It's a fresh Eredivisie Playoffs campaign and VVV-Venlo are eager to get started here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel. Almere City are coming to town and this should be a fascinating season kickoff.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
The previous season, VVV-Venlo's league statistics were 16 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, resulting in 7th spot in the Eredivisie Playoffs. In these 38 matches they scored {56 goals} and let in 51. Performing as the home team in the last season VVV-Venlo delivered 6-7-6 (win-draw-lost) with {24 goals} and 22 conceded.
VVV-Venlo are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie Playoffs match at Almere City awaits in four days.
Almere City form and stats
Let's have a look at how Almere City performed last season in the Eredivisie Playoffs: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 29/20 goals scored/conceded.
A quick return to home after this game, as Almere City are hosting VVV-Venlo in the Eredivisie Playoffs only four days away.
Just as the home team, Almere have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Almere City wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
The 8 latest matches involving these two teams have all ended as VVV-Venlo wins. Are we destined for another one?Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilterman 14 goals |  S. Braken 13 goals |  N. Venema 12 goals |
VVV-Venlo missing players
Almere City missing players
| VVV-Venlo | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 13.5 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 19.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 12.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| VVV-Venlo | Last season | Almere City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 11 | 21 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 56 | 24 | Scored | S | 29 | 58 | ||
| 51 | 22 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 82% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 71% | ||
| 55% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 47% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 26% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 66% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 37% | 47% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 39% | ||
| 21% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 10.7 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
