VVV-Venlo 3-1 Heracles Almelo: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 24 December 2017
Result
VVV-Venlo 3-1 Heracles Almelo
Eredivisie · Sunday 24 December 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
VVV-Venlo 3-1 Heracles Almelo: match report
VVV-Venlo defeated Heracles Almelo 3-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 24 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Lennart Thy opened the scoring in the 17th minute. VVV-Venlo's goals came from Lennart Thy (17'), Lennart Thy (54') and Lennart Thy (76'). Heracles Almelo scored through Reuven Niemeijer (27', penalty).
Discipline: VVV-Venlo received 2 yellow cards; Heracles Almelo received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game VVV-Venlo were 13th on 19 points from 17 and Heracles Almelo 10th on 22 points from 17. VVV-Venlo went on to finish that season 15th with 34 points, and Heracles Almelo 10th with 42.
VVV-Venlo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Heracles Almelo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lennart Thy of VVV-Venlo (9.5), ahead of Brandley Kuwas (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 VVV-Venlo wins, 0 draws and 1 for Heracles Almelo.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Lennart Thy
- 27'Penalty goal · Reuven Niemeijer
- 38'Yellow card · Joey Pelupessy
- 45+2'Yellow card · Damian van Bruggen
- 45+2'Yellow card · Nils Röseler
- 48'Yellow card · Vincent Vermeij
- 54'Goal · Lennart Thy
- 72'Yellow card · Robin Pröpper
- 74'Yellow card · W. Droste
- 76'Goal · Lennart Thy
Head-to-head
Team news
VVV-Venlo line-up (4-3-3)
Lars Unnerstall, Moreno Rutten, Jerold Promes, Roel Janssen, Nils Röseler, Clint Leemans, Ralf Seuntjens, Damian van Bruggen, Vito van Crooij, Lennart Thy, Torino Hunte
Heracles Almelo line-up (4-3-3)
Bram Castro, Tim Breukers, Dries Wuytens, Wout Droste, Roland Baas, Joey Pelupessy, Reuven Niemeijer, Jamiro Monteiro, Brandley Kuwas, Kristoffer Peterson, Vincent Vermeij