Heracles vs Waalwijk 3-0

Heracles beat Waalwijk 3-0 at Polman Stadion after a second-half burst settled a game that had been level at the interval. Tristan Van Gilst’s penalty on 51 minutes opened the scoring, and Damon Mirani and Manny Rodriguez Baldera quickly added two more.

The first half brought three bookings and no goals. F. Al Mazyani was booked for Waalwijk in the 3rd minute, Sem Scheperman was booked for Heracles on 5 minutes, and Liam Van Gelderen went into the book for Waalwijk on 42 minutes. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Van Gilst put Heracles ahead from the spot on 51 minutes before making way for David Tomic four minutes later. Heracles then stretched away in a six-minute spell, with Mirani finishing Chafik Abbas’s assist on 65 minutes and Rodriguez Baldera converting Mimeirhel Benita’s pass on 68 minutes for 3-0. Waalwijk made two changes on 69 minutes, then another two on 78 minutes, while Heracles also made two changes on 77 minutes and replaced Manny Rodriguez Baldera with Jeff Reine-Adélaïde on 86 minutes.

The numbers backed Heracles’ control of the game. They had 57% possession, 377 passes and 22 shots, with 8 on target, compared with Waalwijk’s 43% of the ball, 299 passes and 6 shots, only 1 of them on target. Heracles also led the expected goals count 2.41 to 0.63, had 9 corners to 5, and forced Waalwijk’s goalkeeper into 5 saves.

Waalwijk collected three yellow cards, for F. Al Mazyani in the 3rd minute, Liam Van Gelderen in the 42nd and Loek Postma in the 65th. Heracles had one booking, for Sem Scheperman on 5 minutes. There were no red cards.