Dordrecht vs VVV Venlo Prediction & Betting Tips

Two very different runs

Venlo have won five of their last seven league games and lost only twice, scoring freely along the way. That run is what's put them near the top so early in the campaign.

Dordrecht: 20 completed matches; VVV Venlo: 20 completed matches.

Dordrecht

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

46

Difference

-16

VVV Venlo

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

41

Difference

+2

Dordrecht's form reads very differently. One win, one draw and five defeats in the same span, including heavy losses to FC Volendam and Jong AZ. Goals have been hard to come by at one end and easy to concede at the other.

Their recent trajectories are heading in opposite directions.

Comparative Team Statistics: Dordrecht vs VVV Venlo

History between these two

These sides have faced each other regularly down the years, and the head-to-head is fairly even over the long run. What stands out more is the recent pattern specifically at Dordrecht's own ground.

Dordrecht beat Venlo 2-0 at home in October last year and then thumped them 4-0 at home in March, before Venlo responded with a 3-1 win on their own turf in December. So even with this season's form gap, Dordrecht have shown they can trouble Venlo when playing at home.

Venlo's current dominance in the table hasn't always carried over into this specific fixture.

A big gap in the table

Venlo sit third in the Eerste Divisie with 15 points from seven games, while Dordrecht are down in 19th with just four points from the same number of matches. That's an 11-point gap after only seven rounds, which says a lot about how each side's start has gone.

Venlo have scored 19 and conceded 11 in that time. Dordrecht have gone the other way, managing only 9 goals for and shipping 21 against.

On the numbers alone, this points to a clear gap in class between the two sides right now.

Threats and discipline

D. Zandbergen has been Venlo's main source of goals, with four in his last four appearances, while Lars de Blok has added five assists in seven games as another route to goal.

Dordrecht:

Penalty cards:

A. Ouarghi x 1 x 4

B. Hardley x 1

M. Vetkal x 3

VVV Venlo:

Best scorers:

D. Zandbergen - 4

Best assist providers:

Lars de Blok - 5

Penalty cards:

L. Görlich x 3

On the Dordrecht side, the numbers point more to a disciplinary issue than an attacking one. A. Ouarghi has picked up four yellow cards in six matches, and B. Hardley has already been sent off once in four games.

Home and away splits

Break Dordrecht's home games down on their own and it's not quite as bleak as the overall table suggests: one win and two defeats from three at home this season. Venlo's away form has actually been solid too, with two wins from three on the road in that same stretch.

That combination doesn't point to one-way traffic, even with the gap in the standings.

Dordrecht's home form and the recent head-to-head suggest this could be tighter than the table implies.