ALMELO. Heracles Almelo tops FC Utrecht 1-0 after K. Sierhuis scored just 1 goal (82′).

The match was played at the Erve Asito stadium in Almelo. The referee was Rob Dieperink assisted by Martijn Beijer and Kevin Bodde. The 4th official was Luca Evian Cantineau. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 0.5 degrees Celsius or 32.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Heracles Almelo was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. FC Utrecht that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Heracles Almelo was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Heracles Almelo won the match​.

Heracles Almelo shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, FC Utrecht shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Heracles Almelo received 2 yellow cards (G. Quagliata and B. Basacikoglu). Talking about the opposition, FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card (M. Van der Maarel).

Standings

After playing this match, Heracles Almelo will have 23 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, FC Utrecht will stay with 35 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Heracles Almelo will play away against AZ on the 19th of February with a 26-5 head to head in favor of AZ (4 draws).

FC Utrecht will host Vitesse on the 20th of February with a 15-12 head to head record in favor of Vitesse (11 draws).

Heracles Almelo – Formation

Heracles Almelo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Frank Wormuth decided to play with the following team: Janis Blaswich (7.8), Noah Fadiga (7.3), Marco Rente (7.6), Mats Knoester (7.4), Giacomo Quagliata (6.9), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (7.2), Lucas Schoofs (6.8), Nikolai Laursen (7.3), Luca De La Torre (7.0), Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (7.1) and Kaj Sierhuis (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: R. Roosken, Elias Sierra (6.3), A. Szőke, Emil Hansson, R. Jalving, K. Bucker, Justin Hoogma, N. Bakboord, K. Jakobsen, R. Ağca, A. Ouahim and S. Sonnenberg.

Heracles Almelo could not rely on the presence of A. Szoke (injured).

Substitutions

Heracles Almelo made 4 changes: L. Schoofs for E. Sierra (46′), E. Sierra for J. Hoogma (88′), B. Basacikoglu for E. Hansson (88′) and K. Sierhuis for A. Szoke (90′).

Best player: Janis Blaswich​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was the goalkeeper: Janis Blaswich. His rating is 7.82. He performed 4 saves.

FC Utrecht – Formation

FC Utrecht started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

René Hake played with: Fabian De Keijzer (7.3), Mark van der Maarel (7.4), Mike Van der Hoorn (7.0), Willem Janssen (7.2), Djevencio van der Kust (7.0), Quinten Timber (6.8), Adam Maher (7.3), Othman Boussaid (7.1), Mimoun Mahi (6.4), Anastasios Douvikas (6.9) and Henk Veerman (7.0).

They had on the bench: R. Meissen, Sander van de Streek (6.8), K. Gadellaa, Moussa Sylla (6.9), Remco Balk (6.2), T. St. Jago, Bart Ramselaar (6.5), Hidde ter Avest (7.1), Joris van Overeem, Simon Gustafsson, Eric Oelschlägel and Django Warmerdam.

Substitutions

FC Utrecht made 5 changes: M. Mahi for M. Sylla (60′), O. Boussaid for B. Ramselaar (60′), A. Douvikas for S. van de Streek (67′), M. Van der Maarel for H. ter Avest (67′) and M. van der Hoorn for R. Balk (85′).

Best player: Mark van der Maarel​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Utrecht was Mark van der Maarel.

His rating is (7.4) with 21 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Heracles Almelo – FC Utrecht – 1-0