VVV Venlo and Feyenoord meet at Covebo Stadion – De Koel -, in a match for the 12th round of the Eredivisie. The record of direct confrontations at this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams met at this stadium was on 03-11-2019, in a match for the Eredivisie that ended with the victory of Feyenoord by (0‑3). S. Berghuis (90 ‘and 33’) and N. Jørgensen (18 ‘) scored the goals of the match for Feyenoord.
Venlo :
After 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the home team is currently in 14th position, with 9 points won. In their last match, they lost in an away match against RKC Waalwijk by (3‑2), after in the previous match having drawn (2‑2) at home, in a match against PEC Zwolle. For the championship, VVV Venlo conquered 5 points out of 15 possible, after 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 5 matches they played in their stadium. The team has not been very strong defensively, since they have always suffered goals in the last 10 matches, but their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that rarely scores first: they only opened the scoring in 2 of their last 11 games for the Eredivisie, of these 2 they reached the break in 1 but never managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘. In 11 matches in the competition, he conceded the first goal 9 times and only managed 2 comebacks.
The team is struggling to stop the goals conceded and has the worst defense in the championship. He has already been humiliated by a historic loss to Ajax in this edition and he does not want to make the same mistakes again. As he will face the team that has the best campaign as a visitor, all the care will be necessary. Even playing at home, the team will prefer to close.
Feyenoord :
The visiting team is currently in 4th position, with 23 points won, after 6 wins and 5 draws. In the penultimate match, they drew at home against Utrecht by (1‑1). In the last match, they tied at home against Heracles, by (0‑0). The team comes to this match after a away loss against Wolfsberger AC by (1‑0). For the championship, Feyenoord won 13 points out of 15 possible, after 4 wins and 1 draw in the last 5 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 5 away matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive strength, but its attack has scored regularly, since it has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 11 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 7 times, but got the comeback in 4.
The team wants to stay undefeated playing away from home and will go in search of the three points. The team aims to finish the round in second place and for that they do not want to lose points to a technically inferior team. The team has a great average of goals scored away from home, proving to be a team that does not renounce the attack, even outside its domain.
