ALMERE. Almere City and AZ didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. AZ was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Yanmar Stadion stadium in Almere on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Alex Bos with the help of Stefan de Groot and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Robin Vereijken. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.52 degrees Celsius or 49.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
- 11 Total 10
- 1 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 7
- 7 Shots blocked 0
- 94 Attack 112
- 43 Dangerous attack 46
- 70 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 6
Fouls
- 15 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
AZ had a strong ball possession 65% while Almere City was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AZ was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough AZ to win the match.
Almere City shot 11 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, AZ shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Almere City received 2 yellow cards (Joey Jacobs and Thomas Robinet). On the other side, AZ received 1 yellow card (Jayden Addai).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Almere City has 24 points like Fortuna Sittard to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, AZ will has 36 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Almere City will play away against PEC Zwolle on the 18th of February with a 13-2 head to head stats in favor of PEC Zwolle (4 draws).
AZ will play away against Fortuna Sittard on the 18th of February with a 10-0 head to head stats in favor of AZ (1 draw).
Almere City – Formation
Almere City
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Almere City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Alex Pastoor decided to play with the following team: Nordin Bakker , Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp , Joey Jacobs , Damian van Bruggen , Théo Barbet , S. Floranus , Stije Resink , Peer Koopmeiners , Yoann Cathline , Thomas Robinet and Álvaro Peña .
The home team had on the bench: Rajiv van La Parra , Loïc Mbe Soh , Jason van Duiven, Yann Kitala, Pascu, Kornelius Hansen , Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Hamdi Akujobi, Milan Corryn, Faiz Mattoir and Stijn Keller.
Substitutions
Almere City made 3 changes: Álvaro Peña for Rajiv van La Parra (63′), Joey Jacobs for Hamdi Akujobi (89′) and Théo Barbet for Loïc Mbe Soh (84′).
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 3 saves.
AZ – Formation
AZ
AZ started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Maarten Martens played with: Dani de Wit, Mathew Ryan , Yukinari Sugawara , Wouter Goes , Riechedly Bazoer , David Møller Wolfe , Jordy Clasie , Kristijan Belić , Jayden Addai , Sven Mijnans and Ruben van Bommel , Vangelis Pavlidis .
These were the players on the bench: Alexandre Penetra, Ernest Poku , Bruno Martins Indi , Tiago Dantas , Myron van Brederode , Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro, Maxim Dekker, Lequincio Zeefuik , Denso Kasius, Mees de Wit and Tristan Kuijsten.
Substitutions
AZ made 3 changes: Kristijan Belić for Lequincio Zeefuik (74′), Jayden Addai for Ernest Poku (66′) and Ruben van Bommel for Myron van Brederode (66′).
Player of the match: Wouter Goes
The player that probably impressed the most for AZ was Wouter Goes .
His rating is with 70 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Excelsior – FC Twente – 0-3
- Heracles Almelo – Vitesse – 3-2
- Almere City – AZ – 0-0
