VVV-Venlo defeats Almere City 3-0. HIGHLIGHTS

VENLO. VVV-Venlo was in the end too good for Almere City.

August 9, 2022

VENLO. VVV-Venlo was ultimately too much to handle for Almere City with the goal of K. de Boer (7′), S. Braken (32′ pen) and D. van Bruggen (70′ own). Almere City was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (67%).

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 Laurens Gerrets with the help of Nils van Kampen and Rick van Rijn. The 4th official was Dominique Prick. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.6 degrees Celsius or 63.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.

Match Statistics

VVV-Venlo

3 - 0

Almere City

! 33 Ball Possession 67

Shots

10 Total 5
4 On Target 2
6 Off Target 3
0 Shots blocked 0

71 Attack 120
47 Dangerous attack 61
77 Ball safe 76

1 Penalties 0
8 Corners 4
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

12 Total 14
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Almere City had a strong ball possession 67% while VVV-Venlo was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Almere City was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, VVV-Venlo was able to find the solution to win this match.

VVV-Venlo shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Almere City shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

VVV-Venlo received 3 yellow cards (N. Venema, S. Janssen and R. Sedlacek). On the other side, Almere City received 2 yellow cards (N. Bakker and M. Esajas).

Match Timeline

18'

M. Esajas- sub ->D. Post

31'

Nordin Bakker- Yellow

32'

43'

M. Esajas- Yellow

45'

Simon Janssen- Yellow

50'

Joep Kluskens- sub ->Thijme Verheijen

66'

68'

70'

Damian van Bruggen(own-goal)

75'

76'

Layee Kromah- sub ->I. Alhaft

76'

Richard Sedláček- Yellow

88'

Jens Jacobs- sub ->Richard Sedlacek

89'

Levi Smans- sub ->Nick Venema

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, VVV-Venlo has 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. On the other side, Almere City stays with 0 points (18th).

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 2-1 head to head stats in favor of VVV-Venlo (1 draw).

Almere City will host MVV Maastricht on the 19th of May with a 16-8 head to head statistic in favor of MVV Maastricht (11 draws).

VVV-Venlo – Formation

VVV-Venlo

L. Zima 38.Czech Republic

8.0

Rick Ketting 4.Netherlands

8.0

Simon Janssen 5.Netherlands

7.1

50'

Sem Dirks 3.Netherlands

7.0

Richard Sedláček 13.Czech Republic

6.5

89'

88'

Robert Klaasen 16.Netherlands

7.4

Kees de Boer 8.Netherlands

7.8

Thijme Verheijen 11.Netherlands

6.5

66'

Sven Braken 9.Netherlands

7.3

75'

32'

Carl Johansson 7.Sweden

6.8

66'

N. Venema 10.Netherlands

6.3

89'

45'

Substitutes

J. Craenmehr 30.Netherlands

Ennio van der Gouw 1.Netherlands

Brian Koglin 2.Germany

Jens Jacobs 20.Netherlands

89'

I. Hussein 21.Netherlands

Levi Smans 14.Netherlands

89'

Joep Kluskens 12.Netherlands

6.7

66'

Mitchell van Rooijen 6.Netherlands

Yahcuroo Roemer 19.Suriname

7.1

66'

Özcan Yasar 29.Netherlands

6.4

75'

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

The manager Rick Kruijs decided to play with the following team: Lukáš Zima (8.0), Richard Sedláček (6.5), Rick Ketting (8.0), Sem Dirks (7.0), Simon Janssen (7.1), Kees de Boer (7.8), Robert Klaasen (7.4), Thijme Verheijen (6.5), Nick Venema (6.3), Carl Johansson (6.8) and Sven Braken (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Jens Craenmehr, Yahcuroo Roemer (7.1), Brian Koglin, Levi Smans, Jens Jacobs, Ian Hussein Ngobi, Joep Kluskens (6.7), Ennio Van Der Gouw, Mitchell van Rooijen and Özcan Yasar (6.4).

Substitutions

VVV-Venlo made 5 changes: C. Johansson for Y. Roemer (66′), T. Verheijen for J. Kluskens (66′), S. Braken for O. Yasar (75′), R. Sedlacek for J. Jacobs (89′) and N. Venema for L. Smans (89′).

Best player: Lukáš Zima

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for VVV-Venlo was the goalkeeper: Lukáš Zima. His rating is 8.01. He performed 4 saves.

Almere City – Formation

Almere City

Nordin Bakker 22.Netherlands

6.0

31'

Damian van Bruggen 4.Netherlands

7.6

Thomas Poll 5.Netherlands

6.6

76'

Joey Jacobs 3.Netherlands

7.6

Hamdi Akujobi 20.Netherlands

6.6

76'

Danny Post 8.Netherlands

6.6

18'

Lance Duijvestijn 10.Netherlands

6.8

S. Resink 28.Netherlands

6.5

Ilias Alhaft 11.Netherlands

7.0

76'

Faiz Mattoir 24.Comoros

6.2

T. Wildeboer 34.Netherlands

6.8

68'

Substitutes

S. Keller 26.Switzerland

Agil Etemadi 1.Netherlands

Manel Royo 23.Spain

6.7

76'

Jaden Pinas 38.Netherlands

Niciano Omzigtig 46.Netherlands

6.8

76'

Pascu 14.Spain

Tim Receveur 6.Netherlands

J. Ritmeester van de Kamp 39.Netherlands

M. Esajas 36.Netherlands

6.4

18'

43'

Jeredy Hilterman 9.Suriname

6.2

68'

Bradly van Hoeven 21.Netherlands

Layee Kromah 37.Côte d'Ivoire

6.1

76'

Almere City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Alex Pastoor played with: Nordin Bakker (6.0), Hamdi Akujobi (6.6), Damian van Bruggen (7.6), Joey Jacobs (7.6), Thomas Poll (6.6), Danny Post (6.6), Stije Resink (6.5), Ilias Alhaft (7.0), Lance Duijvestijn (6.8), Faiz Mattoir (6.2) and Tijmen Wildeboer (6.8).

They had on the bench: Royo (6.7), Stijn Keller, Agil Etemadi, Pascu, Tim Receveur, Jochem van de Kamp, Jeredy Hilterman (6.2), Bradly Van Hoeven, Marcelencio Esajas (6.4), Jaden Pinas, Layee Kromah (6.1) and Niciano Omzigtig (6.8).

Substitutions

Almere City made 5 changes: D. Post for M. Esajas (18′), T. Wildeboer for J. Hilterman (68′), T. Poll for M. Royo (76′), I. Alhaft for L. Kromah (76′) and H. Akujobi for N. Grootfaam (76′).

Best player: Damian van Bruggen

The most impressive player for Almere City was Damian van Bruggen.

His rating is (7.6) with 99 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.