Match Report
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Philips Stadion where PSV Eindhoven play host to VVV Venlo. A crowd of 19,770 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
PSV Eindhoven are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while VVV Venlo appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
PSV Eindhoven are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while VVV Venlo appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and PSV Eindhoven kick off!
3.48
0-0Paul van den Berg passes the ball forward to Johnny Bakker. Johnny Bakker knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
9.53
0-0Andres Zubizarreta makes a simple pass to Denny Bosch. Denny Bosch surges forward with the ball. Denny Bosch plays a perfect one-two with Johnny Bakker and rushes in on goal... Denny Bosch takes a shot at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
15.56
Erick Mata flicks the ball to his team mate, Ronnie Hoogstrate. Ronnie Hoogstrate threads the ball through to Gregoor Moens. Gregoor Moens plays a perfect one-two with Daan van den Broek and rushes in on goal... Gregoor Moens rockets a shot on goal but it flies wide!
16.33
Ronnie Hoogstrate chips the ball to his team mate, Jan Boussatta. Jan Boussatta controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
20.16
0-0Danny Smits chips the ball to his team mate, Kew Wilnis. Kew Wilnis tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball comes in low, but Dominic Caldwell easily smothers it!
22.02
0-0Fred Viscaal makes a simple pass to Denny Bosch. Denny Bosch makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Kew Wilnis. Kew Wilnis makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tim Ditewig but he's offside!
33.48
Denny Bosch makes a simple pass to Johnny Bakker. Johnny Bakker goes all the way! Johnny Bakker cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
36.11
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
38.28
VVV Venlo are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
45.00
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
VVV Venlo start the second half!
47.09
Denny Bosch passes the ball forward to Johnny Bakker. Johnny Bakker makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Kew Wilnis but he's offside!
49.08
Andres Zubizarreta knocks the ball to his team mate, Paul van den Berg. Paul van den Berg knocks the ball to his team mate, Kew Wilnis. Kew Wilnis knocks the ball to his team mate, Johnny Bakker. Johnny Bakker makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
55.09
0-1Hugo Caballero deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Daan van den Broek. Daan van den Broek chips the ball to his team mate, Jan Boussatta. Jan Boussatta shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's there!! Eduardo Campos has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
60.08
Denny Bosch passes the ball forward to Kew Wilnis. Kew Wilnis tries a spectacular long range effort. It's miles wide!
61.49
Andres Zubizarreta sees space and advances. Andres Zubizarreta makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tim Ditewig. Tim Ditewig goes all the way! Tim Ditewig tries a spectacular strike but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
66.06
Piotr Smolarek chips the ball to his team mate, Denny Bosch. Denny Bosch knocks the ball forward to Johnny Bakker. Johnny Bakker knocks in a cross ball towards Kew Wilnis. Kew Wilnis heads the ball goalwards. Magnificent save by Dominic Caldwell!
69.26
Fred Viscaal chips the ball to his team mate, Denny Bosch. Denny Bosch makes a simple pass to Tim Ditewig. Tim Ditewig sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it flies wide!
73.59
Hugo Caballero chips the ball to his team mate, Jan Boussatta. Jan Boussatta chips the ball to his team mate, Gregoor Moens. Gregoor Moens shows great control and tries a shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
79.22
Ronnie Hoogstrate kicks a strong pass forward to Daan van den Broek. Daan van den Broek deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jan Boussatta but the linesman indicates offside!
81.32
Hugo Caballero flicks the ball to his team mate, Jan Boussatta. Jan Boussatta knocks the ball forward to Gregoor Moens but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
83.50
0-1Piotr Smolarek barges into Hugo Caballero. Piotr Smolarek is warned by the referee! Hugo Caballero carries on, but is struggling a bit.
87.38
Piotr Smolarek makes a probing pass to Mariano S. Rocha. Mariano S. Rocha passes the ball forward to Johnny Bakker. Johnny Bakker finds some space and shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
2
1
Shots off Target
7
3
Offsides
2
2
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
60.3%
39.7%
Play Area
30.1%
45.2%
24.7%
Scorers