Perhaps a welcome break from league football as VVV-Venlo & Go Ahead Eagles face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
VVV-Venlo have less rest than Go Ahead Eagles in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eredivisie game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Go Ahead Eagles have had more rest.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Go Ahead Eagles have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 11-5-7 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
Last season, VVV-Venlo's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 1st round.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. VVV-Venlo have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Covebo Stadion - De Koel.
In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting ADO Den Haag.
The VVV-Venlo goalkeeper Thorsten Kirschbaum was crucial in the match against SC Heerenveen last time out, making six saves.
VVV-Venlo are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at FC Twente awaits in three days.
VVV-Venlo has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. As for conceded goals, VVV-Venlo's unpleasant statistic is 27 goals surrendered. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches. VVV-Venlo have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Go Ahead Eagles's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Go Ahead Eagles collect 20 points from their 10 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The fact that Eagles have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Having won their last three away games Go Ahead Eagles has no reason to fear anyone.
187 minutes! That's how long the Go Ahead Eagles goalkeeper Jay Gorter and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Erkan Eyibil, Sam Beukema and Sam Hendriks secured the home win 3-0 against MVV Maastricht in their previous game. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against FC Oss in the Eerste Divisie.
Eagles has another fixture away, a Eerste Divisie game, against Jong Ajax in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Go Ahead Eagles are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. Go Ahead Eagles are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): VVV-Venlo five wins, two draws and Go Ahead Eagles three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Giakoumakis 16 goals |  J. Arias 4 goals |   S. Beukema 4 goals |
VVV-Venlo missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| VVV-Venlo | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 60 | 33 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 80% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 46% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 41 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | AZ Alkmaar | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Heracles | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -18 | 16 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 16 | Willem II | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -25 | 10 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -28 | 5 |
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 40 | 47 |
| 2 | Almere City | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | NEC | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 34 |
| 8 | Telstar | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Jong Utrecht | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 25 |
| 13 | Helmond Sport | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -25 | 16 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -26 | 15 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -33 | 12 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 33 | -28 | 11 |