Vitesse expected to fight losing battle when facing Feyenoord

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

Feyenoord have delivered good football so far this season, being 4th spot in the table. Vitesse can look both direction in the table from the 11th position.

Insights:
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (28) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of Vitesse.

Feyenoord and Vitesse should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Feyenoord form and stats

Feyenoord have played 4 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.

It's back home for Feyenoord, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating PEC Zwolle away with the result 2-0. Giménez (2) found the net in that victory. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Giménez, having bagged a goal in seven matches in a row. The forward Giménez bettered all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 8.84 out of 10. Giménez scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. Everyone expects Feyenoord to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 5 games: 5 home wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Feyenoord have won with at least two goals margin 3 times in similar situations.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Feyenoord as they have a new game in only four days, a Champions League match thankfully also at home. Lazio are visiting.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Feyenoord is on fire here. A stunning 15 from 4 league matches. Feyenoord have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vitesse form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, Vitesse have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far.

Vitesse played 0-0 against Excelsior in their previous match. Goalkeeper Room got the top player rating of the team with 8.0/10. Room topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that result Vitesse won their away game at NEC. The scoreline was 3-1.

Vitesse find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these sides: Feyenoord won two, Vitesse triumphed in five and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordS. Giménez
S. Giménez
12 goals
FeyenoordI. Barbosa da Paixão
I. Barbosa da Paixão
3 goals
FeyenoordY. Minteh
Y. Minteh
3 goals

Feyenoord missing players

Vitesse missing players

Feyenoord Vitesse
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
28 15 0 Scored S 0 5 6
6 3 0 Conceded C 1 4 11
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
88% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
75% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 38%
75% 75% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
38% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 38%
38% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
12% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 62%
 
7.1 8.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4 4.9
2.9 2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 5.8
0.5 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
21.9 25.8 22 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 11.6
9.1 10.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 3.8
38% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 20%
 
7.8 8.5 14 Shots against (avg) S A 18 12 14
2.5 2.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 5.9
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Feyenoord have not yet lost a game.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of Vitesse.
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (15) at home in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals (28) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Vitesse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vitesse have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 8 8 0 0 27 2 4 4 0 0 12 1 4 4 0 0 15 1 25 24
2 AZ 8 7 1 0 22 4 4 3 1 0 12 2 4 4 0 0 10 2 18 22
3 FC Twente 8 7 0 1 17 4 4 4 0 0 8 2 4 3 0 1 9 2 13 21
4 Feyenoord 8 6 2 0 28 6 4 3 1 0 15 3 4 3 1 0 13 3 22 20
5 Excelsior 8 3 4 1 14 11 4 1 3 0 6 5 4 2 1 1 8 6 3 13
6 Go Ahead Eagles 8 4 1 3 17 15 4 4 0 0 14 3 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 13
7 Sparta Rotterdam 8 3 2 3 10 13 4 1 2 1 4 7 4 2 0 2 6 6 -3 11
8 Heracles 8 3 2 3 12 17 4 3 0 1 8 6 4 0 2 2 4 11 -5 11
9 Fortuna Sittard 8 2 3 3 7 14 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 0 2 2 2 9 -7 9
10 NEC 8 2 2 4 13 15 4 2 0 2 10 7 4 0 2 2 3 8 -2 8
11 Vitesse 8 2 1 5 6 11 4 0 1 3 1 7 4 2 0 2 5 4 -5 7
12 PEC Zwolle 8 2 1 5 7 14 5 1 1 3 3 8 3 1 0 2 4 6 -7 7
13 SC Heerenveen 8 2 1 5 10 18 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 1 0 3 5 10 -8 7
14 Almere City 8 2 1 5 7 18 4 1 0 3 3 10 4 1 1 2 4 8 -11 7
15 RKC Waalwijk 7 2 0 5 5 14 3 1 0 2 2 7 4 1 0 3 3 7 -9 6
16 Ajax 6 1 2 3 8 12 3 1 0 2 5 7 3 0 2 1 3 5 -4 5
17 FC Volendam 7 1 1 5 7 16 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 0 0 3 3 10 -9 4
18 FC Utrecht 8 1 0 7 4 17 3 0 0 3 1 9 5 1 0 4 3 8 -13 3

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.