LEEUWARDEN. Excelsior conquers SC Cambuur with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Azarkan (10′) and a goal from J. Baas (44′). SC Cambuur was surely better in terms of ball possession (72%).​

The match was played at the Cambuurstadion stadium in Leeuwarden on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. In front of 9,671 spectators.​ The referee was Edwin van de Graaf with the collaboration of Rob van de Ven and Erik Koopman. The 4th official was Michael Eijgelsheim. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18 degrees Celsius or 64.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

SC Cambuur had a superior ball possession 72% while Excelsior was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SC Cambuur was more aggressive with 93 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, Excelsior found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

SC Cambuur shot 29 times, 8 on target, 21 off target. Regarding the opposition, Excelsior shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

SC Cambuur received 1 yellow card (D. Schmidt). Regarding the opposition, Excelsior received 2 yellow cards (C. Driouech and S. Horemans).

Standings

After playing this match, SC Cambuur stays with 0 points to occupy the 17th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Excelsior has 0 points (5th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Cambuur will play away against FC Utrecht on the 13th of August with a 5-4 head to head in favor of FC Utrecht (2 draws).

Excelsior will host Vitesse on the 12th of August with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Vitesse (3 draws).

SC Cambuur – Formation

SC Cambuur started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Henk de Jong decided to play with the following team: João Virgínia (6.3), Doke Schmidt (6.8), Marco Tol (7.4), Floris Smand (6.4), Alex Bangura (6.8), Jamie Jacobs (6.4), Mees Hoedemakers (8.2), Robin Maulun (7.2), Milan Smit (6.4), Roberts Uldriķis (6.3) and Mitchell Paulissen (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Remco Balk (6.4), Sekou Sylla, Robbin Ruiter, Calvin Mac-Intosh, David Sambissa (7.0), Tom Boere (7.1), Jasper ter Heide, Bret Minnema, Jhondly van der Meer, Michael Breij (7.0), Leon Bergsma (6.7) and Sam Hendriks.

Substitutions

SC Cambuur made 5 changes: M. Paulissen for R. Balk (46′), F. Smand for L. Bergsma (58′), M. Smit for D. Sambissa (58′), D. Schmidt for T. Boere (70′) and J. Jacobs for M. Breij (77′).

Best player: Mees Hoedemakers​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Cambuur was Mees Hoedemakers.

His rating is (8.2) with 64 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.

Excelsior – Formation

Excelsior started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Marinus Dijkhuizen played with: Stijn van Gassel (8.8), Siebe Horemans (7.2), Sven Nieuwpoort (6.8), Redouan El Yaakoubi (8.0), Nathan Tjoe-A-On (7.1), Marouan Azarkan (7.6), Joshua Eijgenraam (6.8), Julian Baas (7.2), Couhaib Driouech (6.1), Reda Kharchouch (6.5) and Kenzo Goudmijn (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Serano Seymor (6.8), Pascal Kuiper, Jacky Donkor, Nathan Markelo (7.0), Yassin Ayoub (6.4), Luuk Admiraal and Raphaël Eyongo (6.6).

Substitutions

Excelsior made 5 changes: R. Kharchouch for R. Eyongo (65′), M. Azarkan for S. Seymor (65′), K. Goudmijn for Y. Ayoub (65′), J. Baas for N. Markelo (80′) and C. Driouech for J. Donkor (88′).

Best player: Stijn van Gassel​

The most impressive player for Excelsior was the goalkeeper: Stijn van Gassel. His rating is 8.82. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

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

• PSV – FC Emmen – 4-1
• Fortuna Sittard – Ajax – 2-3
• RKC Waalwijk – FC Utrecht – 2-2
• SC Cambuur – Excelsior – 0-2