Dutch Eredivisie

FC Groningen vs Heracles Almelo, 2020-21 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
FC Groningen
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    Heracles Almelo
    • 78': Adrian Szöke

    About

    FC Groningen are hosting Heracles Almelo at Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Ramon Pascal Lundqvist (FC Groningen).
    • 1': Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Rai Vloet (Heracles Almelo).
    • 1': Ramon Pascal Lundqvist (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Ahmed El Messaoudi (FC Groningen).
    • 3': Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Silvester van der Water (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Schoofs.
    • 8': Foul by Jørgen Strand Larsen (FC Groningen).
    • 8': Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Offside, Heracles Almelo. Janis Blaswich tries a through ball, but Sinan Bakis is caught offside.
    • 13': Foul by Silvester van der Water (Heracles Almelo).
    • 13': Wessel Dammers (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Ahmed El Messaoudi (FC Groningen).
    • 14': Marco Rente (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Marco Rente.
    • 16': Attempt saved. Ahmed El Messaoudi (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mo El Hankouri.
    • 18': Attempt saved. Ahmed El Messaoudi (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jørgen Strand Larsen.
    • 18': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Janis Blaswich.
    • 19': Attempt saved. Mo El Hankouri (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Jørgen Strand Larsen (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ahmed El Messaoudi.
    • 24': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Robin Pröpper.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Ahmed El Messaoudi (FC Groningen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bart van Hintum with a cross following a corner.
    • 26': Foul by Ahmed El Messaoudi (FC Groningen).
    • 26': Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Rai Vloet (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Silvester van der Water with a cross.
    • 31': Damil Dankerlui (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 31': Foul by Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo).
    • 34': Attempt saved. Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Silvester van der Water.
    • 34': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Wessel Dammers.
    • 35': Attempt missed. Silvester van der Water (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Delano Burgzorg.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sinan Bakis.
    • 37': Foul by Robin Pröpper (Heracles Almelo).
    • 37': Jørgen Strand Larsen (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Ahmed El Messaoudi (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo).
    • 45': First Half ends, FC Groningen 0, Heracles Almelo 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins FC Groningen 0, Heracles Almelo 0.
    • 46': Offside, FC Groningen. Ramon Pascal Lundqvist tries a through ball, but Gabriel Gudmundsson is caught offside.
    • 49': Foul by Gabriel Gudmundsson (FC Groningen).
    • 49': Silvester van der Water (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Foul by Wessel Dammers (FC Groningen).
    • 51': Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Wessel Dammers (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Rai Vloet (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 55': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Marco Rente.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Damil Dankerlui (FC Groningen) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daniël van Kaam following a corner.
    • 56': Substitution, FC Groningen. Sam Schreck replaces Ramon Pascal Lundqvist.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Jørgen Strand Larsen (FC Groningen) header from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bart van Hintum.
    • 58': Foul by Robin Pröpper (Heracles Almelo).
    • 58': Jørgen Strand Larsen (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 59': Hand ball by Gabriel Gudmundsson (FC Groningen).
    • 59': Foul by Mo El Hankouri (FC Groningen).
    • 59': Silvester van der Water (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 61': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Robin Pröpper.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Ko Itakura (FC Groningen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bart van Hintum with a cross.
    • 62': Foul by Silvester van der Water (Heracles Almelo).
    • 62': Sam Schreck (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 63': Foul by Rai Vloet (Heracles Almelo).
    • 63': Ko Itakura (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Gabriel Gudmundsson (FC Groningen).
    • 67': Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Gabriel Gudmundsson (FC Groningen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Damil Dankerlui.
    • 72': Foul by Sam Schreck (FC Groningen).
    • 72': Rai Vloet (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Bart van Hintum (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo).
    • 74': Attempt missed. Gabriel Gudmundsson (FC Groningen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bart van Hintum.
    • 74': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Adrian Szöke replaces Sinan Bakis.
    • 74': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Ismail Azzaoui replaces Silvester van der Water.
    • 75': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Kasper Lunding Jakobsen replaces Delano Burgzorg.
    • 78': Substitution, FC Groningen. Kian Slor replaces Mo El Hankouri.
    • 78': Substitution, FC Groningen. Tomas Suslov replaces Gabriel Gudmundsson.
    • 78': Substitution, FC Groningen. Remco Balk replaces Jørgen Strand Larsen.
    • 78': Goal! FC Groningen 0, Heracles Almelo 1. Adrian Szöke (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ismail Azzaoui with a through ball.
    • 83': Substitution, FC Groningen. Thijs Dallinga replaces Wessel Dammers.
    • 83': Foul by Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo).
    • 83': Sam Schreck (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Damil Dankerlui (FC Groningen).
    • 84': Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 87': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Luca de la Torre replaces Rai Vloet.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Thijs Dallinga (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomas Suslov.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Tomas Suslov (FC Groningen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 88': Hand ball by Tomas Suslov (FC Groningen).
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Sam Schreck (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Remco Balk (FC Groningen).
    • 90'+2': Tim Breukers (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Ko Itakura (FC Groningen).
    • 90'+4': Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, FC Groningen 0, Heracles Almelo 1.
    • 0': Match ends, FC Groningen 0, Heracles Almelo 1.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 15
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    1 Corner Kicks 5
    5 Saves 1
    42 Possession 58
    8 SHOTS 13
    2 ON GOAL 5
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    249 Accurate Passes 386
    360 Passes 487
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    1 Accurate Crosses 6
    7 Crosses 20
    0.1 Cross % 0.3
    96 Long Balls 74
    39 Accurate Long Balls 39
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 2
    14 Effective Tackles 9
    15 Tackles 11
    0.9 Tackle % 0.8
    13 Interceptions 12
    24 Effective Clearances 12
    24 Clearances 12

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: Euroborg
    Location: Groningen, Netherlands

    Eredivisie Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 4 +8 12
    2 PSV Eindhoven 5 +9 12
    3 Ajax Amsterdam 5 +6 11
    4 AZ Alkmaar 4 +5 10
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    GRO FC Groningen (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Sergio Padt (GK)
    5 Kou Itakura
    3 Bart Van Hintum
    4 Wessel Dammers Yellow Card
    15 Gabriel Gudmundsson
    2 Damil Dankerlui
    18 Ahmed El Messaoudi
    26 Daniel Van Kaam
    11 Mohamed El Hankouri
    7 Ramon Pascal Lundqvist
    9 Jørgen Strand Larsen
    FC Groningen Substitutes:
    Thomas Poll, Jan de Boer, Sam Schreck, Joël van Kaam, Patrick Joosten, Nigel Bertrams, Remco Balk, Tomás Suslov, Miguel Angel Leal, Leonel Miguel, Kian Slor, Thijs Dallinga.

    HER Heracles Almelo (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Janis Blaswich (GK)
    5 Marco Rente
    4 Robin Pröpper
    3 Giacomo Quagliata
    2 Tim Breukers
    10 Rai Vloet
    6 Orestis Kiomourtzoglou
    15 Lucas Schoofs
    9 Sinan Bakıs
    37 Delano Burgzorg
    11 Silvester van der Water
    Heracles Almelo Substitutes:
    Jeff Hardeveld, Michael Brouwer, Mateo Les, Kasper Lunding Jakobsen, Koen Bucker, Ismail Azzaoui, Elias Oubella, Adrian Szöke, Teun Bijleveld, Luca de la Torre.

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