Ton Lokhoff’s men will be looking to keep their three-match winning streak intact when they face John Karelse’s side at home.
On Saturday, March 3, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NAC-Breda-c39983 at De Koel Stadion on match-day 24. Both sides would be gunning to bag maximum points in this crucial encounter, to keep their hopes alive of playing in the Dutch top flight next season.
VVV-Venlo
The Good Old survived relegation to Eerste Divisie last term by winning the play-offs. They were hoping to perform better this season. However, Venlose Trots failed to impress in the first-half of the 2011/12 campaign under the leadership of Glen de Boeck.
The VVV management dismissed the Belgian trainer and appointed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ton-c35408 Lokhoff as their new head coach in December 2011. Since then, the Good Old have been performing brilliantly at home and on the road.
Occupying the 16th spot in the Eredivisie table, they are a mere two points adrift of the safety zone. They have an overall record of 23 played, 6 won, 4 drawn and 13 lost.
Lokhoff revealed that his side’s ambitions are clear: prolong their stay in the highest echelons of Dutch football.
“We know what we want. The message I received from the management was clear, ‘Keep VVV in the Eredivisie’. We are fully focused and three wins in a row clearly depicts our hard work”, Lokhoff was quoted as saying to Voetbal International.
NAC Breda
After finishing 13th in the Eredivisie table last season, the Rats would have aimed to finish in the top-half of the table this term. However, things went wrong right from the start of the ongoing campaign for them and it took them five matches
before registering their first win of the season.
Since then, the Yellow Army have failed to claim good results consistently and are now sitting 14th in the league table, three points clear of the danger zone.
Although they managed to achieve decent results at home, their poor performances on the road, winning one of their 11 fixtures, pushed them down in the league standings. They have an overall record of 23 played, 7 won, 4 drawn and 12 lost.
Head-to-Head statistics
NAC have bagged all three points in three of their last five encounters against Venlose Trots. VVV managed to emerge victorious in one fixture while the remaining match ended in a draw.
Players to watch
Yanic Wildschut – VVV-Venlo
The 20-year-old forward played an integral role in his side’s 3-1 win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Heracles-Almelo-c39520 on February 25, netting a goal while setting up another. He would be keen to add more to his tally against NAC and help his side claim all three points.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santi-Kolk-c32507 – NAC Breda
The on-loan Union http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/ADO-Den-Haag-c38221 on February 25. He would be brimming with confidence coming into this match and would be keen to replicate his last weekend’s performance against the struggling VVV.
Prediction
VVV are performing brilliantly as a unit in recent weeks while NAC have struggled to show consistency in their game. In addition, Venlose Trots will be enjoying the home advantage that puts them as favourites to emerge victorious 2-1.
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