Heracles Almelo 2-1 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 11 March 2017

Result

Heracles Almelo 2-1 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Saturday 11 March 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Heracles Almelo 2-1 FC Utrecht: match report

Heracles Almelo beat FC Utrecht 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 11 March 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Yassin Ayoub opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Heracles Almelo's goals came from Brandley Kuwas (46') and Thomas Bruns (90'). FC Utrecht scored through Yassin Ayoub (26').

Discipline: Heracles Almelo received no yellow cards; FC Utrecht received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Heracles Almelo were 11th on 28 points from 25 and FC Utrecht 4th on 42 points from 25. Heracles Almelo went on to finish that season 10th with 43 points, and FC Utrecht 4th with 72.

Heracles Almelo lined up in a 3-4-3 and FC Utrecht in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bram Castro of Heracles Almelo (8.7), ahead of Thomas Bruns (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Heracles Almelo wins, 5 draws and 3 for FC Utrecht.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Mark van der MaarelFC Utrecht
  • 26'Goal · Yassin AyoubFC Utrecht · 0-1
  • 46'Goal · Brandley KuwasHeracles Almelo · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Wout BramaFC Utrecht
  • 82'Yellow card · Kevin ConboyFC Utrecht
  • 90'Goal · Thomas BrunsHeracles Almelo · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Heracles Almelo 2, draws 5, FC Utrecht 3.

Team news

Heracles Almelo line-up (3-4-3)

Bram Castro, Mike te Wierik, Robin Pröpper, Justin Hoogma, Tim Breukers, Thomas Bruns, Joey Pelupessy, Robin Gosens, Kristiano Samuel Armenteros, Brandley Kuwas, Kristoffer Peterson

FC Utrecht line-up (4-3-1-2)

David Jensen, Mark van der Maarel, Kevin Conboy, Willem Janssen, Giovanni Troupée, Yassin Ayoub, Nacer Barazite, Wout Brama, Sofyan Amrabat, Sébastien Haller, Gyrano Kerk