ALMELO. FC Volendam and Heracles Almelo draw 1-1. L. Zeefuik scored the first goal (8′) for FC Volendam. J. Hornkamp  settled the score (64′). Heracles Almelo was definitely better in terms of ball possession (65%)​

The match was played at the Erve Asito stadium in Almelo on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. In front of 12,080 spectators.​ The referee was Jannick van der Laan with the support of Franca Overtoom and Thomas Krijt. The 4th official was Richard Martens. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 1.05 degrees Celsius or 33.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Heracles Almelo had a strong ball possession 65% while FC Volendam was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Heracles Almelo had a more offensive attitude with 78 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. However, that was not enough Heracles Almelo to win the match​.

Heracles Almelo shot 16 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, FC Volendam shot 10 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card (Jizz Hornkamp ). Regarding the opposition, FC Volendam didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Heracles Almelo has 19 points like Fortuna Sittard and Almere City to hold in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, FC Volendam will has 12 points like Vitesse to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Heracles Almelo will host Ajax on the 27th of January with a 25-3 head to head stats in favor of Ajax (7 draws).

FC Volendam will host Fortuna Sittard on the 28th of January with a 17-9 head to head record in favor of FC Volendam (1 draw).

Heracles Almelo – Formation

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

The manager Erwin van de Looi decided to play with the following team: Michael Brouwer (6.8), Jannes Wieckhoff (7.3), Navajo Bakboord  (7.0), Sven Sonnenberg (7.0), Justin Hoogma  (7.5), Ruben Roosken (8.1), Jordy Bruijn (6.7), Marko Vejinović (8.1), Brian De Keersmaecker (7.9), Emil Hansson (7.1) and Mohamed Sankoh (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Mario Engels (6.6), Jetro Willems, Stijn Bultman, Sava-Arangel Cestic, Bryan Limbombe (6.4), Fabian de Keijzer, Thomas Bruns, Jizz Hornkamp  (7.9), Sem Scheperman (6.6) and Timo Jansink.

Substitutions

Heracles Almelo made 4 changes: Jordy Bruijn for Mario Engels (46′), Mohamed Sankoh for Jizz Hornkamp  (46′), Jannes Wieckhoff for Bryan Limbombe (80′) and Marko Vejinović for Sem Scheperman (80′).

Player of the match: Ruben Roosken​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was Ruben Roosken.

His rating is 8.1 with 53 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 19. He performed 5 crosses.

FC Volendam – Formation

FC Volendam started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Regillio Simons played with: Josh Flint, Xavier Mbuyamba, Mio Backhaus (8.4), Brian Plat (7.0), Damon Mirani (7.5), Benaissa Benamar (7.0), Oskar Buur  (6.7), Milan de Haan (7.3), Luke Le Roux (7.3), Calvin Twigt (6.6) and George Cox (7.0), Bilal Ould-Chikh (6.8), Lequincio Zeefuik (8.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Zach Booth (6.4), Robert Mühren, Robin Maulun, Garang Kuol, Kayne van Oevelen, Barry Lauwers, Achraf Douiri  (6.7), Hoeve Quincy, Luc van Koeverden, Mika van der Horst and Bram van Driel.

FC Volendam could not rely on the presence of Achraf Douiri  (injured) and Zach Booth (injured).

Substitutions

FC Volendam made 2 changes: Oskar Buur  for Achraf Douiri  (84′) and Bilal Ould-Chikh for Zach Booth (66′).

Player of the match: Lequincio Zeefuik​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Volendam was Lequincio Zeefuik.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 15 passes (53% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 19.

Results of the day

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

• Heracles Almelo – FC Volendam – 1-1
• NEC – FC Twente – 1-0
• AZ – PEC Zwolle – 2-2