TILBURG. Willem II prevails over ADO Den Haag 1-0 after T. Asante scored an own goal 53min. Willem II was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Koning Willem II Stadion stadium in Tilburg on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Pol van Boekel with the support of Maarten Ketting and Don Frijn. The 4th official was Thomas Hardeman. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.2 degrees Celsius or 70.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Willem II had a superior ball possession 62% while ADO Den Haag was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Willem II was more aggressive with 82 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Willem II won the match​.

Willem II shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, ADO Den Haag shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Willem II didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, ADO Den Haag received 1 yellow card (S. Esajas).

Standings

After playing this contest, Willem II will have 8 points to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, ADO Den Haag will stay with 3 points like Helmond Sport, TOP Oss and FC Den Bosch to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Willem II will play away against Roda JC Kerkrade on the 19th of May with a 9-8 head to head statistic in favor of Willem II (5 draws).

ADO Den Haag will play away agasint Jong AZ on the 19th of May with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of ADO Den Haag (0 draws).

Willem II – Formation

Willem II adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Kevin Hofland decided to play with the following team: Kostas Lamprou (6.8), Leeroy Owusu (7.1), Erik Schouten (7.4), Wessel Dammers (7.1), Lucas Woudenberg (7.1), Jesse Bosch (7.4), Pol Llonch (6.3), Nick Doodeman (7.6), Daniel Crowley (7.0), Max Svensson (6.6) and Michael de Leeuw (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Matthias Verreth, Wesley Spieringhs, Dani Mathieu (6.9), Connor van den Berg, Elton Kabangu, Joeri Schroyen, Jeremy Bokila (6.3), Freek Heerkens (6.6), Joshua Smits and Thibaut Lesquoy (7.0).

Substitutions

Willem II made 5 changes: M. Svensson for D. Mathieu (73′), L. Woudenberg for T. Lesquoy (74′), M. de Leeuw for J. Bokila (85′), J. Bosch for F. Heerkens (85′) and N. Doodeman for E. Kabangu (90′).

Best player: Nick Doodeman​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Willem II was Nick Doodeman even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 29 passes (72% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 12 crosses.

ADO Den Haag – Formation

Also ADO Den Haag adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Dirk Kuijt played with: Hugo Wentges (6.9), Denzel Hall (6.9), Tyrese Asante (7.0), Daryl Werker (7.6), Boy Kemper (6.8), Dhoraso Moreo Klas (6.8), Gregor Breinburg (6.5), Xander Severina (6.8), Max de Waal (7.1), Joel Zwarts (6.6) and Thomas Verheydt (7.3).

They had on the bench: Titouan Thomas, Gylermo Siereveld, Mario Bilate (6.8), Kilian Nikiema, Rafael Struick, Amar Ćatić (6.5), Jordy Wehrmann, Guillem Rodríguez, Sacha Komljenovic (6.8), Nigel Owusu, Silvinho Esajas (6.8) and Luuk Koopmans.

Substitutions

ADO Den Haag made 4 changes: M. De Waal for S. Komljenovic (72′), D. Moreo Klas for S. Esajas (73′), X. Severina for A. Catic (73′) and G. Breinburg for M. Bilate (84′).

Best player: Daryl Werker​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for ADO Den Haag was Daryl Werker.

His rating is (7.6) with 45 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.​

• VVV-Venlo – Jong Utrecht – 2-1
• Willem II – ADO Den Haag – 1-0
• NAC Breda – FC Eindhoven – 1-1
• Helmond Sport – Almere City – 3-0
• FC Den Bosch – PEC Zwolle – 1-2