Almere City vs Heerenveen

21 December 2024 · Eredivisie · 2024/25

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Adi Nalić 52’
  • Joey Jacobs 56’
  • Alex Balboa 90+2’

Match summary

Almere City won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Heerenveen. It was goalless at half-time.

Adi Nalić put Almere City ahead in the 52nd minute, Joey Jacobs made it 2-0 from a corner in the 56th minute, and Alex Balboa made it 3-0 in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Almere City created 1.08 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Heerenveen 1.28 from 11.

Match stats

Almere City Heerenveen
11 Shots 11
8 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.08 xG 1.28
1.08 Non-penalty xG 1.28

Key events

Almere City Heerenveen
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Adi Nalić1-0 (Almere City)
52’
Joey Jacobs2-0 (Almere City)
56’
Alex Balboa3-0 (Almere City)
90+2’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Almere City
  • Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp
Heerenveen
  • Espen Van Ee
  • Luuk Brouwers

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 1.28 52’ Adi Nalić (Almere City), 1-0 52’ 56’ Joey Jacobs (Almere City), 2-0 56’ 90+2’ Alex Balboa (Almere City), 3-0 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 1.28 52’ Adi Nalić (Almere City), 1-0 Nalić 52’ 56’ Joey Jacobs (Almere City), 2-0 Jacobs 56’ 90+2’ Alex Balboa (Almere City), 3-0 Balboa 90+2’
Almere City 1.08 xGHeerenveen 1.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Heerenveen attacking Almere City attacking 
50’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.75 xG, off target 52’ Adi Nalić (Almere City), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 90+4’ Kornelius Normann (Almere City), open play, 0.17 xG, blocked 6’ Thomas Robinet (Almere City), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 69’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 56’ Joey Jacobs (Almere City), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 81’ Jacob Trenskow (Heerenveen), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 71’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 78’ Levi Smans (Heerenveen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+4’ Ruben Providence (Almere City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+2’ Alex Balboa (Almere City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 26’ Junior Kadile (Almere City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Hamdi Akujobi (Almere City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Junior Kadile (Almere City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Adi Nalić (Almere City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Espen Van Ee (Heerenveen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 40’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Oliver Braude (Heerenveen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Espen Van Ee (Heerenveen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Luuk Brouwers (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 31’ Thomas Robinet (Almere City), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ Oliver Braude (Heerenveen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.75 xG, off target 52’ Adi Nalić (Almere City), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 90+4’ Kornelius Normann (Almere City), open play, 0.17 xG, blocked 69’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Heerenveen), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 6’ Thomas Robinet (Almere City), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 56’ Joey Jacobs (Almere City), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 81’ Jacob Trenskow (Heerenveen), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 71’ Ion Nicolaescu (Heerenveen), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+4’ Ruben Providence (Almere City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 78’ Levi Smans (Heerenveen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+2’ Alex Balboa (Almere City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 26’ Junior Kadile (Almere City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Hamdi Akujobi (Almere City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Junior Kadile (Almere City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Adi Nalić (Almere City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Espen Van Ee (Heerenveen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 40’ Ilias Sebaoui (Heerenveen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Oliver Braude (Heerenveen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Espen Van Ee (Heerenveen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Luuk Brouwers (Heerenveen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 31’ Thomas Robinet (Almere City), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ Oliver Braude (Heerenveen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Hamdi Akujobi
90′ – – 1 0.05 – – –
Joey Jacobs
90′ 1 – 1 0.13 – – –
Theo Barbet Taken off
84′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Thom Haye Taken off
62′ – – – – – – –
Anas Tahiri Taken off
84′ – – – – – – –
Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp
90′ – – – – – –
Adi Nalić Taken off
74′ 1 – 2 0.31 – – –
Junior Kadile Taken off
74′ – – 2 0.10 – – –
90′ – – 2 0.16 – – –
Àlex Carbonell Came on as a substitute
28′ – – – – – – –
Ruben Providence Came on as a substitute
16′ – – 1 0.08 – – –
Kornelius Normann Came on as a substitute
16′ – – 1 0.17 – – –
James Lawrence Came on as a substitute
6′ – – – – – – –
Alex Balboa Came on as a substitute
6′ 1 – 1 0.07 – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Almere City win 33% Avg odds 2.91
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.28
Heerenveen win 38% Avg odds 2.46

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.