Eredivisie match preview: ADO Den Haag versus Vitesse

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cars Jeans Stadion (17023 seats)

The visiting Vitesse side should be favourites in this visit to ADO Den Haag, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Vitesse play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Vitesse when playing on artificial turf are 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 15 matches. They have scored 27 goals and conceded 19 times in these games.

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ADO Den Haag form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. ADO Den Haag have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Cars Jeans Stadion.

ADO Den Haag haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 190 minutes ago. A. Meijers scored that one.

The spoils were shared in ADO Den Haag's previous game, also at home. Visiting Vitesse (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at FC Utrecht.

ADO Den Haag are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, ADO Den Haag have conceded 14 goals.

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Vitesse form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.

Vitesse are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at ADO Den Haag (placed 17th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting FC Emmen.

Remko Pasveer had red hot gloves after the game against ADO Den Haag, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

Vitesse are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vitesse have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: ADO Den Haag - Vitesse 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): ADO Den Haag won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Vitesse has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

VitesseB. Linssen
B. Linssen
12 goals
VitesseT. Matavž
T. Matavž
9 goals
ADO Den HaagT. Necid
T. Necid
6 goals

ADO Den Haag missing players

Vitesse missing players

ADO Den Haag Vitesse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 4 11 21
4 2 0 Won W 4 5 10
5 5 1 Drew D 0 2 5
12 4 2 Lost L 0 4 6
21 11 3 Scored S 12 18 36
41 14 6 Conceded C 2 15 26
90% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
76% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 90%
52% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 67%
38% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 29%
19% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
43% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 52%
29% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 33%
38% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 24%
 
4.2 4.5 3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.9 4.9
5.6 5.4 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.8 5.5 5.1
2.2 1.9 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 2
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
203 118 37 Total Shots T S 59 163 333
68 37 10 Shots on Target S O 26 62 117
31% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 29% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 20 15 2 3 61 19 10 9 0 1 36 6 10 6 2 2 25 13 42 47
2 AZ 21 15 2 4 46 15 11 8 1 2 26 8 10 7 1 2 20 7 31 47
3 Feyenoord 20 10 7 3 38 30 10 6 3 1 22 14 10 4 4 2 16 16 8 37
4 Willem II 20 11 4 5 30 23 10 5 3 2 12 7 10 6 1 3 18 16 7 37
5 PSV 20 10 6 4 44 25 10 7 2 1 28 11 10 3 4 3 16 14 19 36
6 Vitesse 20 10 4 6 36 26 10 5 3 2 18 11 10 5 1 4 18 15 10 34
7 FC Utrecht 20 10 3 7 40 28 10 6 0 4 23 10 10 4 3 3 17 18 12 33
8 FC Groningen 20 8 5 7 23 19 10 6 1 3 16 8 10 2 4 4 7 11 4 29
9 SC Heerenveen 20 7 7 6 31 27 11 3 6 2 13 12 9 4 1 4 18 15 4 28
10 Heracles 20 7 5 8 33 30 10 5 1 4 24 15 10 2 4 4 9 15 3 26
11 Sparta Rotterdam 20 6 6 8 29 33 10 5 3 2 20 11 10 1 3 6 9 22 -4 24
12 FC Emmen 20 6 4 10 22 35 10 6 2 2 17 10 10 0 2 8 5 25 -13 22
13 FC Twente 20 5 6 9 27 38 10 3 3 4 17 19 10 2 3 5 10 19 -11 21
14 Fortuna Sittard 20 5 5 10 25 46 10 5 2 3 19 15 10 0 3 7 6 31 -21 20
15 VVV-Venlo 20 6 1 13 20 46 10 4 1 5 12 20 10 2 0 8 8 26 -26 19
16 PEC Zwolle 20 5 3 12 28 45 9 3 2 4 20 23 11 2 1 8 8 22 -17 18
17 ADO Den Haag 20 4 4 12 21 41 10 2 4 4 11 14 10 2 0 8 10 27 -20 16
18 RKC Waalwijk 21 3 2 16 23 51 10 2 1 7 11 18 11 1 1 9 12 33 -28 11

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.