VENLO. VVV-Venlo overcame ADO Den Haag to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was VVV-Venlo to strike first with a goal of Elias Sierra at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 20′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Rick Ketting gave the win to VVV-Venlo in the 39′ minute with a goal. ADO Den Haag was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%).
Henk Veerman squandered a decisive penalty (8′). That would have allowed ADO Den Haag to draw the match.
The match was played at the Covebo Stadion – De Koel stadium in Venlo on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 4,068 spectators. The referee was Stan Teuben with the collaboration of Martijn Beijer and Joey Waleveld. The 4th official was Stijn van Zuilichem. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.96 degrees Celsius or 48.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 12 Total 16
- 6 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 8
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 105 Attack 107
- 49 Dangerous attack 89
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 7
Fouls
- 13 Total 22
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
ADO Den Haag had a superior ball possession 61% while VVV-Venlo was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
ADO Den Haag was more pushing with 89 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, VVV-Venlo was capable to find the solution to win this match.
VVV-Venlo shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, ADO Den Haag shot 16 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
VVV-Venlo received 2 yellow cards (Martijn Berden and Robert Klaasen). On the other side, ADO Den Haag received 2 yellow cards (Silvinho Esajas and Daniel Granli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, VVV-Venlo has 33 points to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, ADO Den Haag will stays with 40 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, VVV-Venlo will play away against De Graafschap on the 26th of January with a 13-10 head to head in favor of VVV-Venlo (1 draw).
ADO Den Haag will host FC Emmen on the 26th of January with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of FC Emmen (3 draws).
VVV-Venlo – Formation
VVV-Venlo
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VVV-Venlo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Rick Kruijs decided to play with the following team: Jan de Boer , D. Timber , Rick Ketting , R. Janssen , Simon Janssen , Richard Sedláček , Robert Klaasen , Martijn Berden , Elias Sierra , 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, Diego van Zutphen, Jens Craenmehr and Mohamed Hegi.
Substitutions
VVV-Venlo made 3 changes: Martijn Berden for Thijme Verheijen (65′), Magnus Kaastrup for Pepijn Doesburg (78′) and Robert Klaasen for Joep Kluskens (90′).
Player of the match: Rick Ketting
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for VVV-Venlo was Rick Ketting.
His rating is with 1 goal, 42 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5.
ADO Den Haag – Formation
ADO Den Haag
Also ADO Den Haag adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Darije Kalezić played with: N. Marsman , Tyrese Asante , Daniel Granli , Matteo Waem , Bart van Hintum , Kürşad Sürmeli , Silvinho Esajas , Daryl van Mieghem , J. van der Sande , Joel Ideho and Henk Veerman .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Malik Sellouki , Lasse Vigen Christensen , Henri Koudossou, Amir Absalem, Jerry van Ewijk , Justin Che , Gylermo Siereveld, Tim Coremans, David van de Riet, Alex Schalk , Maikey Houwaart and Finn de Bruin.
Substitutions
ADO Den Haag made 5 changes: Daniel Granli for Malik Sellouki (61′), Silvinho Esajas for Lasse Vigen Christensen (61′), Tyrese Asante for Justin Che (78′), Joel Ideho for Alex Schalk (79′) and Bart van Hintum for Jerry van Ewijk (85′).
Player of the match: J. van der Sande
The most impressive player for ADO Den Haag was J. van der Sande.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.
- Jong AZ – FC Dordrecht – 5-1
- VVV-Venlo – ADO Den Haag – 2-1
- Jong Ajax – FC Groningen – 0-1
- Roda JC Kerkrade – FC Eindhoven – 3-0
- De Graafschap – Jong PSV – 4-2
