NEC vs VVV-Venlo in KNVB Beker preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Netherlands KNVB Beker
Competition: Wed 17.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as NEC & VVV-Venlo face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Eredivisie game only three days ago. That game, against FC Utrecht, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for VVV-Venlo.

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NEC form and stats

Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 1st round.

NEC have collected 21 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 6-3-2.

The fans are hoping that NEC will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eerste Divisie game against MVV Maastricht. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Jong Utrecht.

NEC's goalkeeper Norbert Alblas was extremely busy against MVV Maastricht, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Graafschap are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from NEC in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, NEC have conceded only 10 goals.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

VVV-Venlo's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 1st round.

There's been little loot from VVV-Venlo's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Eredivisie. VVV-Venlo only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. When we have look at the KNVB Beker statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, VVV-Venlo are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

VVV-Venlo play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to FC Utrecht. It was a Eredivisie defeat before that one as the away game against Fortuna Sittard wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

It's a bit worrying for VVV-Venlo that their goalkeeper Thorsten Kirschbaum made eight saves in the FC Utrecht game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.

A new game in only three days for VVV-Venlo, the Eredivisie home match versus AZ. Busy days.

VVV-Venlo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 11 games. The VVV-Venlo manager H. de Koning has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

NEC-VVV-Venlo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: NEC five wins, VVV-Venlo three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VVV-VenloG. Giakoumakis
G. Giakoumakis
22 goals
NECJ. Bruijn
J. Bruijn
8 goals
NECE. Tavsan
E. Tavsan
5 goals

NEC missing players

VVV-Venlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NEC VVV-Venlo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
13 7   Won W   4 9
6 3   Drew D   1 4
6 2   Lost L   7 12
46 23   Scored S   24 44
32 12   Conceded C   25 59
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 88%
60% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 80%
36% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   67% 56%
24% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   50% 40%
60% 58%   BTTS BTTS   83% 76%
24% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 8%
20% 25%   Failed to Score F T   8% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.3 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.3
2 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
13 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 10
5.6 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 3.9
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 45%

  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 22 17 2 3 65 19 12 9 0 3 36 12 10 8 2 0 29 7 46 53
2 Graafschap 24 17 2 5 51 33 12 9 1 2 25 14 12 8 1 3 26 19 18 53
3 Almere City 22 15 5 2 50 28 11 9 2 0 22 2 11 6 3 2 28 26 22 50
4 NAC Breda 23 13 5 5 43 20 12 8 1 3 26 12 11 5 4 2 17 8 23 44
5 Go Ahead Eagles 24 13 5 6 33 18 12 5 3 4 14 10 12 8 2 2 19 8 15 44
6 NEC 23 12 5 6 40 27 11 6 3 2 20 10 12 6 2 4 20 17 13 41
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 24 10 8 6 45 32 12 6 4 2 24 13 12 4 4 4 21 19 13 38
8 FC Volendam 23 10 7 6 48 30 12 4 3 5 25 16 11 6 4 1 23 14 18 37
9 Telstar 23 9 6 8 41 33 11 4 3 4 25 17 12 5 3 4 16 16 8 33
10 Excelsior 24 9 3 12 45 43 12 4 1 7 23 25 12 5 2 5 22 18 2 30
11 Jong Ajax 23 8 5 10 38 43 12 3 3 6 17 24 11 5 2 4 21 19 -5 29
12 FC Oss 23 8 4 11 25 33 12 5 2 5 19 16 11 3 2 6 6 17 -8 28
13 FC Eindhoven 24 7 6 11 35 43 12 4 3 5 25 22 12 3 3 6 10 21 -8 27
14 Helmond Sport 22 6 8 8 30 34 11 4 2 5 16 17 11 2 6 3 14 17 -4 26
15 Jong Utrecht 23 8 1 14 34 44 11 4 0 7 15 19 12 4 1 7 19 25 -10 25
16 Jong AZ 24 6 4 14 35 65 12 3 3 6 24 33 12 3 1 8 11 32 -30 22
17 Jong PSV 23 5 5 13 34 51 11 1 4 6 13 20 12 4 1 7 21 31 -17 20
18 MVV Maastricht 24 5 5 14 25 52 11 3 2 6 17 29 13 2 3 8 8 23 -27 20
19 FC Dordrecht 23 4 3 16 20 60 11 2 3 6 11 21 12 2 0 10 9 39 -40 15
20 FC Den Bosch 23 2 7 14 26 55 12 2 5 5 16 18 11 0 2 9 10 37 -29 13
  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 21 17 2 2 68 15 10 8 1 1 31 9 11 9 1 1 37 6 53 53
2 PSV 22 14 5 3 51 24 10 9 0 1 24 6 12 5 5 2 27 18 27 47
3 AZ 22 12 7 3 48 32 11 6 2 3 21 15 11 6 5 0 27 17 16 43
4 Vitesse 22 13 3 6 34 21 11 8 2 1 17 6 11 5 1 5 17 15 13 42
5 Feyenoord 21 12 5 4 42 20 11 6 4 1 23 9 10 6 1 3 19 11 22 41
6 FC Groningen 21 11 4 6 29 23 11 6 3 2 14 8 10 5 1 4 15 15 6 37
7 FC Twente 22 9 6 7 35 28 11 3 3 5 14 15 11 6 3 2 21 13 7 33
8 FC Utrecht 21 7 10 4 30 28 12 5 6 1 21 16 9 2 4 3 9 12 2 31
9 SC Heerenveen 22 7 8 7 30 30 10 5 2 3 16 11 12 2 6 4 14 19 0 29
10 Fortuna Sittard 22 8 4 10 33 41 11 3 2 6 17 23 11 5 2 4 16 18 -8 28
11 Heracles 22 8 4 10 24 32 11 5 1 5 15 11 11 3 3 5 9 21 -8 28
12 Sparta Rotterdam 21 6 5 10 30 34 11 2 3 6 20 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 -4 23
13 PEC Zwolle 22 4 11 7 26 34 11 2 6 3 11 13 11 2 5 4 15 21 -8 23
14 VVV-Venlo 21 6 4 11 35 52 10 3 3 4 15 28 11 3 1 7 20 24 -17 22
15 RKC Waalwijk 22 4 7 11 19 35 11 2 4 5 11 17 11 2 3 6 8 18 -16 19
16 Willem II 21 3 4 14 24 47 10 3 1 6 15 21 11 0 3 8 9 26 -23 13
17 ADO Den Haag 21 2 7 12 19 47 11 0 5 6 11 23 10 2 2 6 8 24 -28 13
18 FC Emmen 22 0 6 16 17 51 11 0 3 8 13 31 11 0 3 8 4 20 -34 6

