Vitesse and Excelsior have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. The teams both hold mid-table spots in the Eredivisie.
- Vitesse have lost all their home matches so far.
- Excelsior have scored more than double the goals of Vitesse.
Excelsior play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. The latest statistics for Excelsior when featuring on grass are 4 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats from 20 matches. They have created {16 goals} and conceded 46 times on these occasions.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Vitesse form and stats
Three Eredivisie home games done for Vitesse, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches.
A strong away win for Vitesse against NEC the last match, as Oroz, Manhoef and van Ginkel were on target. Finally, a league victory after five matches without one. The striker Manhoef was declared "man of the match" for Vitesse with the rating of 8.05/10. Manhoef scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at FC Twente.The lack of attacking qualities in Vitesse means that they have only scored {1 goals} in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Vitesse are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
Excelsior form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Eredivisie away games so far for Excelsior with six points collected from three matches.
Parrott and Zagre scored in Excelsior's previous match, the home game against Sparta Rotterdam that ended 2-1. Parrott came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sparta Rotterdam last time out, making the manager Dijkhuizen feel like a tactical genius.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at SC Heerenveen.Excelsior are a potent attacking force on the road with their 8 goals in 3 league games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Vitesse won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Excelsior managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Agrafiotis 5 goals |   M. van Ginkel 3 goals |  O. Uddenäs 2 goals |
Vitesse missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Vitesse | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 5.9 | 7.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.3 | 10.3 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 26% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 62% | 45% |
| 14.4 | 17.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10.7 | 12 |
| 6 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
- All of Excelsior's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Vitesse's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Excelsior have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Excelsior have scored more than double the goals of Vitesse.
- Vitesse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Vitesse have lost all their home matches so far.
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | AZ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Heracles Almelo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Excelsior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | NEC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Ajax | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Almere City | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | FC Utrecht | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -12 | 3 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 1 |
