Football match preview: VVV-Venlo vs Jong PSV

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 14.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Covebo Stadion - De Koel (8000 seats)

This is match day, this is Eerste Divisie and this is VVV-Venlo - Jong PSV. Get our full match preview!

Insights:
  • VVV-Venlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Jong PSV could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four sleeps ago.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

VVV-Venlo have played 11 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-5 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for VVV-Venlo, their manager Luhukay and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A strong away win for VVV-Venlo against Graafschap the last match, as Bastiaans and Venema were on target. Venema, who usually features in attack, was the best performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.75 (out of 10). Venema scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, VVV-Venlo lost 2-3 at home to FC Oss.

The VVV-Venlo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. VVV-Venlo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jong PSV form and stats

Jong PSV have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 2-3-5 (10 played).

Jong PSV had fun at their own home (Covebo Stadion - De Koel) last time out, beating Almere City 5-1. Thomas, Leysen, Priske, Bakayoko and Colyn scored. As you can tell from the results above, Jong was very dominant against Almere City, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Thomas, Leysen, Priske, Bakayoko and Colyn providing the goals.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Telstar that ended 0-0.

Jong find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Jong struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived history between these squads is the Jong PSV - VVV-Venlo 2-1 played previously this season. Last nine meetings with these participants: VVV-Venlo won one, Jong PSV triumphed in seven and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Jong PSVJ. Bakayoko
J. Bakayoko
7 goals
Jong PSVD. Sealy
D. Sealy
5 goals
VVV-VenloS. Braken
S. Braken
4 goals

VVV-Venlo missing players

Jong PSV missing players

VVV-Venlo Jong PSV
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 2 10 21
8 5 3 Won W 1 2 7
2 1 1 Drew D 1 3 5
11 5 0 Lost L 0 5 9
25 16 8 Scored S 4 13 34
29 15 3 Conceded C 3 18 33
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
76% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
62% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 62%
19% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 43%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 29%
57% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 62%
24% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 14%
24% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
5.5 5.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 4.7
5.2 4.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.9 4.7
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.5 12.5 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12 11.4
4.5 5.5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.4 4.9
26% 26% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 33%
 
12.8 12.6 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.8 9.2
5 4.9 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • VVV-Venlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 21 14 6 1 52 28 11 8 2 1 28 15 10 6 4 0 24 13 24 48
2 Excelsior 20 13 3 4 48 26 9 5 2 2 21 13 11 8 1 2 27 13 22 42
3 FC Emmen 21 13 3 5 32 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 12 7 3 2 15 9 17 42
4 Jong Ajax 21 12 4 5 47 32 10 6 2 2 25 15 11 6 2 3 22 17 15 40
5 ADO Den Haag 20 14 2 4 48 24 10 8 0 2 26 12 10 6 2 2 22 12 24 38
6 Graafschap 21 11 3 7 34 25 11 3 3 5 11 16 10 8 0 2 23 9 9 36
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 21 9 7 5 39 28 11 4 4 3 17 14 10 5 3 2 22 14 11 34
8 FC Eindhoven 21 9 5 7 34 28 10 6 3 1 19 11 11 3 2 6 15 17 6 32
9 NAC Breda 21 7 7 7 32 27 10 5 4 1 17 7 11 2 3 6 15 20 5 28
10 Jong PSV 21 7 5 9 34 33 11 5 2 4 21 15 10 2 3 5 13 18 1 26
11 VVV-Venlo 21 8 2 11 25 29 11 5 1 5 16 15 10 3 1 6 9 14 -4 26
12 FC Den Bosch 21 8 2 11 25 39 11 6 0 5 12 19 10 2 2 6 13 20 -14 26
13 MVV Maastricht 21 7 2 12 22 41 11 4 2 5 15 18 10 3 0 7 7 23 -19 23
14 Jong AZ 20 6 4 10 19 25 11 4 3 4 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 22
15 Jong Utrecht 21 6 4 11 24 35 11 3 0 8 9 21 10 3 4 3 15 14 -11 22
16 Helmond Sport 21 5 5 11 19 32 11 3 2 6 10 19 10 2 3 5 9 13 -13 20
17 Telstar 21 4 8 9 23 41 10 1 4 5 12 23 11 3 4 4 11 18 -18 20
18 FC Oss 20 4 6 10 23 33 10 2 4 4 14 17 10 2 2 6 9 16 -10 18
19 Almere City 21 4 5 12 34 48 10 2 2 6 17 22 11 2 3 6 17 26 -14 17
20 FC Dordrecht 21 3 5 13 25 50 10 1 4 5 11 20 11 2 1 8 14 30 -25 14

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.