Football betting preview: VVV-Venlo with moderate expectations before welcoming FC Emmen

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Covebo Stadion - De Koel -

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Eredivisie, VVV-Venlo holding 17th place and FC Emmen lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • VVV-Venlo have the most conceded goals (87) in Eredivisie
  • FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither VVV-Venlo nor FC Emmen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

VVV-Venlo have had a bad season and will be relegated from Eredivisie. Emmen are struggling to avoid relegation.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

VVV-Venlo's results here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel - in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for VVV-Venlo who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Vitesse, 108 days ago.

In their previous game, the manager J. Luhukay led his VVV-Venlo to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at Ajax. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel -. Attacking player Giorgos Giakoumakis bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.01 out of 10. Giakoumakis scored one goal and hit one key pass. VVV-Venlo's goalkeeper Thorsten Kirschbaum was extremely busy against Ajax, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus RKC Waalwijk that ended 3-3.

VVV-Venlo has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, VVV-Venlo having conceded 42 goals here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel - so far.

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FC Emmen form and stats

FC Emmen have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-5-9 (16 played).

Midfield player Sergio Peña was the top player of the team with a match rating of 10.0/10. Peña scored three goals, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 65 successful passes (of 75 total). Sergio Peña certainly enjoyed Emmen's last game versus SC Heerenveen, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory.

Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus FC Groningen.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Emmen as they have only managed to score 10 times from 16 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as FC Emmen have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result FC Emmen - VVV-Venlo 3-5 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five VVV-Venlo victories, three draws and two FC Emmen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VVV-VenloG. Giakoumakis
G. Giakoumakis
26 goals
FC EmmenM. de Leeuw
M. de Leeuw
12 goals
FC EmmenS. Peña Flores
S. Peña Flores
6 goals

VVV-Venlo missing players

FC Emmen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
VVV-Venlo FC Emmen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
6 3 1 Won W 0 2 6
5 4 2 Drew D 2 5 9
22 9 1 Lost L 2 9 18
43 20 8 Scored S 0 10 36
87 42 8 Conceded C 3 27 68
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 88% 94%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 69% 82%
76% 69% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 58%
55% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 52%
36% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 21%
70% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 61%
3% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 19% 9%
27% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1.7 1.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9.7 8.6 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.8 11
3.4 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.6
38% 45% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 30%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • VVV-Venlo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • VVV-Venlo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • VVV-Venlo have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Eredivisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Eredivisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the most conceded goals (42) at home in Eredivisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the most conceded goals (87) in Eredivisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in Eredivisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the most conceded goals in the second half (55) in Eredivisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Eredivisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the the worst goal difference (-22) at home in Eredivisie
  • VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.