ROTTERDAM. Feyenoord was finally too strong for Heracles Almelo with the goal of Yankuba Minteh (28′), Santiago Gimenez (41′) and Igor Paixão (73′). Feyenoord made the most of its better ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadion Feijenoord stadium in Rotterdam on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 47,500 spectators. The referee was Bas Nijhuis who was helped by Dyon Fikkert and Charl Schaap. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.78 degrees Celsius or 51.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 20 Total 3
- 5 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 1
- 6 Shots blocked 0
- 96 Attack 45
- 55 Dangerous attack 14
- 79 Ball safe 93
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 5
Fouls
- 6 Total 5
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Feyenoord had a strong ball possession 58% while Heracles Almelo was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Feyenoord was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Feyenoord won the match.
Feyenoord shot 20 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Feyenoord didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo received 2 yellow cards (Jizz Hornkamp and Thomas Bruns).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Feyenoord has 59 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Heracles Almelo will stays with 23 points to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Feyenoord will play away against SC Heerenveen on the 17th of March with a 22-9 head to head stats in favor of Feyenoord (11 draws).
Heracles Almelo will host Go Ahead Eagles on the 17th of March with a 5-5 head to head record.
Feyenoord – Formation
Feyenoord started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Arne Slot decided to play with the following team: Timon Wellenreuther
, Lutsharel Geertruida , Thomas Beelen , David Hancko , Quilindschy Hartman , Quinten Timber , Ramiz Zerrouki , Mats Wieffer , Yankuba Minteh , Santiago Gimenez and Luka Ivanusec .The home team had on the bench: Igor Paixão
, Marcos López, Bart Nieuwkoop , Ayase Ueda , Leo Sauer, Antoni Milambo , Kostas Lamprou, Ondrej Lingr and Mikki van Sas.Substitutions
Feyenoord made 5 changes: Quinten Timber for Ondrej Lingr (71′), Yankuba Minteh for Bart Nieuwkoop (71′), Luka Ivanusec for Igor Paixão (71′), Santiago Gimenez for Ayase Ueda (79′) and Ramiz Zerrouki for Antoni Milambo (84′).
Player of the match: Quilindschy Hartman
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Feyenoord was Quilindschy Hartman even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 70 passes (87% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 9 crosses.Heracles Almelo – Formation
Heracles Almelo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Erwin van de Looi played with: Emil Hansson, Michael Brouwer
, Jannes Wieckhoff , Kelvin Leerdam , Justin Hoogma , Fredrik Oppegard , Brian De Keersmaecker , Ajdin Hrustić , Bryan Limbombe , Jordy Bruijn and Ruben Roosken , Jizz Hornkamp .These were the players on the bench: Sven Sonnenberg
, Mario Engels , Jetro Willems, Fabian de Keijzer, Thomas Bruns , Marko Vejinović, Navajo Bakboord , Sem Scheperman, Stijn Bultman, Timo Jansink and Mohamed Sankoh .Heracles Almelo could not rely on the presence of Navajo Bakboord (injured).
Substitutions
Heracles Almelo made 5 changes: Jannes Wieckhoff for Navajo Bakboord (51′), Kelvin Leerdam for Sven Sonnenberg (71′), Jordy Bruijn for Thomas Bruns (71′), Ruben Roosken for Mario Engels (83′) and Jizz Hornkamp for Mohamed Sankoh (84′).
Player of the match: Kelvin Leerdam
The most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was Kelvin Leerdam.
His rating is
with 52 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- NEC – SC Heerenveen – 2-0
- PEC Zwolle – FC Volendam – 1-1
- Feyenoord – Heracles Almelo – 3-0
- AZ – Excelsior – 4-0
- Ajax – Fortuna Sittard – 2-2