ZWOLLE. Almere City conquers PEC Zwolle 1-0 after T. Robinet scored just 1 goal (69′). PEC Zwolle was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the MAC³PARK Stadion stadium in Zwolle on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 13,714 spectators.​ The referee was Martijn Vos with the support of Rob van de Ven and Dyon Fikkert. The 4th official was Kevin Puts. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.93 degrees Celsius or 49.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

PEC Zwolle had a superior ball possession 62% while Almere City was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PEC Zwolle was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Almere City found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

PEC Zwolle shot 17 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Almere City shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

PEC Zwolle didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Almere City received 4 yellow cards (Stije Resink, Peer Koopmeiners, Hamdi Akujobi and Joey Jacobs).

Standings

After this match, PEC Zwolle stays with 27 points like Almere City to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Almere City will has 27 points like PEC Zwolle to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, PEC Zwolle will host PSV on the 25th of February with a 19-2 head to head in favor of PSV (1 draw).

Almere City will host Feyenoord on the 25th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Feyenoord (0 draws).

PEC Zwolle – Formation

PEC Zwolle started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Johnny Jansen decided to play with the following team: Nick Fichtinger, Jasper Schendelaar (6.3), Eliano Reijnders (6.4), Sam Kersten (7.1), Thomas Lam (7.7), Anselmo García MacNulty (7.0), Anouar El Azzouzi  (7.7), Davy van den Berg (7.0), Younes Namli (7.7), Odysseus Velanas (6.3), Kaj de Rooij (6.8) and Lennart Thy (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Luis Görlich, Silvester van der Water (7.0), Tolis Vellios (7.0), Divaio Bobson, Anthony Fontana, Lennart Czyborra, Kenneth Vermeer , Damian van der Haar, Teun Gijselhart, Mike Hauptmeijer and Filip Krastev (7.1).

PEC Zwolle could not rely on the presence of Silvester van der Water (injured).

Substitutions

PEC Zwolle made 3 changes: Kaj de Rooij for Silvester van der Water (20′), Eliano Reijnders for Filip Krastev (73′) and Silvester van der Water for Tolis Vellios (73′).

Player of the match: Anouar El Azzouzi ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for PEC Zwolle was Anouar El Azzouzi .

His rating is 7.7 with 62 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 18 duels out of 24.

Almere City – Formation

Almere City started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Alex Pastoor played with: Nordin Bakker (7.5), Joey Jacobs (7.0), Loïc Mbe Soh (7.1), S. Floranus (7.1), Peer Koopmeiners (7.3), Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (7.5), Stije Resink (6.7), Álvaro Peña (6.7), Yoann Cathline (6.6), Jason van Duiven (6.4), Thomas Robinet (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Damian van Bruggen, Théo Barbet (6.8), Rajiv van La Parra (6.6), Danny Post, Yann Kitala, Adi Nalic, Kornelius Hansen , Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Hamdi Akujobi (6.8), Milan Corryn, Faiz Mattoir  and Stijn Keller.

Substitutions

Almere City made 5 changes: Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp for Damian van Bruggen (90′), Yoann Cathline for Kornelius Hansen  (90′), Joey Jacobs for Théo Barbet (61′), Jason van Duiven for Rajiv van La Parra (61′) and Álvaro Peña for Hamdi Akujobi (61′).

Player of the match: Nordin Bakker​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Almere City was the goalkeeper: Nordin Bakker. His rating is 7.45. He performed 2 saves.

Results of the day

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

• SC Heerenveen – Go Ahead Eagles – 0-2
• Fortuna Sittard – AZ – 1-2
• PEC Zwolle – Almere City – 0-1
• Sparta Rotterdam – Excelsior – 4-2