ALMERE. FC Volendam was able to clinch a draw against Almere City with a late goal from R. Mühren scored in the (90′) after Almere City got a lead with a goal from A. Nalic (71′).

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadion stadium in Almere on Sunday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. In front of 4,222 spectators.​ The referee was Joey Kooij with the support of Cristian Dobre and Kevin Weever. The 4th official was Boyd van Kommer. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.52 degrees Celsius or 54.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Almere City was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. FC Volendam that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Almere City was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Almere City to win the match​.

Almere City shot 14 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, FC Volendam shot 18 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Almere City received 2 yellow cards (Joey Jacobs and J. Ritmeester van de Kamp). On the other side, FC Volendam received 3 yellow cards (Oskar Buur, D. Johnson and Damon Mirani).

Standings

After this match, Almere City has 31 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, FC Volendam will has 15 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Almere City will play away with RKC Waalwijk on the 3rd of April with a 9-6 head to head stats in favor of Almere City (4 draws).

FC Volendam will host Feyenoord on the 3rd of April with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Feyenoord (0 draws).

Almere City – Formation

Almere City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Alex Pastoor decided to play with the following team: Samuel Sahin-Radlinger (7.7), Joey Jacobs (7.1), Théo Barbet (6.7), S. Floranus (7.1), J. Ritmeester van de Kamp (6.4), S. Resink (7.8), Peer Koopmeiners (8.5), Yoann Cathline (6.7), Álvaro Peña (7.7), Thomas Robinet (6.8) and Kornelius Hansen (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: C. Mamengi, Andreas Hagen, Loïc Mbe Soh (6.7), J. van Duiven (6.6), Pascu, Adi Nalic (7.3), Hamdi Akujobi (7.1), Milan Corryn, Faiz Mattoir, Agil Etemadi and J. van der Wilt.

Substitutions

Almere City made 4 changes: J. Ritmeester van de Kamp for Hamdi Akujobi (46′), Joey Jacobs for Loïc Mbe Soh (46′), Kornelius Hansen for Adi Nalic (60′) and Álvaro Peña for J. van Duiven (81′).

Player of the match: Peer Koopmeiners​

The player that probably impressed the most for Almere City was Peer Koopmeiners.

His rating is 8.5 with 50 passes (70% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.

FC Volendam – Formation

FC Volendam started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Regillio Simons played with: Bilal Ould-Chikh, M. de Haan, Mio Backhaus (8.1), Oskar Buur (7.7), Benaissa Benamar (7.5), J. Flint (7.0), George Cox (7.1), Damon Mirani (7.0), Zach Booth (6.4), Luke Le Roux  (6.7) and Robin Maulun (7.0), D. Johnson (6.7), Vivaldo Semedo (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Brian Plat (6.8), D. Payne (6.7), K. van Oevelen, Robert Mühren (7.7), B. Lauwers, Achraf Douiri, Q. Hoeve (7.7), Safouane Karim (6.4), Ibrahim El Kadiri and Axel Guessand.

FC Volendam could not rely on the presence of Q. Hoeve (injured).

Substitutions

FC Volendam made 5 changes: Vivaldo Semedo for Q. Hoeve (46′), Luke Le Roux  for D. Payne (72′), Benaissa Benamar for Brian Plat (72′), D. Johnson for Safouane Karim (78′) and Robin Maulun for Robert Mühren (78′).

Player of the match: Mio Backhaus​

The most impressive player for FC Volendam was the goalkeeper: Mio Backhaus. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• FC Twente – Heracles Almelo – 1-0
• Almere City – FC Volendam – 1-1
• Feyenoord – FC Utrecht – 4-2
• PEC Zwolle – Ajax – 1-3