DEVENTER. Go Ahead Eagles prevails over RKC Waalwijk 1-0 after J. Breum scored just 1 goal (61′).

The match was played at the De Adelaarshorst stadium in Deventer on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Pol van Boekel with the assistance of Stefan de Groot and Michael Osseweijer. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 11.23 degrees Celsius or 52.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Go Ahead Eagles was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. RKC Waalwijk that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Go Ahead Eagles had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Go Ahead Eagles won the match​.

Go Ahead Eagles shot 22 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, RKC Waalwijk shot 19 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Go Ahead Eagles didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, RKC Waalwijk received 1 yellow card (Julian Lelieveld).

Standings

After this encounter, Go Ahead Eagles has 37 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, RKC Waalwijk will stays with 18 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Go Ahead Eagles will host PSV on the 10th of March with a 13-0 head to head record in favor of PSV (0 draws).

RKC Waalwijk will host Vitesse on the 10th of March with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of Vitesse (3 draws).

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Go Ahead Eagles started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager René Hake decided to play with the following team: Mats Deijl, Bobby Adekanye, Victor Edvardsen, Jeffrey de Lange (8.5), Luca Everink (7.0), Gerrit Nauber (7.5), Joris Kramer (7.3), Bas Kuipers (8.5), Enric Llansana (8.5), Willum Thór Willumsson (7.0), Evert Linthorst (7.3), Søren Tengstedt (7.7), Finn Stokkers  (7.1) and J. Breum (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Dean James (6.8), Xander Blomme, Erwin Mulder, Oliver Valaker Edvardsen (6.6), Pim Saathof (7.1), Sven Jansen and Thibo Baeten (7.0).

Go Ahead Eagles could not rely on the presence of Pim Saathof (injured) and Dean James (injured).

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 4 changes: Luca Everink for Pim Saathof (73′), Finn Stokkers  for Dean James (83′), Søren Tengstedt for Thibo Baeten (67′) and J. Breum for Oliver Valaker Edvardsen (67′).

Player of the match: Jeffrey de Lange​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Go Ahead Eagles was the goalkeeper: Jeffrey de Lange. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.

RKC Waalwijk – Formation

RKC Waalwijk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Henk Fraser played with: Etienne Vaessen (8.4), Julian Lelieveld (7.3), Shawn Adewoye (7.1), Dario Van den Buijs (7.5), Aaron Meijers (6.7), G. Roemeratoe (7.0), Yassin Oukili (7.9), Denilho Cleonise (7.3), Reuven Niemeijer (7.0), Chris Lokesa (7.1), David Min (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: K. Felida, Thierry Lutonda, Patrick Vroegh, Filip Stevanovic (6.4), Zakaria Bakkali (6.7), Mark Spenkelink, Richonell Margaret, Jeroen Houwen, Ilias Takidine (6.4), J. Gaari (7.3), Jeffrey Bruma and Michiel Kramer (6.8).

Substitutions

RKC Waalwijk made 5 changes: Reuven Niemeijer for Michiel Kramer (74′), Chris Lokesa for Zakaria Bakkali (75′), Denilho Cleonise for Filip Stevanovic (75′), Julian Lelieveld for J. Gaari (46′) and Aaron Meijers for Ilias Takidine (86′).

Player of the match: Etienne Vaessen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for RKC Waalwijk was the goalkeeper: Etienne Vaessen. His rating is 8.36. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Vitesse – FC Twente – 1-2
• Sparta Rotterdam – AZ – 1-1
• Go Ahead Eagles – RKC Waalwijk – 1-0