Soccer betting preview: VVV-Venlo welcomes NAC Breda in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 15.Sep
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Covebo Stadion - De Koel (8000 seats)

VVV-Venlo battle against NAC Breda for prestige and triumph.

Insights:
  • VVV-Venlo have scored in all their matches so far.
  • NAC Breda have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.

This looks to be an exciting match with lots of action and energy as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

VVV-Venlo must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Eerste Divisie games here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel.

Happy days for VVV-Venlo in their previous game, a fixture away at Telstar (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Kruijs when Berden scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute. Defender Janssen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Janssen won 5 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, VVV-Venlo won a home game hosting Graafschap (2-0).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), VVV-Venlo's attacking play is working. VVV-Venlo have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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NAC Breda form and stats

NAC Breda are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eerste Divisie, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

The manager Hyballa was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Rat Verlegh Stadion. Breda suffered a 1-3 loss to Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 1st). Midfield player Janošek was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Janošek hit five key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Willem II with the score of 4-1.

NAC Breda have conceded 5 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): VVV-Venlo three wins, four draws and NAC Breda three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VVV-VenloS. Allouch
S. Allouch
3 goals
VVV-VenloM. Kosidis
M. Kosidis
3 goals
NAC BredaD. Janosek
D. Janosek
3 goals

VVV-Venlo missing players

NAC Breda missing players

VVV-Venlo NAC Breda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 2 Played P 1 3 5
3 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
11 7 5 Scored S 4 6 9
7 4 4 Conceded C 1 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 80%
60% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 60%
20% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 20%
80% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 80%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 20%
 
6.2 7.3 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 5.8
5.6 5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.3 4
1.6 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.8 17.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10 14.3 15.8
6.8 7 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.8
32% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 43% 38%
 
12.2 10.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 2 7.7 9.6
4.4 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of NAC Breda's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of VVV-Venlo's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • NAC Breda have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • NAC Breda have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • NAC Breda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VVV-Venlo have scored in all their matches so far.
  • VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
VVV-Venlo Last season NAC Breda
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
4 2   Played P   0 1
1 1   Won W   0 0
3 1   Drew D   0 1
0 0   Lost L   0 0
7 4   Scored S   0 1
6 3   Conceded C   0 1
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
50% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 0%
50% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
25% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
100% 100%   BTTS BTTS   0% 100%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
3 4   Corners for (avg) C F   0 4
8.2 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   0 7
2.5 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.5 13   Shots (avg) S (   0 11
5.2 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 3
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 33%
 
20 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   0 9
5.5 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 1

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

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.