VVV-Venlo are considered as expected winners of this home fixture vs FC Den Bosch, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we looking at a possible?
- VVV-Venlo have the most points from losing position (19) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (65) 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.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo have played 13 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for VVV-Venlo against MVV Maastricht the last match, as Berden were on target. VVV-Venlo goalkeeper Gouw did an outstanding job against MVV Maastricht with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Gouw got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.42 out of ten. Gouw topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the home loss against FC Oss with the scoreline 0-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from VVV-Venlo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for VVV-Venlo as they are travelling to their away game against Almere City in the Eerste Divisie. That match is three days after this one.
The VVV-Venlo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. On the other hand, VVV-Venlo have conceded 14 goals.
FC Den Bosch form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Den Bosch so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-10 (win-draw-lose). A depressing six defeats in a row for FC Den Bosch in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Jong Ajax.
FC Den Bosch are looking to quickly end their 225 minutes long goal drought in the Eerste Divisie.
Bosch play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-13 to PEC Zwolle (placed 1st). FC Den Bosch lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-13 beating and focus on this one. Attacker Verbeek got a player rating of 6.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Verbeek hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs ADO Den Haag.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bosch when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 6 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 18 of this team's 23 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.
There are big problems for the FC Den Bosch defense as they have conceded 40 goals in 13 away games. Bosch has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
VVV-Venlo have put together a sequence of 9 consecutive matches without defeat (8-1-0) when facing FC Den Bosch.This was the end result when the contenders played each other earlier this season; FC Den Bosch - VVV-Venlo 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Konings 10 goals |   S. Braken 9 goals |  N. Venema 9 goals |
VVV-Venlo missing players
FC Den Bosch missing players
| VVV-Venlo | FC Den Bosch | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 40 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 37 |
| 37 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 20 | 40 | 65 |
| 93% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 81% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 85% |
| 56% | 46% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 69% | 74% |
| 22% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 46% | 44% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 23% | 30% |
| 63% | 54% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 54% | 59% |
| 22% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 22% | 38% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 30% |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 10.2 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | 38% |
| 9.8 | 8.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.3 | 11.9 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
- FC Den Bosch have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- FC Den Bosch have the fewest points (7) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (40) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals (65) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have the the worst goal difference (-27) away in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- VVV-Venlo have the most points from losing position (19) 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 | PEC Zwolle | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 75 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 45 | 60 |
| 2 | Heracles | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 73 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 41 | 54 |
| 3 | Almere City | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 49 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 45 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 43 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -2 | 42 |
| 7 | MVV Maastricht | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 48 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 39 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -3 | 37 |
| 10 | Telstar | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 36 |
| 11 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 13 | Graafschap | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 32 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -18 | 29 |
| 16 | Jong Ajax | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -4 | 28 |
| 17 | FC Oss | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 27 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 65 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 40 | -28 | 27 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -13 | 26 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -19 | 20 |
