ALMERE. FC Emmen didn’t concede much to Almere City to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Friday..

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadion stadium in Almere on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Robin Gansner assisted by Joris Westhof and Franca Overtoom. The 4th official was Tim Visser. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 0.8 degrees Celsius or 33.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

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. FC Emmen that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

FC Emmen had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough FC Emmen to win the match​.

Almere City shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, FC Emmen shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Almere City received 3 yellow cards (T. van Leeuwen, M. Esajas and R. Leeuwin). Talking about the opposition, FC Emmen received 2 yellow cards (R. Mendes and M. Araujo).

Standings

After playing this match, Almere City will have 20 points to sit in the 20th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Emmen will have 52 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Almere City will host Jong AZ on the 6th of May with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Almere City (0 draws).

FC Emmen will host ADO Den Haag on the 6th of May with a 4-1 head to head in favor of FC Emmen (3 draws).

Almere City – Formation

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

The manager Alex Pastoor decided to play with the following team: Nordin Bakker (7.4), Bram Van Vlerken (7.1), Ramon Leeuwin (7.4), Joey Jacobs (6.8), Thomas Poll (7.6), Jorrit Smeets (6.9), Marcelencio Esajas (6.8), Tim Receveur (7.6), Jeffry Puriel (6.2), Tijmen Wildeboer (7.0) and Bradly Van Hoeven (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Danny Post (7.5), Maarten Pouwels, Oussama Bouyaghlafen, Jonas Arweiler (6.7), Stijn Keller, Ezra Hoogenboom, Guillermo Gauna, Jordy Rullens, Frederik Helstrup, Joshua Zimmerman (6.1) and Thijs van Leeuwen (6.8).

Almere City could not rely on the presence of D. Post (injured).

Substitutions

Almere City made 4 changes: B. Van Hoeven for T. van Leeuwen (46′), J. Smeets for D. Post (53′), T. Wildeboer for J. Arweiler (69′) and J. Puriel for J. Zimmerman (83′).

Best player: Tim Receveur​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Almere City was Tim Receveur.

His rating is (7.6) with 34 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 8. He performed 8 crosses.

FC Emmen – Formation

FC Emmen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Dick Lukkien played with: Michael Brouwer (7.0), Keziah Veendorp (7.0), Miguel Araujo (7.3), Jeroen Veldmate (7.2), Jeff Hardeveld (6.9), Oussama El Azzouzi (6.8), Jari Vlak (6.2), Ole Romeny (6.5), Peter van Ooijen (6.5), Jasin Assehnoun (6.8) and Mart Lieder (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kyan van Dorp, Ben Scholte, Indy Groothuizen, Metehan Güçlü (6.7), Azzeddine Toufiqui (6.8), Lucas Bernadou, Leonel Miguel, Joël van Kaam, Kian Slor, Mitch Apau (6.7), Rui Mendes (6.1) and Arnaud Luzayadio (6.4).

Substitutions

FC Emmen made 5 changes: J. Assehnoun for R. Mendes (61′), P. van Ooijen for A. Toufiqui (61′), M. Lieder for M. Guclu (72′), K. Veendorp for A. Luzayadio (72′) and J. Hardeveld for M. Apau (84′).

Best player: Miguel Araujo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Emmen was Miguel Araujo.

His rating is (7.3) with 67 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.​

• ADO Den Haag – MVV Maastricht – 2-3
• Almere City – FC Emmen – 0-0
• Excelsior – Jong Ajax – 6-2
• De Graafschap – FC Dordrecht – 2-2
• Helmond Sport – Telstar – 2-2
• TOP Oss – FC Eindhoven – 1-2
• FC Volendam – Jong AZ – 2-1