De Graafschap vs VVV-Venlo forecast and statistics

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

It's only round two of the Eerste Divisie for these contenders. And it's all to play for here at Stadion De Vijverberg as De Graafschap welcome VVV-Venlo. Read this preview!

De Graafschap and VVV-Venlo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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De Graafschap form and stats

The season before, De Graafschap's league statistics were 23 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, producing 3rd position in the Eerste Divisie. During these 38 matches they scored 67 goals and let in 47. Performing as the home side in the last season De Graafschap managed 11-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 21 conceded.

The followers are hoping that De Graafschap will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against PEC Zwolle (placed 6th). Before that loss this club had gone seven consecutive league games without a defeat. Hillen, defender, was given a rating of 7.15/10 in that game, top of the team. Hillen won 12 of 19 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Graafschap lost 1-3 at FC Eindhoven's place.

De Graafschap are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 3 and lost 1.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

Let's have a look at how VVV-Venlo performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded 64 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 23/31 goals scored/conceded.

VVV-Venlo had fun at their own home (Stadion De Vijverberg) last time out, beating Almere City 3-0. Braken and de Boer scored. Zima was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.01. The agile goalkeeper Zima topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Jong Utrecht.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where VVV-Venlo played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 7 times.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): De Graafschap three wins, one draw and VVV-Venlo six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GraafschapC. Benschop
C. Benschop
1 goals
VVV-VenloK. de Boer
K. de Boer
1 goals
VVV-VenloS. Braken
S. Braken
1 goals

De Graafschap missing players

VVV-Venlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
De Graafschap VVV-Venlo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 5
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
De Graafschap Last season VVV-Venlo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
2 1   Played P   19 38
0 0   Won W   7 14
1 1   Drew D   2 6
1 0   Lost L   10 18
2 1   Scored S   23 50
4 1   Conceded C   31 64
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 79%
50% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 63%
50% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 37%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 21%
100% 100%   BTTS BTTS   42% 53%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 26%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   37% 29%
 
5.5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.4
2.5 2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.4
1.5 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
16.5 14   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 10.4
7.5 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.6
13% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 29%
 
6.5 4   Shots against (avg) S A   12.4 12.2
4.5 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 5.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heracles 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Oss 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 VVV-Venlo 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 FC Eindhoven 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 PEC Zwolle 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 NAC Breda 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Jong PSV 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Willem II 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Jong Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jong AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MVV Maastricht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Telstar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 De Graafschap 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 FC Den Bosch 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 FC Dordrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Almere City 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 ADO Den Haag 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 Emmen 38 26 5 7 64 24 19 15 0 4 41 12 19 11 5 3 23 12 40 83
2 FC Volendam 38 21 12 5 81 53 19 13 3 3 47 28 19 8 9 2 34 25 28 75
3 FC Eindhoven 38 21 8 9 69 43 19 12 4 3 39 19 19 9 4 6 30 24 26 71
4 ADO Den Haag 38 22 7 9 76 53 19 12 4 3 39 21 19 10 3 6 37 32 23 67
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 18 12 8 77 50 19 10 6 3 42 24 19 8 6 5 35 26 27 66
6 Excelsior 38 19 9 10 82 57 19 9 5 5 44 28 19 10 4 5 38 29 25 66
7 Jong Ajax 38 18 9 11 82 63 19 12 4 3 51 28 19 6 5 8 31 35 19 63
8 NAC Breda 38 16 11 11 60 45 19 10 7 2 33 13 19 6 4 9 27 32 15 59
9 De Graafschap 38 15 11 12 52 43 19 4 8 7 18 25 19 11 3 5 34 18 9 56
10 VVV-Venlo 38 14 6 18 50 64 19 7 4 8 27 33 19 7 2 10 23 31 -14 48
11 FC Den Bosch 38 14 5 19 42 61 19 10 1 8 23 27 19 4 4 11 19 34 -19 47
12 Jong PSV 38 11 11 16 61 63 19 7 6 6 35 28 19 4 5 10 26 35 -2 44
13 Jong AZ 38 12 6 20 39 50 19 7 3 9 19 22 19 5 3 11 20 28 -11 42
14 Almere City 38 11 8 19 57 69 19 5 4 10 26 32 19 6 4 9 31 37 -12 41
15 FC Oss 38 11 8 19 48 62 19 6 5 8 28 28 19 5 3 11 20 34 -14 41
16 MVV Maastricht 38 12 4 22 43 75 19 5 3 11 22 37 19 7 1 11 21 38 -32 40
17 FC Dordrecht 38 10 9 19 53 77 19 6 6 7 28 31 19 4 3 12 25 46 -24 39
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 5 22 43 67 19 5 0 14 16 35 19 6 5 8 27 32 -24 38
19 Telstar 38 8 11 19 47 74 19 4 5 10 21 39 19 4 6 9 26 35 -27 35
20 Helmond Sport 38 8 7 23 39 72 19 4 4 11 20 36 19 4 3 12 19 36 -33 28

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 Heracles 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Oss 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 VVV-Venlo 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 FC Eindhoven 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 PEC Zwolle 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 NAC Breda 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Jong PSV 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Willem II 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Jong Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jong AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MVV Maastricht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Telstar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 De Graafschap 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 FC Den Bosch 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 FC Dordrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Almere City 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 ADO Den Haag 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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