Dutch EreDivision
2009-08-02 - PSV Eindhoven vs VVV Venlo
A Sports Betting Pick by Erik
Football: Netherlands, Eredivisie
Sunday, 2nd August 2009 - Kickoff 16:30 CET
PSV Eindhoven
PSV finished on the fourth place last season finishing quite strongly after a very disappointing start of the season.
Team manager Stevens was dismissed during the winter break and with Lodeweges taking over as interim manager, PSV booked some more than decent results and even competed for a place in the Champions League play-offs.
The team welcomed some important new players with Ooijer (def) being signed from Blackburn Rovers and Engelaar (mid) from Schalke 04. Culina (mid) decided to continue his career in his homeland Australia and apart from the midfielder PSV has managed to keep almost their entire first eleven together for the next season.
During their friendly matches during the summer PSV was not severely tested but managed to book seven wins and a draw with the team grabbing three wins against more serious opponents in their last three games against Brondby IF (1-2), RC Genk (0-1) and Sivasspor (3-0).
VVV Venlo
VVV Venlo are the newcomers in the Eredivisie this season together with RKC Waalwijk and the team will start with an away game to PSV.
VVV Venlo were crowned the champions of the Jupiler League last a season and secured direct promotion back to the highest level after relegating the season before.
New players were welcomed in the likes of Gentenaar (gk), Ahahaoui (att), Boymans (att) and Paauwe (def) with especially the latter bringing some much needed experience into the team.
During the friendly games VVV Venlo managed to book some more than decent results including a 2-2 draw at home to Feyenoord and a 2-1 home win over RC Genk (Bel).
The Betting Verdict
However, visiting PSV in the first round of the competition is not really the start you hope for to get in the Eredivisie mood slowly and PSV will simply have too much for VVV Venlo.
The odds are low as expected and maybe PSV will be good material to include in a combo, but at these odds they are not worth putting large stakes on to get a minimal result.
