VVV-Venlo contests PEC Zwolle in Eerste Divisie confrontation

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: Covebo Stadion - De Koel (8000 seats)

Here's another action-packed game in the Eerste Divisie. VVV-Venlo is in the 3rd place from featuring in two fixtures. They host PEC Zwolle who are placed 1st from two games.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

The hosts won their first Eerste Divisie game here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel, lifting spirits. Home statistics for VVV-Venlo last season were 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 19 games.

VVV-Venlo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Graafschap's place. The match ended 2-1 with Braken and Verheijen scoring. The attacking player Braken won the honour of being "man of the match" for VVV-Venlo with a rating of 7.52/10. Braken scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Almere City in a game that was won 3-0.

VVV-Venlo has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

Only one away game in the Eerste Divisie so far for PEC Zwolle and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 12 losses from 17 travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Zwolle, but there's smiles all around after the 5-0 victory versus Telstar (placed 14th) last time out. As mentioned above, PEC Zwolle was the only team on the pitch versus Telstar in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Vellios has scored for the away side three fixtures in a row. The smartness! Attacker Landu got a player rating of 8.73 in the game. "Man of the match" Landu scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Graafschap.

5 goals so far away for PEC Zwolle, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: VVV-Venlo won three, PEC Zwolle were winners in four and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VVV-VenloS. Braken
S. Braken
2 goals
PEC ZwolleT. van den Belt
T. van den Belt
2 goals
PEC ZwolleC. Landu
C. Landu
2 goals

VVV-Venlo missing players

PEC Zwolle missing players

Total First Half Second Half
VVV-Venlo PEC Zwolle
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored S 0 5 7
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 7
6.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 5
1.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 22 18.5
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 9 6.5
62% 75% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 54%
 
8.5 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 10
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 3
VVV-Venlo Last season PEC Zwolle
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
14 7   Won W   4 7
6 4   Drew D   1 6
18 8   Lost L   12 21
50 27   Scored S   13 26
64 33   Conceded C   32 52
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 65%
63% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 32%
37% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 18%
21% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 9%
53% 63%   BTTS BTTS   29% 41%
26% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   53% 44%
 
5.4 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.7
5.4 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.6
1.6 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.4 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 12.5
4.6 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 19%
 
12.2 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   15.4 13.8
5.2 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 6 6
2 Jong AZ 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
3 VVV-Venlo 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
4 FC Eindhoven 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
6 Heracles 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
7 NAC Breda 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Almere City 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
9 FC Den Bosch 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
10 FC Oss 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
11 Jong PSV 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Willem II 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Jong Ajax 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
14 Telstar 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
15 Graafschap 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
16 MVV Maastricht 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 FC Dordrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Helmond Sport 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
19 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 ADO Den Haag 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 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 FC Emmen 38 26 5 7 64 24 19 15 0 4 41 12 19 11 5 3 23 12 40 83
2 FC Volendam 38 21 12 5 81 53 19 13 3 3 47 28 19 8 9 2 34 25 28 75
3 FC Eindhoven 38 21 8 9 69 43 19 12 4 3 39 19 19 9 4 6 30 24 26 71
4 ADO Den Haag 38 22 7 9 76 53 19 12 4 3 39 21 19 10 3 6 37 32 23 67
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 18 12 8 77 50 19 10 6 3 42 24 19 8 6 5 35 26 27 66
6 Excelsior 38 19 9 10 82 57 19 9 5 5 44 28 19 10 4 5 38 29 25 66
7 Jong Ajax 38 18 9 11 82 63 19 12 4 3 51 28 19 6 5 8 31 35 19 63
8 NAC Breda 38 16 11 11 60 45 19 10 7 2 33 13 19 6 4 9 27 32 15 59
9 Graafschap 38 15 11 12 52 43 19 4 8 7 18 25 19 11 3 5 34 18 9 56
10 VVV-Venlo 38 14 6 18 50 64 19 7 4 8 27 33 19 7 2 10 23 31 -14 48
11 FC Den Bosch 38 14 5 19 42 61 19 10 1 8 23 27 19 4 4 11 19 34 -19 47
12 Jong PSV 38 11 11 16 61 63 19 7 6 6 35 28 19 4 5 10 26 35 -2 44
13 Jong AZ 38 12 6 20 39 50 19 7 3 9 19 22 19 5 3 11 20 28 -11 42
14 Almere City 38 11 8 19 57 69 19 5 4 10 26 32 19 6 4 9 31 37 -12 41
15 FC Oss 38 11 8 19 48 62 19 6 5 8 28 28 19 5 3 11 20 34 -14 41
16 MVV Maastricht 38 12 4 22 43 75 19 5 3 11 22 37 19 7 1 11 21 38 -32 40
17 FC Dordrecht 38 10 9 19 53 77 19 6 6 7 28 31 19 4 3 12 25 46 -24 39
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 5 22 43 67 19 5 0 14 16 35 19 6 5 8 27 32 -24 38
19 Telstar 38 8 11 19 47 74 19 4 5 10 21 39 19 4 6 9 26 35 -27 35
20 Helmond Sport 38 8 7 23 39 72 19 4 4 11 20 36 19 4 3 12 19 36 -33 28
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 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

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

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