National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dongen or VVV-Venlo that keep their silverware dream alive.
Dongen have less rest than VVV-Venlo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Derde Divisie: Zondag game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Blauw Geel '38.
Dongen form and stats
Dongen was eliminated in the 2nd preliminary round last season in the KNVB Beker.Dongen lost their last game at Blauw Geel '38 after a 0-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home Derde Divisie: Zondag game against HV & CV Quick that was lost 2-3.VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo was sent out of KNVB Beker in the 1st round last season.As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, VVV-Venlo have produced an overall stat of 3-0-2 so far.
VVV-Venlo failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs FC Dordrecht that ended with defeat 0-1. Janssen, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.35. Janssen hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
A 1-4 defeat away at Roda JC Kerkrade before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the VVV-Venlo manager Kruijs as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Jong Ajax.
The VVV-Venlo manager Kruijs has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Braken 6 goals |  K. de Boer 2 goals | T. Verheijen 2 goals |
Dongen missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| Dongen | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 40 | ||
| 60 | 25 | Conceded | C | 25 | 52 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 6.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| 15.7 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 7.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Almere City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Telstar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Dordrecht | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Graafschap | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | FC Oss | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
