📏 Form Guide

VVV-Venlo

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VVV-Venlo will be wanting a better result here after the 2-1 Eerste Divisie defeat last time out to Jong AZ.

In that game, VVV-Venlo managed 47% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for VVV-Venlo was Levi Smans (19'). For their opponents, Jong AZ had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Denso Kasius (65') and Jayden Addai (76') scored for Jong AZ.

An interesting feature of more recent VVV-Venlo games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

Taking their previous 6 matches leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a loser. However, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might persist here in this match.

Going into this contest, VVV-Venlo haven't lost in the league to Den Bosch in their previous 10 games. A decent run, indeed.

Den Bosch

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In their previous game, Den Bosch drew 2-2 in the Eerste Divisie tie with NAC Breda.

In that game, Den Bosch had 38% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Den Bosch, goals were scored by Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand (26') and Kacper Kostorz (71'). NAC Breda got 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Tom Boere (39') and Boyd Lucassen (45') scored for NAC Breda.

During their 6 most recent matches, Den Bosch have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 7 times, earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.

A look at their previous results shows us that Den Bosch:

• have left without a victory over VVV-Venlo in away games against them for the last 9 league matches. An awful away record.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 27/10/2020 shows that these fixtures have been disappointments for Den Bosch. They’ve not managed to get any wins whatsoever whereas VVV-Venlo have simply been better than them, running out winners in 83 per cent of those ties.

In all, 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 14 from Venlose trots and 4 belonging to Blue White Dragons. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Eerste Divisie match day 11 on 20/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Den Bosch 1-2 VVV-Venlo.

That time, Den Bosch managed 46% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Ilias Boumassaoudi (14').

VVV-Venlo got 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Dylan Timber (47') and Martijn Berden (48') scored.

The match was refereed by Laurens Gerrets.

ℹ️ Team News: VVV-Venlo

Looking at personnel, there is just a single fitness concern for the VVV-Venlo gaffer Rick Kruys to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Dylan Timber (Cruciate ligament injury) will miss out.

📋 Team News: Den Bosch

Owing to a completely healthy group available to select from, the Den Bosch manager William van Overbeek has zero fitness worries at all before this clash.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Den Bosch will likely be able to break down this VVV-Venlo side, but that may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for VVV-Venlo after the 90. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:09 26/04/2024