Soccer match news: Home crowds with high optimism before FC Twente - Vitesse

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

FC Twente are hunting the top spots while Vitesse are more worried about avoiding relegation. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • FC Twente have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Vitesse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!

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FC Twente form and stats

As mentioned below, FC Twente are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Eredivisie games. FC Twente has recorded two wins in a row here at De Grolsch Veste, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

No payout for FC Twente in their previous match, an away game at SC Heerenveen that ended in defeat 1-2. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through three league rounds. Černý, a natural forward, was the declared top player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 7.64 (out of 10). Černý hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Twente played out a draw 1-1 when visiting AZ.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from FC Twente's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 2.

FC Twente have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Vitesse form and stats

Things could have gone better for Vitesse in their Eredivisie away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Vitesse's last game was the home draw against FC Volendam (1-1). Wittek, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Wittek hit three key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at FC Utrecht before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Vitesse when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Vitesse have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Twente victories, one draw and five Vitesse wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
4 goals
FC TwenteV. Misidjan
V. Misidjan
2 goals
VitesseM. Bero
M. Bero
2 goals

FC Twente missing players

Vitesse missing players

FC Twente Vitesse
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
12 9 3 Scored S 0 2 7
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 4 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 71%
57% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 57%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 57%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
43% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
7.1 5 10 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8.3 7.7
5.1 3.7 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.7 4.4
1 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.6 16.3 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 15.4
4.9 6.3 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.7 4.9
35% 47% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 21%
 
10.1 8.7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.7 11.1
3.7 3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 5
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of FC Twente's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Twente have won all their matches at home so far.
  • FC Twente have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vitesse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • 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 6 0 1 28 10 4 4 0 0 16 5 3 2 0 1 12 5 18 18
2 Ajax 7 6 0 1 22 5 3 3 0 0 15 1 4 3 0 1 7 4 17 18
3 AZ 7 5 2 0 13 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 7 2 8 17
4 Feyenoord 7 5 1 1 20 9 3 2 1 0 7 0 4 3 0 1 13 9 11 16
5 FC Twente 7 4 1 2 12 5 3 3 0 0 9 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 7 13
6 SC Heerenveen 7 3 3 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 12
7 Sparta Rotterdam 7 3 1 3 9 8 4 2 0 2 8 5 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 10
8 RKC Waalwijk 7 2 3 2 15 10 4 2 1 1 12 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 5 9
9 FC Utrecht 7 2 3 2 9 10 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 8 8 -1 9
10 Excelsior 7 3 0 4 10 18 3 2 0 1 6 8 4 1 0 3 4 10 -8 9
11 NEC 7 1 5 1 7 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 1 3 0 5 2 2 8
12 FC Groningen 7 2 2 3 7 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 4 9 -5 8
13 Go Ahead Eagles 7 2 0 5 10 15 4 1 0 3 7 10 3 1 0 2 3 5 -5 6
14 Vitesse 7 1 2 4 7 16 4 0 2 2 5 12 3 1 0 2 2 4 -9 5
15 FC Volendam 7 1 2 4 8 21 3 1 0 2 4 7 4 0 2 2 4 14 -13 5
16 Fortuna Sittard 7 1 1 5 9 17 4 1 0 3 7 11 3 0 1 2 2 6 -8 4
17 SC Cambuur 7 1 1 5 5 14 3 0 0 3 0 4 4 1 1 2 5 10 -9 4
18 FC Emmen 7 1 1 5 6 18 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 0 0 4 2 12 -12 4

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.