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TILBURG. Willem II and Jong Ajax draw 1-1. R. Meerveld scored the first goal (6′) for Willem II. G. Misehouy equalized (14′).
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 Jesse Rozendal who was helped by Yorick Weterings and Mark Janssen. The 4th official was Haico Michielsen. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 2.01 degrees Celsius or 35.62 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. Jong Ajax that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Willem II was putting more pressure with 81 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Willem II to win the match.
Willem II shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Jong Ajax shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Willem II received 2 yellow cards (Michael de Leeuw and Ringo Meerveld). Regarding the opposition, Jong Ajax received 3 yellow cards (Alvaro Henry, Nassef Chourak and Raphaël Sarfo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Willem II has 49 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Jong Ajax will has 23 points to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Willem II will play away against Jong PSV on the 29th of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Willem II (2 draws).
Jong Ajax will host FC Groningen on the 22nd of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of FC Groningen (0 draws).
Willem II – Formation
Willem II
76'
35'
6'
Willem II adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Peter Maes decided to play with the following team: Joshua Smits , Tommy St. Jago , Raffael Behounek , Erik Schouten , Valentino Vermeulen , Jesse Bosch , Matthias Verreth , Nick Doodeman , Michael de Leeuw , Ringo Meerveld and Jeremy Bokila .
The home team had on the bench: Freek Heerkens, Jeredy Hilterman , Max de Waal, Max Svensson, Patrick Joosten , Connor van den Berg, Amine Lachkar, Khaled Razak, Tijn van der Poel, Maarten Schut and Max Christoffel.
Willem II could not rely on the presence of Jeredy Hilterman (injured).
Substitutions
Willem II made 2 changes: Nick Doodeman for Patrick Joosten (76′) and Michael de Leeuw for Jeredy Hilterman (64′).
Player of the match: Ringo Meerveld
The player that probably impressed the most for Willem II was Ringo Meerveld.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 5 crosses.
Jong Ajax – Formation
Jong Ajax
Also Jong Ajax adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Dave Vos played with: Tom de Graaff , Raphaël Sarfo , Olivier Aertssen , Nick Verschuren , Oualid Agougil , Anass Salah-Eddine , Julian Brandes , Jaydon Banel , Gabriel Misehouy , Nassef Chourak and David Kalokoh .
They had on the bench: Sten Kremers, Gerald Alders , Alvaro Henry , Olaf Gorter , Rico Speksnijder and Skye Vink .
Jong Ajax could not rely on the presence of Alvaro Henry (injured).
Substitutions
Jong Ajax made 4 changes: Jaydon Banel for Olaf Gorter (60′), Gabriel Misehouy for Alvaro Henry (60′), Raphaël Sarfo for Gerald Alders (84′) and David Kalokoh for Rico Speksnijder (75′).
Player of the match: Gabriel Misehouy
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Jong Ajax was Gabriel Misehouy.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.
- Willem II – Jong Ajax – 1-1
- MVV Maastricht – Jong Utrecht – 3-0
- Helmond Sport – Jong PSV – 2-2
- FC Eindhoven – De Graafschap – 0-1
- FC Den Bosch – Roda JC Kerkrade – 0-0
- TOP Oss – Telstar – 1-0
