VVV Venlo

vs

RKC Waalwijk

Preview

VVV Venlo

• VVV Venlo has won six, drawn one and lost seven of their 14 home games in Eerste Divisie this season.
• They sit in mid-table in the Eerste Divisie with 37 points from 29 games.

RKC Waalwijk

• RKC Waalwijk has won five, drawn four and lost five of their 14 away games in Eerste Divisie this term.
• They sit in eighth place in the Eerste Divisie with 41 points from 29 games, which puts them firmly in the play-off push.

Head-to-Head

• A tight, tactical game was played out when these sides last met two months ago as VVV won 2-1 away in the Eerste Divisie and while the head-to-head history will have little impact on the result of this game, it does tell us that the two coaches know each other well.
• Peter Uneken is a pragmatic coach who sets his VVV teams up in a structure-first way that is rigid in defence and creates as much as possible in transition.
• He has improved Venlo’s defensive solidity and they have been a dangerous set-piece team with a double-pivot, which has allowed him to be bold with his wide players.
• Sander Duits has developed RKC into a possession-first team that knows how to overload the wings and create goals with clever movement.
• Their structure and discipline in pressing the ball makes them a tough team to break down and they have been patient enough to earn some good results.
• Both coaches like to play with the same formation but there is a big difference in their approach to pressing, which could be the key factor in this match.

Key Players

Betting Insights

• The odds for Over 2.5 goals are 1.45 and both teams to score are 1.41, which suggests the bookies expect an end-to-end game and it is likely that both teams will hit the net.
• Odds of 2.59 for the away win look fair to us.

Prediction