National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's ACV or MVV Maastricht that keep their silverware dream alive.
MVV Maastricht could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eerste Divisie game only four sleeps ago. That game, against NAC Breda, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for MVV Maastricht.
It should be mentioned that MVV Maastricht play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for MVV Maastricht on grass are 3 victories, 3 draws and 13 defeats from 19 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 14-39. You can compare this with overall results below.
ACV form and stats
Last season, ACV's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 1st preliminary round.With seven home Derde Divisie: Zaterdag games in a row without a win, the ACV fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the DVS '33 game long ago, can be stopped today.
The ACV fans got no joy from their last match, a Derde Divisie: Zaterdag game also here at Catawiki Sportpark: A 1-2 defeat against Sportlust '46. The defeat against Sportlust '46 was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored seven minutes into stoppage time (by N. Verhagen).
A strong away win before that one, visiting VVSB and winning 3-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for ACV as they are travelling to their away game against SteDoCo in the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag. That match is four days after this one.
MVV Maastricht form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for MVV Maastricht so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). A depressing five defeats in a row for Maastricht in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Jong Utrecht.
Maastricht play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to NAC Breda. Midfielder Nicky Souren was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 6.83. Souren hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
Before that, MVV Maastricht secured a home win against FC Dordrecht with the score 2-1.After this away game Maastricht return home for a Eerste Divisie game against Roda JC Kerkrade. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Maastricht's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. The MVV Maastricht defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 20 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Džepar 4 goals | M. Ntelo 4 goals |  M. Remans 4 goals |
ACV missing players
MVV Maastricht missing players
| ACV | MVV Maastricht | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 11 | 14 | ||
| 42 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 47 | 21 | Conceded | C | 42 | 61 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Jong AZ | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Jong Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | FC Eindhoven | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Telstar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | NAC Breda | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | FC Oss | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Almere City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 7 |