Eerste Divisie game forecast and news & stats for the VVV-Venlo vs FC Den Bosch meet

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 10.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Covebo Stadion - De Koel -

VVV-Venlo welcome FC Den Bosch for another appealing Eerste Divisie match here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel -.

Insights:
  • VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Den Bosch have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

The total Eerste Divisie stats playing at home this season for VVV-Venlo are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for VVV-Venlo in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at FC Dordrecht (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Brian Koglin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.7/10. Koglin won 7 of 17 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Jong AZ that was lost 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does VVV-Venlo handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and one defeat.

VVV-Venlo has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

Things could have gone better for FC Den Bosch in their Eerste Divisie away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right. Three has not been a lucky number for Bosch as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Jong PSV match.

Bosch are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the Eerste Divisie.

FC Den Bosch failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs Excelsior (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-5. Defender Mike van Beijnen was the best team player with a rating of 6.85. Beijnen hit two key passes and won 3 of 7 duels. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Excelsior was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Prior to that match, the Bosch manager J. de Gier faced defeat when travelling to FC Eindhoven and losing 0-1.

Bosch are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

FC Den Bosch have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): VVV-Venlo won eight games, zero matches ended with a tie and FC Den Bosch got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

VVV-VenloE. Sorga
E. Sorga
2 goals
FC Den BoschJ. Hornkamp
J. Hornkamp
2 goals
FC Den BoschR. Kuijpers
R. Kuijpers
2 goals

VVV-Venlo missing players

FC Den Bosch missing players

VVV-Venlo FC Den Bosch
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
6 4 0 Scored S 0 1 5
6 4 0 Conceded C 1 1 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 60%
60% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
20% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 40%
60% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
20% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 40%
 
5 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 7 5.2
4.4 3.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.5 3.6
1.2 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 14 11.6
4.8 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.6
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 22%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Den Bosch have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • FC Den Bosch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
VVV-Venlo Last season FC Den Bosch
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
6 3   Won W   2 8
5 4   Drew D   2 8
23 10   Lost L   15 22
43 20   Scored S   21 59
91 46   Conceded C   53 85
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 87%
76% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   74% 71%
56% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 47%
35% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   32% 32%
68% 65%   BTTS BTTS   58% 66%
3% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 13%
29% 35%   Failed to Score F T   42% 24%
 
3.3 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 3.9
6.1 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.9
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
5 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.6 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 10.4
3.4 2.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.6
38% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jong AZ 4 4 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 Excelsior 5 3 1 1 10 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 9 2 6 10
3 Graafschap 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
4 TOP Oss 5 3 0 2 6 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 2 1 4 1 9
5 MVV Maastricht 5 3 0 2 8 10 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 5 -2 9
6 Almere City 5 2 1 2 10 8 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 6 7 2 7
7 VVV-Venlo 5 2 1 2 6 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 7
8 FC Eindhoven 5 2 1 2 8 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 5 7 -1 7
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 4 2 0 2 11 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 6
10 ADO Den Haag 5 3 0 2 10 8 3 2 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 6
11 Helmond Sport 5 2 0 3 5 7 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 6
12 FC Den Bosch 5 2 0 3 5 9 3 1 0 2 4 8 2 1 0 1 1 1 -4 6
13 FC Volendam 4 1 2 1 9 6 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 5
14 Jong Utrecht 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 5
15 NAC Breda 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 5
16 FC Dordrecht 5 1 2 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 5
17 Jong PSV 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
18 FC Emmen 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 -3 4
19 Jong Ajax 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 3
20 Telstar 5 0 2 3 6 13 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 0 1 2 2 8 -7 2

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.