Expected line-ups

Each side's usual system and players over its recent matches, without the injured: a likely eleven, not the team news.

VVV-Venlo4-2-3-1 DM AM Wide

Çağlar Värk Sales Tavernaro Hobbel Murray Meefout Andrés Fleischmann Bello Freixanet

FC Emmen5-3-2 DM WB

Malone Urgnani Vinicius Versendaal Matković Bagaev Martinović Mesquida Setiawan Vartughian Cimochowski

• Out: Eduard Cara (defensive midfielder, injured: damaged cruciate ligaments, back about 12 July)

Form

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	17	+22	41
2	FC Utrecht	17	+25	40
3	Vitesse	17	+11	29
4	AFC Ajax	17	+10	28
5	Fortuna Sittard	17	+8	28
6	Feyenoord Rotterdam	17	+3	28
7	Sparta Rotterdam	17	+6	24
8	PEC Zwolle	17	+3	22
9	sc Heerenveen	17	-3	22
10	MVV Maastricht	17	-7	22
11	FC Emmen	17	-9	22
12	Go Ahead Eagles	17	-1	20
13	N.E.C. Nijmegen	17	-2	19
14	VVV-Venlo	17	-5	17
15	Willem II	17	-6	17
16	FC Volendam	17	-22	14
17	SC Cambuur	17	-15	13
18	Roda JC Kerkrade	17	-18	9

Head to head

• FC Emmen 1-1 VVV-Venlo Eredivisie
• VVV-Venlo 1-4 FC Emmen Dutch Cup
• FC Emmen 2-0 VVV-Venlo Eredivisie
• VVV-Venlo 1-2 FC Emmen Eredivisie
• FC Emmen 2-1 VVV-Venlo Eredivisie