TILBURG. Willem II defeated ADO Den Haag to win 2-1. A goal from T. Derijck was decisive in the 86min. It was Willem II to strike first with a goal of Ringo Meerveld at the 11′. Then Jesse Bosch scored again for Willem II in the 16′ minute. Eventually, Timothy Derijck reduced the distance for ADO Den Haag (86′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. ADO Den Haag was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (66%).
The match was played at the Koning Willem II Stadion stadium in Tilburg on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 13,888 spectators. The referee was Alex Bos who had the assistance of Stefan de Groot and Cihad Kucuksen. The 4th official was Rick Sturm. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.17 degrees Celsius or 53.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
- 8 Total 17
- 3 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 8
- 2 Shots blocked 6
- 81 Attack 113
- 25 Dangerous attack 61
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 7
Fouls
- 9 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
ADO Den Haag was in firm control of the ball 66% while Willem II was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
ADO Den Haag was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Willem II managed to find the solution to win this match.
Willem II shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, ADO Den Haag shot 17 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Willem II received 1 yellow card (Raffael Behounek). Regarding the opposition, ADO Den Haag received 3 yellow cards (Silvinho Esajas, Tyrese Asante and J. van der Sande).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Willem II has 57 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, ADO Den Haag will stays with 49 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Willem II will host Roda JC Kerkrade on the 23rd of February with a 10-8 head to head record in favor of Willem II (5 draws).
ADO Den Haag will host MVV Maastricht on the 23rd of February with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of MVV Maastricht (1 draw).
Willem II – Formation
Willem II
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Willem II started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Peter Maes decided to play with the following team: Joshua Smits , Tommy St. Jago , Raffael Behounek , Erik Schouten , Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson , Nick Doodeman , Jesse Bosch , Matthias Verreth , Ringo Meerveld , Thijs Oosting and Jeredy Hilterman .
The home team had on the bench: Freek Heerkens, Max de Waal, Max Svensson, Patrick Joosten, Jeremy Bokila , Valentino Vermeulen, Rob Nizet, Connor van den Berg, Amine Lachkar, Khaled Razak , Jayden Houtriet and Maarten Schut.
Substitutions
Willem II made 4 changes: Thijs Oosting for Jeremy Bokila (62′), Nick Doodeman for Rob Nizet (89′), Jeredy Hilterman for Khaled Razak (76′) and Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson for Valentino Vermeulen (89′).
Player of the match: Ringo Meerveld
The most impressive player for Willem II was Ringo Meerveld.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10.
ADO Den Haag – Formation
ADO Den Haag
ADO Den Haag started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Darije Kalezić played with: N. Marsman , Justin Che , Tyrese Asante , Matteo Waem , Bart van Hintum , Kürşad Sürmeli , Jari Vlak , Daryl van Mieghem , J. van der Sande , Alex Schalk and Henk Veerman .
They had on the bench: Dhoraso Moreo Klas, Malik Sellouki , Lasse Vigen Christensen , Henri Koudossou, Amir Absalem, Timothy Derijck , Silvinho Esajas , Jerry van Ewijk , Kilian Nikiema, Gylermo Siereveld, Rafael Struick and Tim Coremans.
Substitutions
ADO Den Haag made 5 changes: Alex Schalk for Jerry van Ewijk (46′), Justin Che for Timothy Derijck (46′), Tyrese Asante for Silvinho Esajas (75′), Jari Vlak for Lasse Vigen Christensen (74′) and Bart van Hintum for Malik Sellouki (75′).
Player of the match: Timothy Derijck
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for ADO Den Haag was Timothy Derijck.
His rating is with 1 goal, 52 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3.
His performance was amazing also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.
- FC Den Bosch – Jong AZ – 0-0
- Roda JC Kerkrade – FC Emmen – 3-2
- TOP Oss – Jong Ajax – 2-1
- SC Cambuur – Jong Utrecht – 2-4
- FC Dordrecht – VVV-Venlo – 1-0
- Telstar – NAC Breda – 1-1
- Helmond Sport – De Graafschap – 3-1
- Willem II – ADO Den Haag – 2-1
