FC Utrecht get ready to host Vitesse for another action-packed Eredivisie fixture here at Stadion Galgenwaard.
- FC Utrecht have yet to win a game at home.
- Vitesse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
This has all the signs of an action-packed match with lots of action and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
FC Utrecht form and stats
FC Utrecht have played 2 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Utrecht in their previous game, a fixture away at Fortuna Sittard (placed 18th) that ended with a 4-3 victory. Finally, a league win after five games without one. A goal frenzy last time out for FC Utrecht, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Fortuna Sittard. Fun stuff to watch! Douvikas was absolutely essential when FC Utrecht beat Fortuna Sittard 4-3, scoring three goals. Dost, who plays in attack, was the champion player for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 8.13 (out of 10). Dost scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Ajax (0-2).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FC Utrecht have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Early season league goal statistics from FC Utrecht's 2 home games: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Vitesse form and stats
Vitesse are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eredivisie, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
It's the second away game in a row for Vitesse, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus FC Groningen (placed 12th) last time out. Eureka; their first win in the league after seven matches not winning. Arcus was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.71. The defender Arcus served one assist, hit four key passes and won 7 of 14 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against RKC Waalwijk.Vitesse are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
It's early days yet, but Vitesse has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two FC Utrecht victories, three draws and five Vitesse wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 4 goals |  B. Dost 4 goals |   M. Bero 2 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
Vitesse missing players
| FC Utrecht | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 6.2 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 1.4 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 9.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| 4.8 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 32% |
| 13.6 | 14.5 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.5 | 11.4 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 10 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
- FC Utrecht have failed to score a single goal at home.
- FC Utrecht have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- FC Utrecht have yet to win a game at home.
- Vitesse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vitesse have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Vitesse have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Vitesse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| FC Utrecht | Last season | Vitesse | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 54 | 35 | Scored | S | 24 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Conceded | C | 31 | 61 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 74% | ||
| 61% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 66% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 29% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 58% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 24% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 24% | ||
| 6 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 14.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | AZ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
