Very important battle in the cellar of the Eerste Divisie, with both Telstar and VVV-Venlo enduring more anxiety than glee. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the hosting team placed 16th and the away team in 14th position.
- Telstar have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Eerste Divisie
- VVV-Venlo have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Eerste Divisie
Telstar 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.
Telstar form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Telstar have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at BUKO Stadion. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Telstar, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Telstar manager A. Jonker and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus FC Oss (placed 19th) in the Eerste Divisie. Sven Van Doorm (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.55/10. Doorm hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against ADO Den Haag that was lost 0-2.The Telstar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. As for conceded goals, Telstar's unpleasant statistic is 20 goals surrendered.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 1-1-6 (8 played).
The VVV-Venlo goalkeeper Delano van Crooij is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 204 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The Eerste Divisie match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Delano van Crooy got the top player rating of the team with 8.14/10. Crooy stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, VVV-Venlo secured a home win against FC Eindhoven with the score 2-0.There's been a serious shortage of goals from VVV-Venlo's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. VVV-Venlo struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Telstar wins - draws - VVV-Venlo wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Plet 5 goals |  C. Dijkstra 4 goals |  R. Smit 3 goals |
Telstar missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| Telstar | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 35 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 71% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 9.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 6.9 | 10.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 24% |
| 9.5 | 9.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
- Telstar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as VVV-Venlo have scored away.
- Telstar have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Telstar have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Telstar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Telstar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VVV-Venlo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VVV-Venlo have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Eerste Divisie
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Graafschap | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 29 |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | FC Den Bosch | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | MVV Maastricht | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 21 |
| 13 | NAC Breda | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Telstar | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 18 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 18 | Almere City | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 13 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -22 | 10 |