DEVENTER. Go Ahead Eagles defeats Heracles Almelo 4-2. Heracles Almelo lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

Go Ahead Eagles remained in 9 people redcard G. Botos (70′ for a red card) and I. Lidberg (86′ for a red card) were sent off.

The match was played at the De Adelaarshorst stadium in Deventer on Saturday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Richard Martens who was helped by Cristian Dobre and Don Frijn. The 4th official was Clay Ruperti. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Heracles Almelo was in firm control of the ball 58% while Go Ahead Eagles was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Heracles Almelo was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Go Ahead Eagles was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Go Ahead Eagles shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Heracles Almelo shot 23 times, 6 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

Go Ahead Eagles received 1 yellow card (O. Heil). On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo received 3 yellow cards (N. Fadiga, B. Basacikoglu and N. Laursen).

Standings

After this match, Go Ahead Eagles will have 10 points like Heracles Almelo to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo will stay with 10 points like Go Ahead Eagles to stay in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Go Ahead Eagles will play away with Vitesse on the 24th of October with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of Vitesse (3 draws).

Heracles Almelo will play away agasint PEC Zwolle on the 23rd of October with a 9-6 head to head stats in favor of Heracles Almelo (5 draws).

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Go Ahead Eagles started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Kees van Wonderen decided to play with the following team: Warner Hahn (5.3), Boyd Lucassen (7.1), Jay Idzes (6.8), Joris Kramer (7.4), Bas Kuipers (7.0), Iñigo Cordoba (7.1), Philippe Rommens (7.6), Luuk Brouwers (9.0), Ragnar Oratmangoen (5.9), Marc Cardona (6.8) and Ioannis Foivos Botos (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Justin Bakker, Andries Noppert, Job Schuurman, Yacine Bourhane, Ogechika Heil (7.1), Mats Deijl (7.2), Jacob Mulenga, Quiermo Dumay and Isac Lidberg (4.9).

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 3 changes: I. Cordoba for O. Heil (81′), M. Cardona for I. Lidberg (81′) and R. Oratmangoen for M. Deijl (89′).

Best player: Luuk Brouwers​

The most impressive player for Go Ahead Eagles was Luuk Brouwers.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 35 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Heracles Almelo – Formation

Heracles Almelo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Frank Wormuth played with: Janis Blaswich (5.6), Noah Fadiga (5.8), Marco Rente (7.3), Mats Knoester (6.7), Giacomo Quagliata (6.7), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (6.5), Lucas Schoofs (6.7), Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (6.6), Rai Vloet (8.3), Delano Burgzorg (6.4) and Kaj Sierhuis (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Ruben Roosken, Sven Sonnenberg, Nikolai Laursen (6.6), Mohamed Amissi (6.3), Mateo Leš, Elias Sierra, Navajo Bakboord, Alessandro Damen, Koen Bucker, Melih Ibrahimoglu and Sinan Bakış (6.7).

Substitutions

Heracles Almelo made 4 changes: B. Basacikoglu for N. Laursen (79′), L. Schoofs for S. Bakis (80′), M. Knoester for M. Amissi (88′) and D. Burgzorg for S. Sonnenberg (90′).

Best player: Rai Vloet​

The player that probably impressed the most for Heracles Almelo was Rai Vloet.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 54 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Feyenoord – RKC Waalwijk – 2-2
• SC Heerenveen – Ajax – 0-2
• Go Ahead Eagles – Heracles Almelo – 4-2
• Fortuna Sittard – SC Cambuur – 1-0
• PSV – PEC Zwolle – 3-1