ALMERE. Almere City and FC Utrecht draw 1-1. Y. Cathline scored the first goal (3′) for Almere City. S. Lammers made it even (14′).
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 Jannick van der Laan with the help of Cristian Dobre and Nils van Kampen. The 4th official was Boyd van Kommer. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.85 degrees Celsius or 47.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 9 Total 12
- 1 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 109 Attack 108
- 49 Dangerous attack 69
- 83 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Almere City was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. FC Utrecht that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
FC Utrecht was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough FC Utrecht to win the match.
Almere City shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, FC Utrecht shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Almere City received 1 yellow card (Joey Jacobs). Regarding the opposition, FC Utrecht received 2 yellow cards (Hidde ter Avest and Ryan Flamingo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Almere City has 29 points to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, FC Utrecht will has 33 points to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Almere City will play away with Vitesse on the 17th of March with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Almere City (0 draws).
FC Utrecht will host NEC on the 17th of March with a 11-9 head to head stats in favor of FC Utrecht (7 draws).
Almere City – Formation
Almere City
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Almere City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Alex Pastoor decided to play with the following team: Nordin Bakker , Joey Jacobs , Damian van Bruggen , S. Floranus , Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp , Stije Resink , Peer Koopmeiners , Yoann Cathline , Álvaro Peña , Rajiv van La Parra and Kornelius Hansen .
The home team had on the bench: Jason van Duiven , Théo Barbet , Loïc Mbe Soh, Danny Post, Yann Kitala , Adi Nalic , Samuel Sahin-Radlinger , Hamdi Akujobi, Milan Corryn, Faiz Mattoir , Christopher Mamengi and Joël van der Wilt.
Almere City could not rely on the presence of Samuel Sahin-Radlinger (injured).
Substitutions
Almere City made 5 changes: Álvaro Peña for Yann Kitala (62′), Kornelius Hansen for Jason van Duiven (62′), Joey Jacobs for Théo Barbet (46′), Rajiv van La Parra for Adi Nalic (46′) and Nordin Bakker for Samuel Sahin-Radlinger (77′).
Player of the match: Peer Koopmeiners
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Almere City was Peer Koopmeiners.
His rating is with 50 passes (58% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 9 crosses.
FC Utrecht – Formation
FC Utrecht
FC Utrecht started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ron Jans played with: Vasilis Barkas , Hidde ter Avest , Mike van der Hoorn , Nick Viergever , Souffian El Karouani , Ryan Flamingo , Oscar Fraulo , Victor Jensen , Can Bozdogan , Othmane Boussaid and Sam Lammers .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marouan Azarkan , Jens Toornstra , Mattijs Branderhorst, Mark van der Maarel, Zidane Iqbal , Adrian Blake, Niklas Vesterlund, Isac Lidberg, Joshua Mukeh, Jesse van de Haar and Andreas Frederik Dithmer.
Substitutions
FC Utrecht made 4 changes: Victor Jensen for Marouan Azarkan (71′), Oscar Fraulo for Jens Toornstra (71′), Othmane Boussaid for Isac Lidberg (90′) and Hidde ter Avest for Niklas Vesterlund (90′).
Player of the match: Sam Lammers
The most impressive player for FC Utrecht was Sam Lammers.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 17.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- FC Twente – Sparta Rotterdam – 2-1
- Almere City – FC Utrecht – 1-1
- RKC Waalwijk – Vitesse – 3-1
