Mühren for Lequincio Zeefuik (63′), Damon Mirani for Garang Kuol (80′) and Zach Booth for Luke Le Roux (63′).
Player of the match: Calvin Twigt
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Volendam was Calvin Twigt.
His rating is with 44 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.
Almere City – Formation
Almere City
12'
Almere City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Alex Pastoor played with: Nordin Bakker , Joey Jacobs , Damian van Bruggen , Théo Barbet , S. Floranus , Peer Koopmeiners , Stije Resink , Yoann Cathline , Thomas Robinet , Rajiv van La Parra , Kornelius Hansen .
They had on the bench: Loïc Mbe Soh, Yann Kitala, Manel Royo, Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp, Álvaro Peña, Jason van Duiven , Danny Post, Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Hamdi Akujobi, Milan Corryn, Stijn Keller and Marcelencio Esajas.
Substitutions
Almere City made 2 changes: Kornelius Hansen for Jason van Duiven (72′) and Rajiv van La Parra for Yann Kitala (90′).
Player of the match: Peer Koopmeiners
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Almere City was Peer Koopmeiners even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Vitesse – FC Utrecht – 0-0
- FC Volendam – Almere City – 0-1
- Feyenoord – NEC – 2-2
- Go Ahead Eagles – Ajax – 2-3
