Heracles Almelo also failed to win in the third home match of this season. No goals were scored against Almere City FC and Almere City FC also failed to score, resulting in a 0-0 final score.
After a nice atmosphere action, the match against Almere City FC kicked off on a sunny afternoon. The match started a bit messy and after eleven minutes two players had already received a yellow card. Shortly afterwards Suf Podgoreanu and Luka Kulenovic had two chances, but these were processed into a corner. In the 35th minute Almere City FC was dangerous in the penalty area of Fabian de Keijzer. Due to an alleged foul by De Keijzer referee Lindhout put the ball on the spot, but VAR Higler decided otherwise. Shortly afterwards a few more chances followed with a disallowed goal by Shiloh ‘t Zand.
In the second half there were also small chances on both sides, but without success on either side. Twenty minutes before the end, the exhausted Sem Scheperman was replaced by Daniël van Kaam and Thomas Bruns also came into the team for Podgoreanu. The substitutions immediately created a bit more danger, but the really big chances failed to materialize. In the 77th minute, Kulenovic was replaced by Jordy Bruijn and with these substitutions Heracles Almelo had to make do in the final phase.
In the final phase it went back and forth, but Heracles Almelo did not score. In the last minute ‘t Zand got another good chance, but he worked it over and then he was allowed to take a free kick in a promising position. This ball was stopped and that was the last feat of arms of this duel.
Heracles Almelo – Almere City FC: 0-0
Yellow cards: Tahiri, Benita & Delaurier-Chaubet.
Heracles Almelo line-up: The Keijzer, Benita, Mirani, Mesik, Roosken, De Keersmaecker, Scheperman (67. Van Kaam), Engels, ‘t Zand, Kulenovic (77. Bruijn), Podgoreanu (69. Bruns).
Almere City FC line-up: Baker, Akujobi, Visus, Lawrence (64. Jacobs), Zagaritis, Captain of the Camp, Tahiri (64. Haye), Hansen, Robinet, Kadile (89. Delaurier-Chaubet), Guillaume (78. Providence).
