GRONINGEN. Heracles Almelo overcomes FC Groningen 1-0 after N. Laursen scored just 1 goal (22′). FC Groningen was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Euroborg stadium in Groningen on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Edwin van de Graaf assisted by Rens Bluemink and Mark Janssen. The 4th official was Martijn Vos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.8 degrees Celsius or 58.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 7 Total 10
- 2 On Target 6
- 5 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 128 Attack 77
- 43 Dangerous attack 34
- 93 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 11
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
FC Groningen had a superior ball possession 64% while Heracles Almelo was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Groningen was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Heracles Almelo was able to find the solution to win this match.
FC Groningen shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Heracles Almelo shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
FC Groningen didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card (N. Fadiga).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, FC Groningen will stay with 36 points like Go Ahead Eagles to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, Heracles Almelo will have 33 points like SC Cambuur to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Groningen will play away against RKC Waalwijk on the 1st of May with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of FC Groningen (5 draws).
Heracles Almelo will host FC Twente on the 30th of April with a 18-5 head to head stats in favor of FC Twente (7 draws).
FC Groningen – Formation
FC Groningen
45'
FC Groningen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Danny Buijs decided to play with the following team: .
FC Groningen could not rely on the presence of M. Sverko (injured).
Substitutions
FC Groningen made 5 changes: M. te Wierik for M. Sverko (45′), M. El Hankouri for P. Abraham (46′), M. Bogarde for D. van Kaam (46′), M. de Leeuw for R. Postema (74′) and B. van Hintum for C. Ngonge (74′).
Heracles Almelo – Formation
Heracles Almelo
78'
22'
Heracles Almelo started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Frank Wormuth played with: .
Heracles Almelo could not rely on the presence of S. Sonnenberg (injured).
Substitutions
Heracles Almelo made 3 changes: M. Knoester for S. Sonnenberg (71′), A. Ouahim for E. Hansson (88′) and S. Bakis for S. Armenteros (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- FC Groningen – Heracles Almelo – 0-1
- Feyenoord – FC Utrecht – 2-1
- Fortuna Sittard – Go Ahead Eagles – 1-0
- Willem II – Vitesse – 1-0
