Eredivisie: Two sides who have played fine as yet. Let's get ready for FC Twente - Vitesse with this thorough guide!
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FC Twente form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at De Grolsch Veste as FC Twente have scored 12 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The FC Twente goalkeeper Jeffrey de Lange is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eredivisie.
Twente enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Willem II's place. The match ended 1-0 with Sadílek scoring. Midfield player Sadílek got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Sadílek scored one goal and had 69 successful passes (of 76 total).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how FC Twente have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost five.
FC Twente has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Twente have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vitesse form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Eredivisie.
Home advantage was not enough for Vitesse in their previous game as they lost hosting FC Groningen, 1-3.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vitesse playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four Vitesse wins, one draw and one defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The KNVB Beker trip to Ajax.
Vitesse has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Vitesse in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other already this season, with the final score Vitesse - FC Twente 1-4 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three FC Twente victories, two draws 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
  L. Openda 11 goals |   R. van Wolfswinkel 9 goals |  N. Frederiksen 7 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Vitesse missing players
| FC Twente | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 31 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 27 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 95% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 75% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 70% |
| 45% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 60% |
| 25% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 15% |
| 65% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 30% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 10% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 20% | 20% |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10.9 | 12.7 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13.5 | 14.3 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 38% | 30% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 31% | 27% |
| 11.7 | 10.2 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.7 | 12.6 | 12 |
| 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
- 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 | Ajax | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 56 | 48 |
| 2 | PSV | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 46 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 27 | 42 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | AZ | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 32 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | NEC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 25 |
| 11 | FC Groningen | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Heracles | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Willem II | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 14 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -29 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 12 |
