KNVB Beker: Almere City - VVV-Venlo prediction and detailed statistics

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Competition: Netherlands KNVB Beker
Competition: Wed 16.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadion (3000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Almere City or VVV-Venlo that keep their silverware dream alive.

The visiting VVV-Venlo played their last game only three days ago, a Eredivisie match.

5-8-17 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for VVV-Venlo when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 30 matches are 32-68 (scored/conceded).

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Almere City form and stats

Almere City was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the KNVB Beker.

Home games in the Eerste Divisie have been a walk in the park for Almere City so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. After failing to beat MVV Maastricht here at Yanmar Stadion, Almere has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

A good away victory last time out for Almere, who won 3-2 against Telstar. Previous to that game, a Eerste Divisie home match hosting Jong Utrecht in a game that was won 4-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Almere City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Almere City as a small favourite), we find six games. Almere has won four of these, drawn zero and lost two.

Almere can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. Defensively Almere have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated FC Den Bosch in order to reach 2nd Round of KNVB Beker. VVV-Venlo's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 1st round.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VVV-Venlo so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means VVV-Venlo are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

VVV-Venlo's previous game was their home loss versus Feyenoord (0-3). Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting RKC Waalwijk's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with VVV-Venlo playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one VVV-Venlo win, two draws and one defeat.

After this away game VVV-Venlo return home for a Eredivisie game against FC Twente. That game is only three sleeps after this.

VVV-Venlo are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. VVV-Venlo have conceded 13 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Almere won zero games, three matches ended with a draw and VVV-Venlo has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

VVV-VenloG. Giakoumakis
G. Giakoumakis
10 goals
AlmereT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
9 goals
Almere CityX. Emmers
X. Emmers
4 goals

Almere City missing players

VVV-Venlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Almere City VVV-Venlo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   14 25
17 12   Won W   3 6
5 2   Drew D   2 6
3 0   Lost L   9 13
53 29   Scored S   19 32
29 5   Conceded C   25 55
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 84%
52% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 68%
36% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 32%
24% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 20%
52% 29%   BTTS BTTS   71% 64%
44% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 16%
8% 7%   Failed to Score F T   14% 24%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
12.9 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 9.7
6 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.3
34% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 16 13 1 2 52 15 9 7 0 2 29 10 7 6 1 0 23 5 37 40
2 Almere City 16 11 4 1 39 21 8 7 1 0 18 2 8 4 3 1 21 19 18 37
3 De Graafschap 16 10 2 4 33 26 8 5 1 2 17 12 8 5 1 2 16 14 7 32
4 NEC 16 9 4 3 31 17 7 4 2 1 15 7 9 5 2 2 16 10 14 31
5 FC Volendam 16 8 6 2 43 19 9 4 3 2 24 9 7 4 3 0 19 10 24 30
6 NAC Breda 16 9 2 5 27 15 8 5 0 3 15 9 8 4 2 2 12 6 12 29
7 FC Eindhoven 16 7 4 5 29 28 9 4 3 2 23 14 7 3 1 3 6 14 1 25
8 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 5 5 17 13 8 2 3 3 8 7 8 4 2 2 9 6 4 23
9 Telstar 16 6 4 6 27 23 9 3 2 4 18 13 7 3 2 2 9 10 4 22
10 Jong Ajax 16 6 4 6 30 32 8 3 2 3 13 16 8 3 2 3 17 16 -2 22
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 15 5 6 4 24 19 7 4 3 0 14 3 8 1 3 4 10 16 5 21
12 Excelsior 16 6 2 8 32 28 7 3 0 4 17 14 9 3 2 4 15 14 4 20
13 Jong Utrecht 15 6 1 8 24 30 8 3 0 5 11 15 7 3 1 3 13 15 -6 19
14 Jong PSV 16 4 4 8 24 31 7 1 3 3 8 12 9 3 1 5 16 19 -7 16
15 FC Oss 15 4 4 7 13 23 8 3 2 3 10 9 7 1 2 4 3 14 -10 16
16 Helmond Sport 15 4 3 8 13 24 8 2 1 5 6 14 7 2 2 3 7 10 -11 15
17 Jong AZ 16 3 2 11 21 44 7 1 2 4 14 21 9 2 0 7 7 23 -23 11
18 FC Dordrecht 16 3 2 11 13 40 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 1 0 7 4 27 -27 11
19 FC Den Bosch 16 2 4 10 16 37 8 2 3 3 11 11 8 0 1 7 5 26 -21 10
20 MVV Maastricht 16 2 4 10 18 41 7 1 1 5 11 24 9 1 3 5 7 17 -23 10
  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 12 10 0 2 47 7 7 6 0 1 25 6 5 4 0 1 22 1 40 30
2 PSV 12 8 3 1 25 9 6 6 0 0 14 2 6 2 3 1 11 7 16 27
3 Feyenoord 12 7 5 0 26 11 6 2 4 0 9 5 6 5 1 0 17 6 15 26
4 Vitesse 12 8 2 2 22 9 6 5 1 0 13 3 6 3 1 2 9 6 13 26
5 FC Groningen 12 7 2 3 15 12 7 4 2 1 8 5 5 3 0 2 7 7 3 23
6 FC Twente 12 6 3 3 24 15 7 3 2 2 13 9 5 3 1 1 11 6 9 21
7 AZ 11 5 5 1 25 16 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 3 3 0 17 11 9 20
8 SC Heerenveen 12 5 5 2 21 16 5 3 1 1 9 5 7 2 4 1 12 11 5 20
9 Sparta Rotterdam 12 4 3 5 20 20 6 2 2 2 14 11 6 2 1 3 6 9 0 15
10 FC Utrecht 11 2 6 3 12 16 5 2 2 1 7 7 6 0 4 2 5 9 -4 12
11 PEC Zwolle 12 2 6 4 14 22 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 0 4 2 7 15 -8 12
12 RKC Waalwijk 12 3 3 6 11 20 6 1 3 2 7 9 6 2 0 4 4 11 -9 12
13 Heracles 12 2 3 7 12 23 6 2 1 3 9 7 6 0 2 4 3 16 -11 9
14 Fortuna Sittard 12 2 3 7 17 30 6 1 2 3 11 16 6 1 1 4 6 14 -13 9
15 VVV-Venlo 12 2 3 7 18 36 6 1 2 3 7 23 6 1 1 4 11 13 -18 9
16 Willem II 12 2 2 8 12 24 6 2 0 4 9 14 6 0 2 4 3 10 -12 8
17 ADO Den Haag 12 1 4 7 11 29 5 0 2 3 5 10 7 1 2 4 6 19 -18 7
18 FC Emmen 12 0 4 8 13 30 6 0 3 3 9 17 6 0 1 5 4 13 -17 4

