Here's a full preview of the VVV-Venlo - Almere City match:

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Covebo Stadion - De Koel -

This has all the signs of quite the exciting skirmish at Covebo Stadion - De Koel - in the Eerste Divisie. VVV-Venlo is in 14th place and receive Almere City in 15th spot. Learn more about the match here!

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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VVV-Venlo form and stats

A Eerste Divisie draw at home so far for VVV-Venlo. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats from 17 matches. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 17 attempts.

VVV-Venlo faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Oss (1-2). Brian Koglin was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.21 out of 10. The defender Koglin hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels. Heartbreak for VVV-Venlo in their last match as FC Oss's S. Buyl scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that, VVV-Venlo drew at home versus NAC Breda.

Early season league goal statistics from VVV-Venlo's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Almere City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Almere's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Jong Utrecht that finished 1-1. Lance Duijvestijn got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Duijvestijn served one assist and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jong AZ wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Almere City has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these sides: VVV-Venlo won seven, Almere City triumphed in zero and we saw three draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VVV-VenloB. Koglin
B. Koglin
1 goals
Almere CityI. Alhaft
I. Alhaft
1 goals

VVV-Venlo missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
VVV-Venlo Almere City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 2 0 Scored S 0 1 2
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
2 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 6
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 12
5 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5
30% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 20%
VVV-Venlo Last season Almere City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   0 1
6 3   Won W   0 0
5 4   Drew D   0 0
23 10   Lost L   0 1
43 20   Scored S   0 0
91 46   Conceded C   0 4
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
76% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 100%
56% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 100%
35% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
68% 65%   BTTS BTTS   0% 0%
3% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
29% 35%   Failed to Score F T   0% 100%
 
3.3 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   0 5
6.1 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   0 4
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 1
5 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.6 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   0 11
3.4 2.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 6
38% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ADO Den Haag 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Jong AZ 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 FC Oss 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 FC Eindhoven 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
6 FC Den Bosch 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Excelsior 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
8 De Graafschap 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 -1 3
9 MVV Maastricht 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
10 NAC Breda 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
11 Telstar 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
12 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Jong PSV 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 VVV-Venlo 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Almere City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
16 FC Emmen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
17 Jong Utrecht 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 FC Volendam 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
19 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Helmond Sport 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 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 Ajax 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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

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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.