VVV-Venlo 3-2 Heracles Almelo: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 7 November 2020

Result

VVV-Venlo 3-2 Heracles Almelo

Eredivisie · Saturday 7 November 2020, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VVV-Venlo 3-2 Heracles Almelo: match report

VVV-Venlo defeated Heracles Almelo 3-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 7 November 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

Silvester van der Water opened the scoring in the 38th minute. VVV-Venlo's goals came from Jafar Arias (51'), Vito van Crooij (67') and Georgios Giakoumakis (88'). Heracles Almelo scored through Silvester van der Water (38') and Rai Vloet (78', penalty).

Discipline: VVV-Venlo received 2 yellow cards; Heracles Almelo received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game VVV-Venlo were 14th on 5 points from 7 and Heracles Almelo 10th on 8 points from 7. VVV-Venlo went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and Heracles Almelo 9th with 44.

VVV-Venlo lined up in a 4-4-2 and Heracles Almelo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Silvester van der Water of Heracles Almelo (7.5), level with Rai Vloet (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 VVV-Venlo wins, 0 draws and 2 for Heracles Almelo.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Missed penalty · Georgios GiakoumakisVVV-Venlo
  • 31'Yellow card · Danny PostVVV-Venlo
  • 37'Yellow card · Vito van CrooijVVV-Venlo
  • 38'Goal · Silvester van der WaterHeracles Almelo · 0-1
  • 45+2'Red card · A. SzőkeHeracles Almelo
  • 51'Goal · Jafar AriasVVV-Venlo · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · Vito van CrooijVVV-Venlo · 2-1
  • 78'Penalty goal · Rai VloetHeracles Almelo · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · Georgios GiakoumakisVVV-Venlo · 3-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: VVV-Venlo 2, draws 0, Heracles Almelo 2.

Team news

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VVV-Venlo line-up (4-4-2)

Thorsten Kirschbaum, Tobias Pachonik, Roy Gelmi, Arjan Swinkels, Steffen Schäfer, Vito van Crooij, Danny Post, Evert Linthorst, Torino Hunte, Georgios Giakoumakis, Jafar Arias

Heracles Almelo line-up (4-3-3)

Koen Bucker, Tim Breukers, Robin Pröpper, Mats Knoester, Jeff Hardeveld, Lucas Schoofs, Rai Vloet, Teun Bijleveld, Silvester van der Water, Adrián Szőke, Luca de la Torre