Eerste Divisie: De Graafschap welcome VVV-Venlo in what should be an appealing football game. Here's all the news, stats and facts!
- De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
De Graafschap form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what De Graafschap have to build on here at Stadion De Vijverberg in the Eerste Divisie. We have seen two home losses in a row now for De Graafschap, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
A good away victory last time out for Graafschap, who won 2-0 against Jong Utrecht (placed 15th). Lelieveld was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.35 out of 10. The defender Lelieveld served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Helmond Sport that was lost 0-1.De Graafschap are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. 14 goals have been conceded.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VVV-Venlo so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
VVV-Venlo's previous game was their home loss versus TOP Oss (2-3). Attacker Braken got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Braken scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Jong Utrecht.The attacking power of VVV-Venlo when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by VVV-Venlo in these games.
Head 2 Head
VVV-Venlo - Graafschap 1-2 was the outcome when these contenders previously met, also in this season. De Graafschap-VVV-Venlo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: De Graafschap three wins, VVV-Venlo six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Konings 6 goals |  J. van Heertum 5 goals |  D. Gravenberch 4 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| De Graafschap | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 33 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 23 |
| 23 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 95% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 85% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 75% |
| 65% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 60% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | 55% |
| 35% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 20% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 44% | 25% |
| 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.2 | 13.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 7.6 | 10.3 |
| 6 | 5.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 28% | 17% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 26% |
| 8.7 | 8.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.8 | 12.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5 |
- De Graafschap have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Volendam | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 22 | 42 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 38 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 37 |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 31 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Den Bosch | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -12 | 26 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 23 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 | Telstar | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 19 | Almere City | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -26 | 11 |
