Home advantage could prove decisive in Almere City - VVV-Venlo battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 13.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

This could be a great fixture, with Almere City at 3rd and VVV-Venlo in 4th. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Eerste Divisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the most points from losing position (19) in Eerste Divisie

VVV-Venlo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only three sleeps ago.

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Almere City form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Almere City, who have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Eerste Divisie, have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nordin Bakker not having conceded a league goal in 383 minutes.

Happy days for Almere City in their previous game, a fixture away at FC Dordrecht (placed 19th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Goalkeeper Bakker got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.6 out of ten. Bakker topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Roda JC Kerkrade with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Almere handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

The Almere City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. Almere's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

VVV-Venlo's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed VVV-Venlo collect 28 points from their 14 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 9 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 4 defeats). Momentum is building for VVV-Venlo in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

193 minutes! That's how long the VVV-Venlo goalkeeper Ennio van der Gouw and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

VVV-Venlo had fun at their own home (Yanmar Stadion) last time out, beating FC Den Bosch 4-0. Braken, Klaasen and de Boer (2) scored. As mentioned above, VVV-Venlo was the only team on the pitch versus FC Den Bosch in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. de Boer got a match rating of 8.84 in that game, top player of the team. Boer scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against MVV Maastricht with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where VVV-Venlo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

VVV-Venlo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 14 games. VVV-Venlo struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

VVV-Venlo have been victorious in every one of the 7 latest games versus this team. Something to take note of?

These competitors have played previously this season: VVV-Venlo - Almere 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
12 goals
VVV-VenloS. Braken
S. Braken
10 goals
VVV-VenloN. Venema
N. Venema
9 goals

Almere City missing players

VVV-Venlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City VVV-Venlo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 14 28
15 7 2 Won W 1 9 14
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 6
8 3 0 Lost L 2 4 8
39 23 5 Scored S 5 26 44
29 14 3 Conceded C 7 23 37
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 82%
48% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 57%
22% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 25%
19% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 14%
44% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 71% 61%
41% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 25%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 7% 21%
 
4.9 5.2 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 5.4
5.4 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 5.4
1.8 1.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.1 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.8 11.6 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.9 11.4
4.2 4.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 5.4 4.8
34% 41% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 33%
 
8.5 7.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 11.1 9.6
3.9 4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Eerste Divisie
  • VVV-Venlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • VVV-Venlo have the most points from losing position (19) in Eerste Divisie
  • VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 28 20 3 5 78 32 14 10 2 2 45 17 14 10 1 3 33 15 46 63
2 Heracles 28 19 3 6 78 32 14 11 2 1 51 14 14 8 1 5 27 18 46 60
3 Almere City 27 15 4 8 39 29 13 7 3 3 23 14 14 8 1 5 16 15 10 49
4 VVV-Venlo 28 14 6 8 44 37 14 5 5 4 18 14 14 9 1 4 26 23 7 48
5 FC Eindhoven 28 13 6 9 42 40 14 8 3 3 29 17 14 5 3 6 13 23 2 45
6 Willem II 28 12 8 8 46 33 14 8 2 4 23 14 14 4 6 4 23 19 13 44
7 NAC Breda 28 13 4 11 47 46 14 8 2 4 25 15 14 5 2 7 22 31 1 43
8 MVV Maastricht 28 12 5 11 52 52 14 9 3 2 33 16 14 3 2 9 19 36 0 41
9 Jong AZ 28 11 7 10 48 46 14 7 5 2 31 19 14 4 2 8 17 27 2 40
10 De Graafschap 28 11 6 11 46 38 14 7 2 5 21 14 14 4 4 6 25 24 8 39
11 Telstar 28 10 9 9 28 39 14 5 4 5 16 21 14 5 5 4 12 18 -11 39
12 ADO Den Haag 28 10 8 10 34 40 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 5 4 5 14 20 -6 38
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 11 4 13 38 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 14 5 2 7 17 19 -1 37
14 Jong PSV 28 8 8 12 43 48 14 5 2 7 23 24 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 32
15 Helmond Sport 28 9 5 14 26 43 14 7 2 5 20 16 14 2 3 9 6 27 -17 32
16 FC Oss 28 9 3 16 33 49 14 5 1 8 20 22 14 4 2 8 13 27 -16 30
17 Jong Ajax 28 6 10 12 45 54 14 4 5 5 27 20 14 2 5 7 18 34 -9 28
18 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 37 69 14 6 2 6 24 25 14 2 1 11 13 44 -32 27
19 FC Dordrecht 28 7 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 18 23 14 3 3 8 13 25 -17 26
20 Jong Utrecht 27 5 5 17 27 48 14 3 3 8 12 17 13 2 2 9 15 31 -21 20

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 PEC Zwolle 28 20 3 5 78 32 14 10 2 2 45 17 14 10 1 3 33 15 46 63
2 Heracles 28 19 3 6 78 32 14 11 2 1 51 14 14 8 1 5 27 18 46 60
3 Almere City 27 15 4 8 39 29 13 7 3 3 23 14 14 8 1 5 16 15 10 49
4 VVV-Venlo 28 14 6 8 44 37 14 5 5 4 18 14 14 9 1 4 26 23 7 48
5 FC Eindhoven 28 13 6 9 42 40 14 8 3 3 29 17 14 5 3 6 13 23 2 45
6 Willem II 28 12 8 8 46 33 14 8 2 4 23 14 14 4 6 4 23 19 13 44
7 NAC Breda 28 13 4 11 47 46 14 8 2 4 25 15 14 5 2 7 22 31 1 43
8 MVV Maastricht 28 12 5 11 52 52 14 9 3 2 33 16 14 3 2 9 19 36 0 41
9 Jong AZ 28 11 7 10 48 46 14 7 5 2 31 19 14 4 2 8 17 27 2 40
10 De Graafschap 28 11 6 11 46 38 14 7 2 5 21 14 14 4 4 6 25 24 8 39
11 Telstar 28 10 9 9 28 39 14 5 4 5 16 21 14 5 5 4 12 18 -11 39
12 ADO Den Haag 28 10 8 10 34 40 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 5 4 5 14 20 -6 38
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 11 4 13 38 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 14 5 2 7 17 19 -1 37
14 Jong PSV 28 8 8 12 43 48 14 5 2 7 23 24 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 32
15 Helmond Sport 28 9 5 14 26 43 14 7 2 5 20 16 14 2 3 9 6 27 -17 32
16 FC Oss 28 9 3 16 33 49 14 5 1 8 20 22 14 4 2 8 13 27 -16 30
17 Jong Ajax 28 6 10 12 45 54 14 4 5 5 27 20 14 2 5 7 18 34 -9 28
18 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 37 69 14 6 2 6 24 25 14 2 1 11 13 44 -32 27
19 FC Dordrecht 28 7 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 18 23 14 3 3 8 13 25 -17 26
20 Jong Utrecht 27 5 5 17 27 48 14 3 3 8 12 17 13 2 2 9 15 31 -21 20

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