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UTRECHT. FC Utrecht beats Heracles Almelo 1-0 after V. Jensen scored just 1 goal (79′).

The match was played at the Stadion Galgenwaard stadium in Utrecht on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 20,012 spectators.​ The referee was Jochem Kamphuis with the support of Roan van Marrewijk and Thomas Krijt. The 4th official was Robin Hensgens. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.5 degrees Celsius or 41.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. FC Utrecht was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Heracles Almelo that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

FC Utrecht was more pushing with 93 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Utrecht won the match​.

FC Utrecht shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo shot 4 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

FC Utrecht received 3 yellow cards (Souffian El Karouani, Mike van der Hoorn and Jens Toornstra). On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo received 2 yellow cards (Marko Vejinović and Sven Sonnenberg).

Standings

After playing this encounter, FC Utrecht has 32 points to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo will stays with 22 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Utrecht will play away with Ajax on the 3rd of March with a 21-10 head to head stats in favor of Ajax (8 draws).

Heracles Almelo will host Almere City on the 3rd of March with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Heracles Almelo (1 draw).

FC Utrecht – Formation

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

The manager Ron Jans decided to play with the following team: Taylor Booth , Mattijs Branderhorst (7.0), Hidde ter Avest (7.1), Mike van der Hoorn (7.5), Nick Viergever (6.7), Souffian El Karouani (7.9), Ryan Flamingo (7.0), Oscar Fraulo (7.0), Marouan Azarkan (6.7), Jens Toornstra (7.3), Othmane Boussaid (7.9) and Sam Lammers (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mark van der Maarel, Can Bozdogan (7.3), Victor Jensen (7.5), Zidane Iqbal , Adrian Blake, J. Okkels (7.1), Zakaria Labyad, Niklas Vesterlund (6.6), Tim Handwerker, Thijmen Nijhuis, Devin Remie and Joshua Mukeh.

Substitutions

FC Utrecht made 5 changes: Marouan Azarkan for J. Okkels (65′), Jens Toornstra for Victor Jensen (65′), Oscar Fraulo for Can Bozdogan (80′), Othmane Boussaid for Zidane Iqbal  (90′) and Hidde ter Avest for Niklas Vesterlund (80′).

Player of the match: Souffian El Karouani​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Utrecht was Souffian El Karouani even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 66 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.

Heracles Almelo – Formation

Heracles Almelo started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Erwin van de Looi played with: Bryan Limbombe, Emil Hansson, Michael Brouwer (7.1), Jannes Wieckhoff (6.7), Sven Sonnenberg (7.0), Justin Hoogma  (7.0), Jetro Willems (7.0), Fredrik Oppegard  (6.4), Jordy Bruijn (6.7), Brian De Keersmaecker (7.0), Ajdin Hrustić (6.4) and Mario Engels (6.4), Jizz Hornkamp  (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Anas Ouahim, Ruben Roosken, Fabian de Keijzer, Marko Vejinović (6.4), Navajo Bakboord , Kelvin Leerdam (6.3), Sem Scheperman (6.8), Timo Jansink and Mohamed Sankoh (6.4).

Substitutions

Heracles Almelo made 4 changes: Jannes Wieckhoff for Kelvin Leerdam (77′), Jordy Bruijn for Marko Vejinović (56′), Mario Engels for Mohamed Sankoh (82′) and Jetro Willems for Sem Scheperman (82′).

Player of the match: Michael Brouwer​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was the goalkeeper: Michael Brouwer. His rating is 7.14. He performed 2 saves.

Results of the day

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

• FC Utrecht – Heracles Almelo – 1-0