Dutch Eredivisie

Heracles Almelo vs FC Groningen, 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Heracles Almelo
  • 20': Luka Kulenovic
Abandoned
1 - 1
FC Groningen
  • 50': Romano Postema (P)
  • Red Card 62': Marco Rente

About

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

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Luciano Valente (FC Groningen).
  • 2': Lorenzo Milani (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Joey Pelupessy (FC Groningen).
  • 4': Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 4': Delay in match because of an injury Johan Hove (FC Groningen).
  • 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 5': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Finn Stam.
  • 5': Etienne Vaessen (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brian De Keersmaecker.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 9': Foul by Suf Podgoreanu (Heracles Almelo).
  • 9': Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Offside, FC Groningen. Brynjólfur Willumsson is caught offside.
  • 10': Offside, Heracles Almelo. Suf Podgoreanu is caught offside.
  • 12': Foul by Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo).
  • 12': Thijmen Blokzijl (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Damon Mirani (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 15': Offside, Heracles Almelo. Suf Podgoreanu is caught offside.
  • 17': Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Foul by Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo).
  • 18': Foul by Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen).
  • 18': Mimeirhel Benita (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Offside, Heracles Almelo. Suf Podgoreanu is caught offside.
  • 20': Goal! Heracles Almelo 1, FC Groningen 0. Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Engels.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Suf Podgoreanu (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Kulenovic.
  • 21': Foul by Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo).
  • 21': Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Finn Stam.
  • 24': Foul by Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen).
  • 24': Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo).
  • 24': Thijmen Blokzijl (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Attempt saved. Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Engels with a cross.
  • 27': Delay in match because of an injury Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
  • 27': Delay in match because of an injury Joey Pelupessy (FC Groningen).
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Finn Stam (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo).
  • 33': Attempt missed. Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Thijs Oosting.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Suf Podgoreanu (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luka Kulenovic.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Engels with a cross.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sem Scheperman with a cross.
  • 37': Finn Stam (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Foul by Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
  • 39': Foul by Marco Rente (FC Groningen).
  • 39': Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 39': Marco Rente (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Johan Hove (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marvin Peersman.
  • 45': Foul by Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen).
  • 45': Suf Podgoreanu (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo).
  • 45'+2': Luciano Valente (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+3': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Suf Podgoreanu.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Heracles Almelo 1, FC Groningen 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Heracles Almelo 1, FC Groningen 0.
  • 45': Substitution, FC Groningen. Romano Postema replaces Thijs Oosting.
  • 45': Substitution, FC Groningen. Thom van Bergen replaces Jorg Schreuders.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Romano Postema (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Valente.
  • 47': Foul by Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen).
  • 47': Lorenzo Milani (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Foul by Suf Podgoreanu (Heracles Almelo).
  • 47': Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Penalty FC Groningen. Brynjólfur Willumsson draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 48': Penalty conceded by Mimeirhel Benita (Heracles Almelo) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 50': Goal! Heracles Almelo 1, FC Groningen 1. Romano Postema (FC Groningen) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 51': Foul by Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
  • 51': Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Johan Hove (FC Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Valente.
  • 53': Offside, FC Groningen. Thom van Bergen is caught offside.
  • 54': Foul by Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen).
  • 54': Ivan Mesík (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Finn Stam (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo).
  • 57': Foul by Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
  • 57': Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Suf Podgoreanu with a cross.
  • 58': Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 58': Foul by Ivan Mesík (Heracles Almelo).
  • 60': Attempt missed. Romano Postema (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Brynjólfur Willumsson.
  • 61': Delay in match (FC Groningen).
  • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 62': Second yellow card to Marco Rente (FC Groningen).
  • 65': Substitution, FC Groningen. Wouter Prins replaces Luciano Valente.
  • 66': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Thom van Bergen.
  • 68': Offside, Heracles Almelo. Mimeirhel Benita is caught offside.
  • 69': Foul by Finn Stam (FC Groningen).
  • 69': Lorenzo Milani (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 70': Offside, Heracles Almelo. Luka Kulenovic is caught offside.
  • 70': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Luka Kulenovic (Heracles Almelo) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 71': Delay in match because of an injury Etienne Vaessen (FC Groningen).
  • 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': VAR Decision: No Goal Heracles Almelo 1-1 FC Groningen.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Milani (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Mario Engels.
  • 76': Foul by Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen).
  • 76': Lorenzo Milani (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo).
  • 77': Wouter Prins (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Ruben Roosken replaces Lorenzo Milani.
  • 79': Second Half ends, Heracles Almelo 1, FC Groningen 1.
  • 0': Match abandoned due to crowd, Heracles Almelo 1, FC Groningen 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 16
1 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 5
1 Corner Kicks 3
3 Saves 1
56.4 Possession 43.6
6 SHOTS 12
2 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
292 Accurate Passes 200
379 Passes 275
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
0 Accurate Crosses 7
6 Crosses 26
0.0 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 61
26 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
2 Blocked Shots 3
5 Effective Tackles 8
11 Tackles 16
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
3 Interceptions 9
17 Effective Clearances 17
17 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Asito Stadion
Location: Almelo, Netherlands
Attendance: 11,772

Eredivisie Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 PSV Eindhoven 19 +44 46
2 Ajax Amsterdam 19 +24 45
3 FC Utrecht 19 +7 40
4 Feyenoord Rotterdam 19 +18 36
Full Standings

Line-Ups

HER Heracles Almelo (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Fabian De Keijzer (GK)
24 Ivan Mesik
4 Damon Mirani
22 Lorenzo Milani
2 Mimeirhel Benita
9 Jizz Hornkamp
32 Sem Scheperman
14 Brian De Keersmaecker
19 Luka Kulenovic
8 Mario Engels
29 Suf Podgoreanu
Heracles Almelo Substitutes:
Thomas Bruns, Ruben Roosken, Diego Van Oorschot, Robin Mantel, Kelvin Leerdam, Shiloh ’T Zand, Jannes Wieckhoff, Jan Zamburek, Juho Talvitie, Timo Jansink, Daniel Van Kaam.

GRO FC Groningen (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Etienne Vaessen (GK)
3 Thijmen Blokzijl
5 Marco Rente Yellow Card
43 Marvin Peersman Yellow Card
22 Finn Stam
4 Joel Pelupessy
8 Johan Hove
14 Jorg Schreuders
10 Luciano Valente
25 Thijs Oosting
9 Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson
FC Groningen Substitutes:
Maxim Mariani, Hidde Jurjus, David Van Der Werff, Rui Mendes, Noam Emeran, Wouter Prins, Thom Van Bergen, Dirk Baron, Sven Bouland, Romano Postema.

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