EMMEN. AZ was ultimately too good for FC Emmen with the goal of J. Odgaard (21′), D. de Wit (27′) and T. Reijnders (34′).
The match was played at the De Oude Meerdijk stadium in Emmen on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. In front of 8,062 spectators. The referee was Martin Perez with the assistance of Rob van de Ven and Thomas Krijt. The 4th official was Martijn Vos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. FC Emmen was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. AZ that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
FC Emmen was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, AZ succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
FC Emmen shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, AZ shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
FC Emmen didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, AZ received 2 yellow cards (H. Evjen and S. Beukema).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, FC Emmen will stay with 4 points like SC Cambuur, Vitesse and FC Volendam to remain in the 15th place. On the other side, AZ will have 13 points like Feyenoord to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, FC Emmen will play away against RKC Waalwijk on the 28th of January with a 9-5 head to head in favor of FC Emmen (4 draws).
AZ will host Ajax on the 18th of September with a 22-12 head to head in favor of Ajax (9 draws).
FC Emmen – Formation
FC Emmen
46'
FC Emmen adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Dick Lukkien decided to play with the following team: Eric Oelschlägel , Keziah Veendorp , Miguel Araujo , Jeroen Veldmate , Lorenzo Burnet , Jari Vlak , Lucas Bernadou , Rui Mendes , Mark Diemers , Ole Romeny and Richairo Živković .
The home team had on the bench: B. Scholte, Jeff Hardeveld , Jasin Assehnoun , J. Dirksen, M. Heylen, Fernando Pacheco , Ahmed El Messaoudi , M. van der Hart, G. Sánchez, M. Wolfs, M. Bouchouari and A. Toufiqui.
Substitutions
FC Emmen made 4 changes: L. Burnet for J. Hardeveld (60′), J. Vlak for A. El Messaoudi (60′), O. ter Haar Romeny for J. Assehnoun (77′) and M. Diemers for F. Pacheco (79′).
Best player: Mark Diemers
The most impressive player for FC Emmen was Mark Diemers.
His rating is with 46 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 7 crosses.
AZ – Formation
AZ
80'
27'
Also AZ adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pascal Jansen played with: Hobie Verhulst , Pantelis Hatzidiakos , Sam Beukema , Maxim Dekker , Miloš Kerkez , Jordy Clasie , Tijjani Reijnders , Myron Van Brederode , Dani De Wit , Håkon Evjen and Jens Odgaard .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Yukinari Sugawara , F. de Jong, P. Vindahl, Mees de Wit , Peer Koopmeiners , Yusuf Barasi , Z. Buurmeester, S. Westerveld and Mayckel Lahdo .
Substitutions
AZ made 5 changes: M. van Brederode for M. Lahdo (63′), P. Chatzidiakos for Y. Sugawara (63′), J. Odgaard for Y. Barasi (71′), J. Clasie for P. Koopmeiners (71′) and D. de Wit for M. De Wit (81′).
Best player: Miloš Kerkez
The player that probably impressed the most for AZ was Miloš Kerkez even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 42 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- FC Groningen – Vitesse – 0-1
- SC Heerenveen – NEC – 0-0
- FC Emmen – AZ – 0-3
- RKC Waalwijk – Excelsior – 5-2
