VVV Venlo vs SBV Excelsior, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
VVV Venlo vs SBV Excelsior — Eredivisie at Seacon Stadion De Koel.
- VVV Venlo 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- SBV Excelsior 34 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Kevin Blom
- Referee Stan Teuben
- Referee Patrick Langkamp
- Referee Cristian Dobre
- Referee Van der Eijk
Standings
# 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 09 Mar SBV Excelsior H 1–0 W 03 Mar FC Groningen A 2–3 L 22 Feb Heracles Almelo H 0–1 L 16 Feb AZ A 0–3 L 09 Feb Willem II Tilburg H 2–1 W 02 Feb AFC Ajax A 0–6 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Mar VVV Venlo A 0–1 L 02 Mar PSV H 0–2 L 23 Feb FC Utrecht A 0–0 D 17 Feb FC Emmen H 2–1 W 10 Feb Fortuna Sittard A 1–4 L 03 Feb Feyenoord Rotterdam H 2–1 W Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
SBV Excelsior0-151/316-301/131-452/–46-602/361-753/176+3/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Seacon Stadion De Koel will turn into a battlefield for VVV Venlo and SBV Excelsior.
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering SBV Excelsior that had 134 games and scored 137 goals.
- 10' It’s high time Adrie Poldervaart made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Denis Mahmudov, as he is very good at scoring at Seacon Stadion De Koel with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' It looks like no one’s ball. SBV Excelsior is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 25' It looks surprising SBV Excelsior does not make any changes. Thomas Oude Kotte has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 35' Lorenzo Burnet has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 40' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 45' GOAL! Johnatan Opoku scores on 45. Assisted by Peter van Ooijen
- 45' SBV Excelsior receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 45.
- 47' Johnatan Opoku with the second goal in the match!
- 52' VVV Venlo started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
- 53' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jurgen Mattheij.
- 55' SBV Excelsior player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 57' VVV Venlo player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 58' Johnatan Opoku was booked on 58.
- 63' A meaty challenge results in booking for Danny Post on 63.
- 68' SBV Excelsior is showing some good football. However, SBV Excelsior are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 72' The supporters are chanting for Evert Linthorst. He replaces Peter van Ooijen on 72 minute.
- 74' Elias Mar Omarsson has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mounir El Hamdaoui on 74 minute.
- 77' Denis Mahmudov has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ali Messaoud on 77 minute.
- 82' SBV Excelsior is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 87' Time for substitution for SBV Excelsior. Lorenzo Burnet is replaced by Mikael Anderson.
- 89' Another change for VVV Venlo made on 89 minute. Johnatan Opoku leaves to be changed by Jay-Roy Grot.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Elias Mar Omarsson. He receives a Yellow card.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for SBV Excelsior.
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Lineups
VVV Venlo Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 1
- 2
- 13
- 20
- 6
- 9
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10
Johnatan Opoku ↓ Jay-Roy Grot 89'
- 8
- 19
- 26
Bench
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11
Jay-Roy Grot ↑ 89'
- 16
- 22
- 4
- 17
- 25
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29
Evert Linthorst ↑ 72'
- 21
- 35
- 34
- 15
Coach Maurice SteijnSBV Excelsior Lineups
Starting XI
- 18
- 34
- 1
- 15
- 22
- 28
- 10
- 8
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14
Ali Messaoud ↓ Denis Mahmudov 77'
- 4
- 6
Bench
- 17
- 7
- 21
- 2
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24
Denis Mahmudov ↑ 77'
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19
Mikael Anderson ↑ 87'
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9
Elias Mar Omarsson ↑ 74'
- 23
- 20
- 3
Coach Adrie Poldervaart -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Elias Mar Omarsson 1 Elias Mar Omarsson 1 Johnatan Opoku 1 VVV Venlo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.12 VVV Venlo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.76 SBV Excelsior xGI would bet for: VVV Venlo or Draw 76% + Under 2.5 goals 71%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: VVV Venlo winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.88Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 82% 18% ± 1.5 56% 44% ± 2.5 29% 71% ± 3.5 13% 87% ± 4.5 5% 95% Double Chance
VVV Venlo or Draw 76%Draw or SBV Excelsior 55%VVV Venlo or SBV Excelsior 68%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: VVV Venlo win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 17.8%1 – 0 Actual1 – 1 13.9%0 – 1 10.2%2 – 0 9.1%2 – 1 7.1%1 – 2 4.8%0 – 2 4.1%3 – 0 3.4%2 – 2 2.8%3 – 1 2.7%1 – 3 1.2%Asian Handicap — VVV Venlo
Handicap VVV Venlo covers Push SBV Excelsior covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 12% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 24% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 16% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
VVV Venlo keeps clean sheet 47% ✗SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet 33% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.