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 Ajax 12 10 0 2 47 7 7 6 0 1 25 6 5 4 0 1 22 1 40 30
2 PSV 12 8 3 1 25 9 6 6 0 0 14 2 6 2 3 1 11 7 16 27
3 Feyenoord 12 7 5 0 26 11 6 2 4 0 9 5 6 5 1 0 17 6 15 26
4 Vitesse 12 8 2 2 22 9 6 5 1 0 13 3 6 3 1 2 9 6 13 26
5 FC Groningen 12 7 2 3 15 12 7 4 2 1 8 5 5 3 0 2 7 7 3 23
6 FC Twente 12 6 3 3 24 15 7 3 2 2 13 9 5 3 1 1 11 6 9 21
7 AZ 11 5 5 1 25 16 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 3 3 0 17 11 9 20
8 SC Heerenveen 12 5 5 2 21 16 5 3 1 1 9 5 7 2 4 1 12 11 5 20
9 Sparta Rotterdam 12 4 3 5 20 20 6 2 2 2 14 11 6 2 1 3 6 9 0 15
10 FC Utrecht 11 2 6 3 12 16 5 2 2 1 7 7 6 0 4 2 5 9 -4 12
11 PEC Zwolle 12 2 6 4 14 22 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 0 4 2 7 15 -8 12
12 RKC Waalwijk 12 3 3 6 11 20 6 1 3 2 7 9 6 2 0 4 4 11 -9 12
13 Heracles 12 2 3 7 12 23 6 2 1 3 9 7 6 0 2 4 3 16 -11 9
14 Fortuna Sittard 12 2 3 7 17 30 6 1 2 3 11 16 6 1 1 4 6 14 -13 9
15 VVV-Venlo 12 2 3 7 18 36 6 1 2 3 7 23 6 1 1 4 11 13 -18 9
16 Willem II 12 2 2 8 12 24 6 2 0 4 9 14 6 0 2 4 3 10 -12 8
17 ADO Den Haag 12 1 4 7 11 29 5 0 2 3 5 10 7 1 2 4 6 19 -18 7
18 FC Emmen 12 0 4 8 13 30 6 0 3 3 9 17 6 0 1 5 4 13 -17 4

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