VVV Venlo vs Roda 2-0

VVV Venlo beat Roda 2-0 at Seacon Stadion De Koel, with both goals coming after the break. L. Schmidt put the home side ahead on 53 minutes and Amir Rais sealed it in the first minute of stoppage time.

The first half finished goalless after a tight spell in which VVV had already picked up an early booking, with Philip Heise cautioned in the 21st minute. Roda’s Dyon Dorenbosch was booked on 43 minutes before the interval arrived at 0-0.

VVV made the breakthrough on 53 minutes when L. Schmidt scored from Raf Vullers’ assist to make it 1-0. Roda then made two changes on 61 minutes and another on 69, while VVV answered with two changes on 72 and two more on 82. The second goal came in stoppage time, when Amir Rais, who had come on on 72 minutes, finished from Ismail Oulad M'Hand, who had come on in the 61st minute, to make it 2-0. VVV kept the lead once it had gone ahead, and Roda’s late push never brought an equaliser.

VVV had 52% of the possession and 447 passes to Roda’s 416, and also finished with more shots, 16 to 7, and more on target, 7 to 3. They won 6 corners to 3 and had 3 offsides to Roda’s 1, while the visitors’ goalkeeper made 5 saves compared with 3 for VVV.

Discipline was spread across both sides. VVV were booked three times, for Philip Heise on 21 minutes, Edhy Zuliani on 71 and Yousri El Anbri on 87. Roda had four yellow cards, for Dyon Dorenbosch on 43, Marco Tol on 56, Joshua Nisbet on 83 and Mitchel Paulissen in the fourth minute of stoppage time.