On Wednesday Jan 11th, VVV-Venlo hosts FC Emmen at Covebo Stadion – De Koel in a meeting of these two KNVB Beker teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. VVV-Venlo is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Helmond Sport. Nick Venema struck first for VVV-Venlo in the 31st minute on a feed from Sedlacek, then van Vlerken tied it up for Helmond Sport in the 69th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Helmond Sport. VVV-Venlo is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, FC Emmen recorded a 0-2 loss against FC Twente. Ricky van Wolfswinkel struck first for FC Twente in the 5th minute on a feed from Virgil Misidjan, then Michal Sadílek added another in the 67th minute on a feed from Virgil Misidjan In the end, FC Emmen couldn’t muster any offence and FC Twente ran away with the shutout win. FC Emmen looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season FC Emmen won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Zivkovic and Mohamed Bouchouari have been the hottest scorers for FC Emmen in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. VVV-Venlo’s most prolific scorer has been Nick Venema. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.