ALMERE. Telstar snatched a late win Almere City 1-0 after D. Min scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadion stadium in Almere on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Martijn Vos with the assistance of Stefan de Groot and Danny Kempinga. The 4th official was Tim Visser. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.9 degrees Celsius or 60.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Almere City had a strong ball possession 55% while Telstar was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Telstar was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Telstar won the encounter.​

Almere City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Telstar shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Almere City received 1 yellow card (H. Akujobi). Talking about the opposition, Telstar received 1 yellow card (T. Oude Kotte).

Standings

After playing this contest, Almere City will stay with 6 points to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Telstar will have 7 points like TOP Oss and FC Dordrecht to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Almere City will host MVV Maastricht on the 19th of May with a 16-8 head to head record in favor of MVV Maastricht (11 draws).

Telstar will play away agasint MVV Maastricht on the 12th of May with a 21-9 head to head in favor of MVV Maastricht (5 draws).

Almere City – Formation

Almere City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Alex Pastoor decided to play with the following team: Nordin Bakker (7.7), Manel Royo (7.6), Hamdi Akujobi (7.9), Joey Jacobs (7.0), Theo Barbet (7.3), Stije Resink (7.4), Marcelencio Esajas (7.0), Lance Duijvestijn (7.7), Anthony Limbombe (7.1), Jeredy Hilterman (6.6) and Faiz Mattoir (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: N. Grootfaam, T. Receveur, Pascu (6.4), Damian van Bruggen (6.5), T. Wildeboer, Thomas Poll (6.8), Ilias Alhaft (6.7), A. Etemadi, M. Dijkstra and Álvaro Peña.

Almere City could not rely on the presence of T. Poll (injured).

Substitutions

Almere City made 4 changes: A. Limbombe for I. Alhaft (60′), J. Hilterman for Pascu (60′), F. Mattoir for T. Poll (66′) and T. Barbet for D. van Bruggen (85′).

Best player: Hamdi Akujobi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Almere City was Hamdi Akujobi.

His rating is (7.9) with 51 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Telstar – Formation

Telstar started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Mike Snoei played with: Ronald Koeman Jr (7.2), Mitch Apau (6.8), Ozgur Aktas (7.2), Thomas Oude Kotte (6.4), Jay Kruiver (7.1), Anwar Bensabouh (7.1), Anass Najah (7.3), Jonathan Mulder (7.3), Koen Blommestijn (6.2), Glynor Plet (7.0) and Christos Giousis (7.9).

These were the players on the bench: Quinten Van den Heerik (5.8), M. Ainsalu, Delvechio Blackson (6.8), J. Soares, R. Smit, N. van Wetten, J. Houweling, C. Dijkstra, David Min (7.3), T. Overtoom, Y. Boussakou and Yael Liesdek (6.4).

Substitutions

Telstar made 4 changes: J. Mulder for D. Blackson (56′), K. Blommestijn for Q. van den Heerik (76′), G. Plet for D. Min (77′) and J. Kruiver for Y. Liesdek (85′).

Best player: Christos Giousis​

The player that probably impressed the most for Telstar was Christos Giousis even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 33 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Jong Utrecht – Helmond Sport – 2-0
• Heracles Almelo – VVV-Venlo – 5-3
• Roda JC Kerkrade – Jong PSV – 1-1
• PEC Zwolle – Willem II – 2-2
• TOP Oss – Jong Ajax – 1-1
• De Graafschap – NAC Breda – 1-1
• FC Eindhoven – MVV Maastricht – 5-0
• FC Dordrecht – FC Den Bosch – 2-1
• Almere City – Telstar – 0-1
• ADO Den Haag – Jong AZ – 2-2