Eerste Divisie match prediction: Little separates Telstar and VVV-Venlo in quality

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: BUKO Stadion (5200 seats)

All you should know about the Eerste Divisie game Telstar - VVV-Venlo!

Insights:
  • Telstar have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Eerste Divisie
  • VVV-Venlo have the most points from losing position (24) in Eerste Divisie

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Telstar form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Telstar have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Telstar to get some points in this home game.

Telstar faced defeat in their previous match, away at PEC Zwolle (0-2). Aktas, defender, was given a rating of 8.03/10 in that game, top of the team. Aktas hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Jong Ajax (2-3).

This is expected to be a close game, with Telstar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Telstar as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Telstar has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Telstar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. Telstar have conceded 24 from these games.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

10 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of VVV-Venlo playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.

VVV-Venlo delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against FC Eindhoven (placed 7th) in their previous game. As mentioned above, VVV-Venlo drew the match against FC Eindhoven. Manager Kruijs brought on Venema to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Janssen got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Janssen served one assist, hit five key passes and had 53 successful passes (of 62 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Willem II's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with VVV-Venlo playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 3 VVV-Venlo wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Goals from both teams? This team's latest fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each side.

VVV-Venlo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 16 games. VVV-Venlo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

VVV-Venlo have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (3-3-0) when playing Telstar.

The latest recorded history featuring both these teams is the VVV-Venlo - Telstar 1-1 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

VVV-VenloN. Venema
N. Venema
12 goals
VVV-VenloS. Braken
S. Braken
11 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
10 goals

Telstar missing players

VVV-Venlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Telstar VVV-Venlo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 6 16 33
11 6 1 Won W 5 10 15
10 4 0 Drew D 0 1 8
12 6 3 Lost L 1 5 10
34 19 5 Scored S 12 30 52
49 24 12 Conceded C 9 26 46
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
64% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 85%
45% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 69% 61%
24% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 30%
12% 19% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 12%
45% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 83% 75% 67%
30% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 21%
33% 38% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 18%
 
4.2 4.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.5 5.5
4.1 3.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.6 5.4
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.3 10.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.4 11.3
3.7 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.2 4.5
28% 28% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 36% 35%
 
10.6 9.8 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 12.1 10.3
4 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5.1 4.2
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Telstar have the most matches under the total-line (18) 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 (24) in Eerste Divisie
  • VVV-Venlo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles Almelo 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 56 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 21 56
5 VVV-Venlo 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -2 49
9 Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
16 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
17 TOP Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

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 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles Almelo 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 56 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 21 56
5 VVV-Venlo 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -2 49
9 Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
16 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
17 TOP Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

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The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.