TILBURG. SC Cambuur and Willem II draw 1-1. M. Smit scored the first goal (7′) for SC Cambuur. T. Oosting made it even (22′). Willem II was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%)

Thijs Oosting squandered a decisive penalty (22′). That would have allowed Willem II to win the match.​

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 Erwin Blank who was helped by Joost van Zuilen and Rens Bluemink. The 4th official was Stijn van Zuilichem. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.93 degrees Celsius or 48.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Willem II was in firm control of the ball 58% while SC Cambuur was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Willem II had a more offensive attitude with 91 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Willem II to win the match​.

Willem II shot 18 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, SC Cambuur shot 10 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Willem II received 2 yellow cards (Tommy St. Jago and Erik Schouten). Talking about the opposition, SC Cambuur received 1 yellow card (Remco Balk).

Standings

After playing this match, Willem II has 51 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, SC Cambuur will has 35 points like MVV Maastricht and NAC Breda to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Willem II will play away with De Graafschap on the 9th of February with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Willem II (4 draws).

SC Cambuur will play away against NAC Breda on the 19th of January with a 5-4 head to head in favor of NAC Breda (2 draws).

Willem II – Formation

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 (7.5), Tommy St. Jago (6.3), Raffael Behounek (7.8), Erik Schouten (7.5), Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson (7.0), Jesse Bosch (7.5), Matthias Verreth (7.5), Nick Doodeman (7.5), Thijs Oosting (7.0), Ringo Meerveld (6.6) and Michael de Leeuw (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Freek Heerkens, Jeredy Hilterman (7.0), Max de Waal, Max Svensson (6.4), Patrick Joosten (6.8), Valentino Vermeulen, Rob Nizet, Connor van den Berg, Amine Lachkar, Khaled Razak (6.4), Jayden Houtriet and Maarten Schut.

Substitutions

Willem II made 4 changes: Ringo Meerveld for Max Svensson (74′), Nick Doodeman for Patrick Joosten (74′), Thijs Oosting for Jeredy Hilterman (61′) and Michael de Leeuw for Khaled Razak (82′).

Player of the match: Raffael Behounek​

The most impressive player for Willem II was Raffael Behounek.

His rating is 7.8 with 81 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 11.

SC Cambuur – Formation

Also SC Cambuur adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Henk de Jong played with: Yanick van Osch (7.1), Marco Tol (7.7), Floris Smand (7.1), Leon Bergsma (7.3), Thomas Poll (6.6), Michael Breij (7.3), Jeremy Van Mullem (7.1), Remco Balk (6.7), Fedde De Jong (6.3), Agustin Anello (7.0) and Milan Smit (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Bret Minnema, Thijmen Renkel, Chima Anyasi (6.4), Tom van der Werff, Matthias Nartey, Tyrique Mercera (6.7), Bram Marsman and Myles Veldman.

Substitutions

SC Cambuur decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Player of the match: Marco Tol​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Cambuur was Marco Tol.

His rating is 7.7 with 54 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Willem II – SC Cambuur – 1-1
• VVV-Venlo – Jong PSV – 3-2
• FC Emmen – FC Eindhoven – 1-1
• MVV Maastricht – Telstar – 6-1
• FC Dordrecht – FC Groningen – 1-0
• FC Den Bosch – Helmond Sport – 0-0
• NAC Breda – De Graafschap – 0-0
• TOP Oss – ADO Den Haag – 1-3