VENLO. VVV-Venlo was able to reverse the scoreline against Heracles Almelo. It was Heracles Almelo to score first with a goal from Lucas Schoofs. However, later VVV-Venlo found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Nick Venema (61′), Kees de Boer (75′) and Mitchell van Rooijen (82′).
The match was played at the Covebo Stadion – De Koel stadium in Venlo on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Martin van den Kerkhof with the assistance of Franca Overtoom and Martijn Beijer. The 4th official was Dominique Prick. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.4 degrees Celsius or 43.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 7 Total 14
- 4 On Target 2
- 1 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 95 Attack 127
- 43 Dangerous attack 84
- 104 Ball safe 96
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. VVV-Venlo was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Heracles Almelo that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Heracles Almelo was more pushing with 84 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, VVV-Venlo was capable to find the solution to win this match.
VVV-Venlo shot 7 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Heracles Almelo shot 14 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
VVV-Venlo received 1 yellow card (Robin Lathouwers). Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo received 2 yellow cards (Sven Sonnenberg and Ruben Roosken).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, VVV-Venlo will have 39 points like Willem II and FC Eindhoven to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo will stay with 50 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, VVV-Venlo will play away against Jong Utrecht on the 19th of May with a 3-1 head to head in favor of VVV-Venlo (1 draw).
Heracles Almelo will host Jong Ajax on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head stats.
VVV-Venlo – Formation
VVV-Venlo
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VVV-Venlo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Rick Kruijs decided to play with the following team: Ennio Van Der Gouw , Robin Lathouwers , Rick Ketting , Brian Koglin , Simon Janssen , Richard Sedláček , Joep Kluskens , Martijn Berden , Daan Huisman , Soulyman Allouch and Nick Venema .
The home team had on the bench: Tristan Dekker , Levi Smans, Sem Dirks, Kees de Boer , Mitchell van Rooijen , Kristofer Ingi Kristinsson, Carl Johansson , Sven Braken , Yahcuroo Roemer, Jens Craenmehr, Lukáš Zima and Özcan Yasar.
Substitutions
VVV-Venlo made 5 changes: Daan Huisman for Kees de Boer (55′), Soulyman Allouch for Lukas Hägg Johansson (55′), Robin Lathouwers for Tristan Dekker (55′), Richard Sedlacek for Sven Braken (72′) and Martijn Berden for Mitchell van Rooijen (78′).
Best player: Kees de Boer
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for VVV-Venlo was Kees de Boer.
His rating is with 1 goal, 7 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 55′.
Heracles Almelo – Formation
Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Joannes Gerardus Adrianus Lammers played with: Michael Brouwer , Marco Rente , Sven Sonnenberg , Justin Hoogma , Ruben Roosken , Ismail Azzaoui , Lucas Schoofs , Thomas Bruns , Emil Hansson , Anas Ouahim and Nikolai Laursen .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rigino Cicilia, Elias Sierra, Robin Jalving, Antonio Satriano, Sava Arangel Čestić, Marko Vejinović , Sylian Mokono, Mateo Leš , Lasse Wehmeyer, Navajo Bakboord, Abdenego Nankishi and Koen Bucker.
Heracles Almelo could not rely on the presence of Marko Vejinović (injured).
Substitutions
Heracles Almelo made 5 changes: Anas Ouahim for Marko Vejinović (32′), Ismail Azzaoui for Abdenego N’Lola Nankishi (63′), Ruben Roosken for Mateo Leš (64′), Thomas Bruns for Antonio Satriano (88′) and Nikolai Laursen for Rigino Cicilia (84′).
Best player: Ismail Azzaoui
The most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was Ismail Azzaoui.
His rating is with 15 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.
- Willem II – FC Dordrecht – 1-0
- VVV-Venlo – Heracles Almelo – 3-1
- PEC Zwolle – Jong AZ – 4-1
- MVV Maastricht – TOP Oss – 5-1
- Helmond Sport – Roda JC Kerkrade – 1-0
- FC Eindhoven – Almere City – 0-1
- FC Den Bosch – Jong Ajax – 4-2
- NAC Breda – De Graafschap – 2-0