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 21 17 2 2 68 15 10 8 1 1 31 9 11 9 1 1 37 6 53 53
2 PSV 22 14 5 3 51 24 10 9 0 1 24 6 12 5 5 2 27 18 27 47
3 AZ 22 12 7 3 48 32 11 6 2 3 21 15 11 6 5 0 27 17 16 43
4 Vitesse 22 13 3 6 34 21 11 8 2 1 17 6 11 5 1 5 17 15 13 42
5 Feyenoord 21 12 5 4 42 20 11 6 4 1 23 9 10 6 1 3 19 11 22 41
6 FC Groningen 21 11 4 6 29 23 11 6 3 2 14 8 10 5 1 4 15 15 6 37
7 FC Twente 22 9 6 7 35 28 11 3 3 5 14 15 11 6 3 2 21 13 7 33
8 FC Utrecht 21 7 10 4 30 28 12 5 6 1 21 16 9 2 4 3 9 12 2 31
9 SC Heerenveen 22 7 8 7 30 30 10 5 2 3 16 11 12 2 6 4 14 19 0 29
10 Fortuna Sittard 22 8 4 10 33 41 11 3 2 6 17 23 11 5 2 4 16 18 -8 28
11 Heracles 22 8 4 10 24 32 11 5 1 5 15 11 11 3 3 5 9 21 -8 28
12 Sparta Rotterdam 21 6 5 10 30 34 11 2 3 6 20 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 -4 23
13 PEC Zwolle 22 4 11 7 26 34 11 2 6 3 11 13 11 2 5 4 15 21 -8 23
14 VVV-Venlo 21 6 4 11 35 52 10 3 3 4 15 28 11 3 1 7 20 24 -17 22
15 RKC Waalwijk 22 4 7 11 19 35 11 2 4 5 11 17 11 2 3 6 8 18 -16 19
16 Willem II 21 3 4 14 24 47 10 3 1 6 15 21 11 0 3 8 9 26 -23 13
17 ADO Den Haag 21 2 7 12 19 47 11 0 5 6 11 23 10 2 2 6 8 24 -28 13
18 FC Emmen 22 0 6 16 17 51 11 0 3 8 13 31 11 0 3 8 4 20 -34 6

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