VVV Venlo vs Heracles Almelo, Eredivisie 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
VVV Venlo vs Heracles Almelo — Eredivisie at Seacon Stadion De Koel.
- VVV Venlo 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Heracles Almelo 34 games · 19 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Richard Martens
- Referee Erik Kleinjan
- Referee Luca Cantineau
- Referee Erwin Blank
- Referee Yorick Weterings
7 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Nov Heracles Almelo H 3–2 W 31 Oct FC Groningen A 1–2 L 24 Oct AFC Ajax H 0–13 L 17 Oct AZ A 2–2 D 03 Oct ADO Den Haag H 1–2 L 26 Sep SC Heerenveen A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Nov VVV Venlo A 2–3 L 01 Nov FC Utrecht H 4–1 W 25 Oct Sparta Rotterdam A 1–1 D 17 Oct RKC Waalwijk H 0–1 L 03 Oct SBV Vitesse A 0–3 L 27 Sep PSV H 1–1 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history6% Clean Sheets
Heracles Almelo this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Heracles Almelo0-15–/116-302/331-45–/246-60–/461-75–/376+–/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Seacon Stadion De Koel that hosts another battle between VVV Venlo and Heracles Almelo.
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Lucas Schoofs, as he is very good at scoring at Seacon Stadion De Koel with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 15' It looks surprising VVV Venlo does not make any changes. Thorsten Kirschbaum has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' Koen Bucker needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 25' It’s high time Hans de Koning made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 30' Heracles Almelo started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 31' The referee shows VVV Venlo player a Yellow card on 31.
- 36' VVV Venlo is showing some good football. However, VVV Venlo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 37' Vito van Crooij is having his name booked by the referee on 37.
- 38' Heracles Almelo is taking the lead after the goal scored by Silvester van der Water on 38.
- 43' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 45' The referee calls foul for Adrian Szoke. He receives a Red card.
- 46' Heracles Almelo manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jeremy Cijntje is hanging Silvester van der Water on the field on 46 minute.
- 51' What a strike from Jafar Arias! The score is 1-1.
- 56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 61' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Adrian Szoke made 222 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 63' The whistle greets Steffen Schafer as he departs to be replaced by Lukas Schmitz.
- 67' GOAL! Vito van Crooij scores on 67.
- 72' The travelling Heracles Almelo supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 75' VVV Venlo manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Guus Hupperts is hanging Torino Hunte on the field on 75 minute.
- 78' GOAL! Rai Vloet scores on 78.
- 79' It is a substitution in Heracles Almelo team. Rai Vloet is replaced by Marco Rente on 79 minute.
- 84' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Heracles Almelo that had 222 games and scored 229 goals.
- 88' Sensational shot from Giorgos Giakoumakis. VVV Venlo is back in the lead.
- With this win, VVV Venlo is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
VVV Venlo Lineups
Starting XI
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- 21
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27
Torino Hunte ↓ Guus Hupperts 75'
- 10
- 1
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5
Steffen Schafer ↓ Lukas Schmitz 63'
- 2
- 11
- 25
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3
Arjan Swinkels ↓ Chris Kum 63'
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Bench
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14
Chris Kum ↑ 63'
- 16
- 22
- 18
- 20
- 19
- 15
- 8
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7
Guus Hupperts ↑ 75'
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26
Lukas Schmitz ↑ 63'
- 24
- 29
Coach Hans de KoningHeracles Almelo Lineups
Starting XI
- 15
- 14
- 2
- 4
- 34
- 11
- 26
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10
Rai Vloet ↓ Marco Rente 79'
- 13
- 8
- 17
Bench
- 23
- 21
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5
Marco Rente ↑ 79'
- 37
- 9
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7
Jeremy Cijntje ↑ 46'
- 24
- 31
Coach Frank Wormuth -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sinan Bakis 4 Cyriel Dessers 3 Silvester van der Water 2 Lerin Duarte 2 Rai Vloet 2 Giorgos Giakoumakis 1 Nils Roseler 1 Jafar Arias 1 Head to Head
VVV Venlo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.51 VVV Venlo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.13 Heracles Almelo xGI would bet for: VVV Venlo or Heracles Almelo 77% + Over 2.5 goals 69%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: VVV Venlo winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.64Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 69% 31% ± 3.5 49% 51% ± 4.5 30% 70% Double Chance
VVV Venlo or Draw 57%Draw or Heracles Almelo 67%VVV Venlo or Heracles Almelo 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Heracles Almelo win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.3%1 – 2 8.7%2 – 2 6.5%2 – 1 6.2%1 – 3 6.1%0 – 2 6%0 – 1 5.1%2 – 3 4.6%0 – 3 4.1%0 – 0 3.9%1 – 0 3.4%3 – 2 ActualAsian Handicap — VVV Venlo
Handicap VVV Venlo covers Push Heracles Almelo covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 8% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 14% 73% -0.5 27% — 73% +0.5 49% — 51% +1 49% 20% 31% +1.5 69% — 31% +2 69% 15% 15% +2.5 85% — 15% Clean Sheet
VVV Venlo keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Heracles Almelo keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.