6th position in the Eredivisie table for FC Utrecht so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Vitesse visits Stadion Galgenwaard.
FC Utrecht and Vitesse should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FC Utrecht form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 12 Eredivisie games here at Stadion Galgenwaard for FC Utrecht. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. FC Utrecht are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
A nice win for FC Utrecht last time playing, versus Sparta Rotterdam. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-1 with Sean Klaiber, Bart Ramselaar (2), Adrian Dalmau and Simon Gustafsson scoring for the victors. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ajax.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, FC Utrecht played a great game against Sparta Rotterdam and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Utrecht handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and zero defeats.
FC Utrecht are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Galgenwaard in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 12 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Vitesse form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Vitesse playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. Vitesse has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Vitesse won their last game, 1-0 versus FC Twente played at home. A 3-4 defeat away at PEC Zwolle before that.
Jay-Roy Grot came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against FC Twente last time out, making the manager E. Sturing feel like a tactical genius.
Vitesse are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of four matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Vitesse's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Vitesse have conceded 20 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Vitesse - FC Utrecht 2-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for FC Utrecht, three draws and four wins for Vitesse. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linssen 14 goals |  T. Matavž 12 goals |   G. Kerk 10 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
Vitesse missing players
| FC Utrecht | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 50 | 30 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 21 | 45 |
| 34 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 85% |
| 72% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 65% |
| 40% | 42% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 16% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 23% | 19% |
| 68% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 46% | 54% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 31% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 23% |
| 5.9 | 7.7 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 368 | 193 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 195 | 408 |
| 118 | 58 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 70 | 139 |
| 42% | 52% | 73% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 32% |
- FC Utrecht has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
- FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Utrecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Utrecht have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FC Utrecht 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 | Ajax | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 45 | 56 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | PSV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Heracles | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 33 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -33 | 15 |