VENLO. VVV-Venlo bested Telstar to win 2-1. It was VVV-Venlo to strike first with a goal of Levi Smans at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 34′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Magnus Kaastrup gave the win to VVV-Venlo in the 61′ minute with a goal.
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 Edwin van de Graaf who was helped by Patrick Inia and Maarten Ketting. The 4th official was Luc Tissingh. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.94 degrees Celsius or 48.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. VVV-Venlo was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Telstar that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Telstar was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, VVV-Venlo found a way to find the solution to win this match.
VVV-Venlo shot 12 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Telstar shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
VVV-Venlo received 4 yellow cards (Robin Lathouwers, Pepijn Doesburg, Michalis Kosidis and Magnus Kaastrup). Talking about the opposition, Telstar received 2 yellow cards (Devon Koswal and Alex Plat).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, VVV-Venlo has 29 points like FC Eindhoven to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Telstar will stays with 14 points to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, VVV-Venlo will play away with Jong Utrecht on the 15th of January with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of VVV-Venlo (2 draws).
Telstar will host Jong AZ on the 12th of January with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Telstar (5 draws).
VVV-Venlo – Formation
VVV-Venlo
86'
81'
14'
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: Jan de Boer , Robin Lathouwers , Rick Ketting , D. Timber , Simon Janssen , Elias Sierra , Richard Sedláček , Martijn Berden , Levi Smans , Magnus Kaastrup and Michalis Kosidis .
The home team had on the bench: Thijme Verheijen , Joep Kluskens, Stan Henderikx, Pepijn Doesburg , Sem Dirks, Tim Schrick, Mohammed Odriss , Slone Matondo, Jens Craenmehr and Mohamed Hegi.
Substitutions
VVV-Venlo made 2 changes: Michalis Kosidis for Pepijn Doesburg (81′) and Martijn Berden for Thijme Verheijen (55′).
Player of the match: Magnus Kaastrup
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for VVV-Venlo was Magnus Kaastrup.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.
Telstar – Formation
Telstar
Telstar started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Mike Snoei played with: Ronald Koeman Jr. , Mitch Apau , Jorginho Soares , Danny Bakker , Tim van de Loo , Alex Plat , Sebbe Augustijns , Jayden Turfkruier , Thomas Oude Kotte , Danzell Gravenberch and Zakaria Eddahchouri .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jay Kruiver, Cain Seedorf, Youssef El Kachati , Christos Giousis, Yahya Boussakou, Devon Koswal , Yaël Liesdek , Quinten van den Heerik, Joey Houweling, Alae-Eddine Bouyaghlafen, Mohammed Tahiri and Lukas van Ingen.
Substitutions
Telstar made 4 changes: Alex Plat for Yaël Liesdek (72′), Sebbe Augustijns for Devon Koswal (72′), Danzell Gravenberch for Youssef El Kachati (72′) and Tim van de Loo for Christos Giousis (87′).
Player of the match: Ronald Koeman Jr.
The player that probably impressed the most for Telstar was the goalkeeper: Ronald Koeman Jr.. His rating is 7.65. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.
- FC Groningen – Jong Utrecht – 2-1
- VVV-Venlo – Telstar – 2-1
- FC Den Bosch – SC Cambuur – 3-1
- MVV Maastricht – TOP Oss – 2-0
- NAC Breda – Willem II – 1-2
