The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. FC Emmen are in the 12th position while the guesting VVV-Venlo worry at 13th.
FC Emmen and VVV-Venlo should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
VVV-Venlo play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for VVV-Venlo when playing on grass are 5 wins, 9 draws and 15 defeats from 29 matches. They have scored 26 goals and conceded 63 times in these games.
FC Emmen form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at De Oude Meerdijk as FC Emmen have scored 23 goals to get 26 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 8-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). FC Emmen has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at De Oude Meerdijk. We remember; it was PSV.
No payout for FC Emmen in their previous match, an away game at Sparta Rotterdam that ended in defeat 1-5. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Willem II.
FC Emmen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Emmen handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
The FC Emmen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. FC Emmen have conceded 12 in these home matches.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VVV-Venlo so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
291 minutes! That's how long the VVV-Venlo goalkeeper Thorsten Kirschbaum and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
There were no winners in VVV-Venlo's previous match, a Eredivisie home game that ended 0-0 vs Fortuna Sittard (placed 16th). Preceding that game was the away victory against FC Groningen with the score of 1-0.
VVV-Venlo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The attacking power of VVV-Venlo when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. For VVV-Venlo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: VVV-Venlo - FC Emmen 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two FC Emmen victories, three draws and five VVV-Venlo wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. de Leeuw 9 goals |   J. Opoku 6 goals |  P. van Ooijen 5 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| FC Emmen | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 29 | 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 45 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | 48 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 76% |
| 52% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 58% | 60% |
| 28% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 28% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 33% | 20% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 58% | 56% |
| 24% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 8% | 16% |
| 32% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 33% | 32% |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 292 | 180 | 75 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 102 | 251 |
| 92 | 67 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 33 | 84 |
| 32% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 30% | 29% |
- FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as VVV-Venlo have scored away.
- FC Emmen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Emmen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- VVV-Venlo has the fewest scored goals (24)
- VVV-Venlo has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8)
- VVV-Venlo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 43 | 53 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 33 | 53 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | PSV | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 46 |
| 5 | Willem II | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Heracles | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -16 | 29 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -24 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 54 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -18 | 25 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 25 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -25 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 36 | -31 | 15 |