Den Bosch 1:1 Almere City: Eerste Divisie Match Result

Match report

Den Bosch and Almere City played out a 1-1 draw in the opening fixture of the Eerste Divisie season on Saturday. The result leaves both sides with one point after their first match of the campaign.

The breakthrough came in the sixtieth minute when I. Boumassaoudi found the net for the hosts. Three minutes later, F. Druijf answered for Almere City, and the game settled into a pattern neither side could break. By then, substitutions were already reshaping both teams.

Den Bosch had the edge in attacks with 105 compared to 93 for the visitors. Shots tell a similar story — four on target each, with Almere City registering slightly more off target attempts. The visitors held 51 per cent possession while the hosts managed 49.

And here's the thing about the table situation. Almere City sit fifth with ten points from three wins and one defeat, while Den Bosch occupy fifteenth place with just four points from one victory and three losses. The contrast in form going into this match was noticeable.

A yellow card for B. Pennock in the eighty-ninth minute was the only booking of consequence. Both sides made multiple changes, with Den Bosch bringing on J. Van Heertum and K. Felida among others, while Almere City introduced E. van de Blaak and M. Dors.

The draw does little to shift the hierarchy between these two sides. Almere City remain well clear of the mid-table pack, while Den Bosch have work to do to climb out of the lower reaches.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 49 – 51

Shots on target 4 – 4

Shots off target 10 – 11

Attacks 105 – 93

⇄ 33' J. de Vries — Substitution ⇄ 46' T. Bijleveld — Substitution ⚽ 60' I. Boumassaoudi — Goal ⇄ 61' E. van de Blaak — Substitution ⚽ 63' F. Druijf — Goal ⇄ 64' J. Van Heertum — Substitution ⇄ 65' K. Felida — Substitution ⇄ 84' S. Maas — Substitution ⇄ 87' M. Dors — Substitution 🟨 89' B. Pennock — Yellow card

Match events

33' 0:0 Den Bosch Substitution J. de Vries off: I. Boumassaoudi
46' 0:0 Almere City Substitution T. Bijleveld off: B. Huisman
60' 1:0 Den Bosch Goal I. Boumassaoudi assist: K. Monzialo
61' 1:0 Almere City Substitution E. van de Blaak off: D. van Bruggen
63' 1:1 Almere City Goal F. Druijf assist: M. Dors
64' 1:1 Den Bosch Substitution J. Van Heertum off: S. Broker
65' 1:1 Den Bosch Substitution K. Felida off: B. Wang
84' 1:1 Den Bosch Substitution S. Maas off: L. Hoffman
87' 1:1 Almere City Substitution M. Dors off: B. Pennock
89' 1:1 Almere City Yellow card B. Pennock

Statistics

49 Possession, % 51

4 Shots on target 4

10 Shots off target 11

105 Attacks 93

7 Corners 5

10 Fouls 8

8 Free kicks 10

2 Offsides 1

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

12 Goal kicks 11

17 Throw-ins 19

All statistics

5 Blocked shots 7

99 Failed passes 89

3 Goalkeeper saves 2

0.21 Shot accuracy 0.18

7 Shots from outside the box 6

12 Shots inside the box 16

343 Total passes 323

Line-ups

Den Bosch

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Pepijn van de Merbel	1
3	Stan Maas	3
4	Jasper van Heertum	4
22	Jeffry Fortes	22
33	Mays Laros	33
6	Kevin Antonio Felida	6
10	Devon De Cort	10
18	Hessel Eikelboom	18
8	Kévin Monzialo Bokolo	8
9	Sebastian Hugo Karlsson Grach	9
11	Jack Winston De Vries	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
21	Finn Murre	21
31	Tjebbe Beelsma	31
2	Sheddi Barglan	2
25	Silvan Broker	25
16	Bo Hao Wang	16
41	Kaj de Rooij	41
7	Heinrich Sille	7
40	I. Bumasaudi	40

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Almere City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Wessel Speel	1
3	Joey Jacobs	3
5	Teun Bijleveld	5
22	Emmanuel van de Blaak	22
33	Jeroen van Gompel	33
6	Enzo Cornelisse	6
19	Olivier de Neys	19
21	Hamza El Dahri	21
9	Ferdy Druijf	9
11	M. Dors	11
17	Emmanuel Pokou	17

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Tristan Kuijsten	12
30	Joël van der Wilt	30
15	Misha Engel	15
44	Damian van Bruggen	44
14	Mees Hoedemakers	14
20	Job Calisvaart	20
32	Donte Appinse	32
38	Lev Lensen	38
7	Byron Burgering	7
18	Bas Huijsman	18
25	Immanuel Gogli	25

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Den Bosch

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Almere City

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Heracles	7	6	0	1	18
2	Almere City	7	5	1	1	16
3	VVV Venlo	7	5	0	2	15
4	Waalwijk	7	3	4	0	13
5	Vitesse	7	4	1	2	13
6	MVV Maastricht	7	4	1	2	13
7	Jong AZ	9	4	1	4	13
8	Roda	7	3	3	1	12
9	Emmen	7	4	0	3	12
10	Jong PSV	9	3	3	3	12

Den Bosch — Almere City: 1:1, Eerste Divisie

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Match events

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Line-ups

Den Bosch

Almere City

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