TILBURG. Willem II overcomes VVV-Venlo with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Hilterman (19′) and an own goal from R. Ketting (47′).

The match was played at the Koning Willem II Stadion stadium in Tilburg on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Higler with the assistance of Mario Diks and Bas van Dongen. The 4th official was Martijn Vos. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.92 degrees Celsius or 46.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Willem II was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. VVV-Venlo that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Willem II was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Willem II won the match​.

Willem II shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, VVV-Venlo shot 5 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Willem II received 1 yellow card (Tommy St. Jago). On the other side, VVV-Venlo received 1 yellow card (R. Janssen).

Standings

After this match, Willem II has 66 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, VVV-Venlo will stays with 42 points like SC Cambuur and FC Emmen to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Willem II will play away against Helmond Sport on the 29th of March with a 5-0 head to head statistic in favor of Willem II (2 draws).

VVV-Venlo will host TOP Oss on the 29th of March with a 12-9 head to head record in favor of VVV-Venlo (0 draws).

Willem II – Formation

Willem II started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Peter Maes decided to play with the following team: Joshua Smits (7.0), Tommy St. Jago (7.9), Raffael Behounek (7.1), Erik Schouten (7.5), Rob Nizet (7.7), Nick Doodeman (7.7), Jesse Bosch (7.1), Matthias Verreth (7.3), Ringo Meerveld (6.6), Jeredy Hilterman (7.7) and Thijs Oosting (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Freek Heerkens (6.7), Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson, Max de Waal, Max Svensson (7.0), Patrick Joosten, Jeremy Bokila (6.4), Valentino Vermeulen (6.4), Michael de Leeuw (6.8), Connor van den Berg, Khaled Razak and Maarten Schut.

Willem II could not rely on the presence of Max Svensson (injured) and Freek Heerkens (injured).

Substitutions

Willem II made 5 changes: Ringo Meerveld for Max Svensson (26′), Jeredy Hilterman for Jeremy Bokila (72′), Matthias Verreth for Freek Heerkens (60′), Nick Doodeman for Valentino Vermeulen (72′) and Thijs Oosting for Michael de Leeuw (72′).

Player of the match: Tommy St. Jago​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Willem II was Tommy St. Jago even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 51 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10.

VVV-Venlo – Formation

VVV-Venlo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Rick Kruijs played with: Delano van Crooy (7.3), Diego van Zutphen (6.6), Rick Ketting (6.3), R. Janssen (6.7), Moreno Rutten (6.8), Elias Sierra (7.1), Levi Smans (6.4), Richard Sedláček (7.1), Magnus Kaastrup (6.7), Pepijn Doesburg (6.4) and Thijme Verheijen (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jan de Boer, Robin Lathouwers (6.8), Milan Robberechts (6.7), Joep Kluskens, Stan Henderikx, Robert Klaasen, Martijn Berden (6.4), Sem Dirks, Mohammed Odriss (7.0) and Jens Craenmehr.

Substitutions

VVV-Venlo made 4 changes: Thijme Verheijen for Milan Robberechts (57′), Pepijn Doesburg for Martijn Berden (58′), Magnus Kaastrup for Mohammed Odriss (58′) and Diego van Zutphen for Robin Lathouwers (81′).

Player of the match: Delano van Crooy​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for VVV-Venlo was the goalkeeper: Delano van Crooy. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.​

• Willem II – VVV-Venlo – 2-0
• Roda JC Kerkrade – NAC Breda – 3-1
• MVV Maastricht – FC Den Bosch – 1-0
• SC Cambuur – Telstar – 1-0