VVV-Venlo vs Roda JC Kerkrade Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

VVV-Venlo

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VVV-Venlo will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-3 Eerste Divisie success against Almere City.

For VVV-Venlo, the goalscorers were Nick Venema (49'), Kees de Boer (54') and Martijn Berden (61'). Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (18') was the scorer for Almere City.

Their latest results shine a light on the fact that quality has been evident in the VVV-Venlo rearguard. VVV-Venlo have been mean at the back, resulting in the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous 6 outings standing at 4. Nevertheless, time will tell whether the trend might continue on in this next game.

Heading into this fixture, VVV-Venlo have left without a victory over Roda JC Kerkrade in their previous 4 league games.

Roda JC Kerkrade

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Roda JC Kerkrade will come into the encounter following on from a 2-0 Eerste Divisie win in the defeat of Jong AZ in their most recent outing.

For Roda JC Kerkrade, the goals were scored by Romano Postema (43') and Bryan Limbombe (90').

Looking at their form, and Roda JC Kerkrade have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals in all. Defensively, Roda JC Kerkrade have seen their frailties exposed.

Coming into this clash, Roda JC Kerkrade haven't been defeated by VVV-Venlo when having played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes going back to 20/02/2015 tells us that VVV-Venlo have won 1 of these and Roda JC Kerkrade 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

A total of 16 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 5 from Venlose trots and 11 coming from De Koempels. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Eerste Divisie match day 10 on 07/10/2022 and the score finished Roda JC Kerkrade 4-1 VVV-Venlo.

The match was refereed by Marc Nagtegaal.

📋 Team News: VVV-Venlo

The VVV-Venlo manager Rick Kruys will be thankful to have no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

📋 Team News: Roda JC Kerkrade

Owing to a fully healthy group available for selection, the Roda JC Kerkrade manager Edwin de Graef has no fitness worries at all ahead of this game.

🧠 Prediction

Roda JC Kerkrade have it in them to put a goal past this VVV-Venlo side, although that probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid a loss.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for VVV-Venlo when the full-time whistle blows. Hopefully this is a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:30 15/03/2023