Dordrecht vs VVV Venlo 2-4

VVV Venlo won 4-2 at Dordrecht after racing into a three-goal lead by half-time and adding a fourth early in the second half. Dordrecht pulled one back before stoppage time, but the game had long gone.

Thomas Janssen opened the scoring in the 8th minute from Mohammed Odriss’s assist, Eanna Clancy made it 2-0 in the 17th minute, and Ismail Oulad M'Hand added the third in the 33rd minute, again set up by Odriss. Dordrecht made two changes at half-time, sending on Yannis M'Bemba and Robin van Asten, who was involved in the reply later on. Half-time was Dordrecht 0-3 VVV Venlo.

Lars de Blok restored the three-goal cushion on 50 minutes before Lorenzo Riccio pulled one back in the 56th minute from Van Asten’s assist, with Van Asten having come on in the 45th minute. Dordrecht then had more of the ball and kept pressing, but VVV Venlo made two changes on 71 minutes and two more on 80 minutes to protect the lead. Rocharnio Lenz, who came on in the 84th minute, scored in the third minute of stoppage time to make it 2-4.

Dordrecht had 59% of the ball and 423 passes to VVV Venlo’s 301, but VVV Venlo had more shots, 13 to 7, and more shots on target, 5 to 4. Dordrecht also led corners 8-2, while VVV Venlo had the better xG, 1.04 to 0.51. The sides were close on fouls, with Dordrecht on 19 and VVV Venlo on 18, and both teams had one save in the match.

Raf Vullers was booked for VVV Venlo in the 36th minute. Dordrecht’s Beni Christophe Mpanzu went into the book on 58 minutes, Lorenzo Riccio was booked on 76 minutes, and VVV Venlo’s Ismail Oulad M'Hand was cautioned on 77 minutes.