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ALMERE. Almere City and Fortuna Sittard didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday..

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadion stadium in Almere on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Jeroen Manschot assisted by Frans Ozinga and Roan van Marrewijk. The 4th official was Martin Perez. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.66 degrees Celsius or 49.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Almere City was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Fortuna Sittard that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Sittard was more pushing with 90 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Fortuna Sittard to win the match​.

Almere City shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard shot 11 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Almere City received 2 yellow cards (Théo Barbet and Rajiv van La Parra). Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard received 1 yellow card (Dimitrios Siovas).

Standings

After playing this match, Almere City has 20 points like Excelsior, PEC Zwolle, SC Heerenveen and Fortuna Sittard to sit in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard will has 20 points like Excelsior, PEC Zwolle, SC Heerenveen and Almere City to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Almere City will play away with PSV on the 27th of January with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of PSV (0 draws).

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

Almere City – Formation

Almere City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Alex Pastoor decided to play with the following team: Nordin Bakker (7.5), Joey Jacobs (6.6), Damian van Bruggen (7.3), Théo Barbet (6.7), S. Floranus (7.0), Peer Koopmeiners (6.7), Stije Resink (7.0), Yoann Cathline (6.8), Thomas Robinet (6.4), Rajiv van La Parra (7.0) and Kornelius Hansen  (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Loïc Mbe Soh, Yann Kitala, Milan Corryn, Manel Royo, Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (6.4), Álvaro Peña, Jason van Duiven (6.6), Danny Post, Lance Duijvestijn, Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Hamdi Akujobi, Stijn Keller and Jeffry Puriel.

Substitutions

Almere City made 2 changes: Kornelius Hansen  for Jason van Duiven (72′) and Joey Jacobs for Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (62′).

Player of the match: Nordin Bakker​

The player that probably impressed the most for Almere City was the goalkeeper: Nordin Bakker. His rating is 7.45. He performed 2 saves.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Danny Buijs played with: Deroy Duarte, Ivor Pandur, Luuk Koopmans (7.3), Ivo Pinto (7.5), Rodrigo Guth (7.0), Dimitrios Siovas (7.8), Mitchell Dijks (6.4), Alen Halilovic (7.5), Loreintz Rosier (7.3), Iñigo Córdoba (7.0) and Tijjani Noslin, Ragnar Oratmangoen (6.4), Arianit Ferati (7.0), Kaj Sierhuis (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sadik Fofana, N. Markelo, Siemen Voet, Kristoffer Peterson, Oguzhan Özyakup, Iman Griffith, Mouhamed Belkheir, Tom Hendriks, Milan Robberechts, Rémy Vita, Michael Verrips and Justin Lonwijk (6.3).

Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of Siemen Voet (injured).

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 4 changes: Ragnar Oratmangoen for Justin Lonwijk (74′), Kaj Sierhuis for Kristoffer Peterson (89′), Mitchell Dijks for Siemen Voet (89′) and Alen Halilovic for Oguzhan Özyakup (90′).

Player of the match: Dimitrios Siovas​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was Dimitrios Siovas.

His rating is 7.8 with 42 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Almere City – Fortuna Sittard – 0-0