Feyenoord vs Vitesse pre-match info: Guests in for a back-breaking task at Stadion Feijenoord

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

1st position in the Eredivisie table for Feyenoord so far this season, a potent achievement. The match-going ticketholders pray for more goals as 12th-placed Vitesse visit Stadion Feijenoord.

Insights:
  • Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+52) in Eredivisie
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Feyenoord have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Vitesse is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Feyenoord form and stats

This stadium, Stadion Feijenoord, has been a fortress for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 12-4-0. days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Feyenoord, who won 3-1 against FC Emmen (placed 16th). Geertruida was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Geertruida served one assist, hit three key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.

Before that, Feyenoord had a home game versus Go Ahead Eagles which ended with a victory 3-0.

Feyenoord are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 2 and lost 1.

Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 14 most recent league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.

Feyenoord can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 37 times. From these home matches, Feyenoord have conceded only 9 goals.

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Vitesse form and stats

Vitesse have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 4-4-8 (16 played).

The Vitesse goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 194 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Vitesse had fun at their own home (Stadion Feijenoord) last time out, beating FC Groningen 6-0. Manhoef, Vidović, Meulensteen and Tronstad scored. As you can tell from the results above, Vitesse was very dominant against FC Groningen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Manhoef, Vidović, Meulensteen and Tronstad providing the goals. Manhoef certainly enjoyed Vitesse's last game versus FC Groningen, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-0 victory. Midfield player Manhoef was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.83/10. Manhoef scored three goals, served one assist and hit six key passes.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus SC Cambuur.

The visiting Vitesse have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 16 games. Vitesse struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Vitesse - Feyenoord 2-5. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Feyenoord three wins, three draws and Vitesse four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordS. Giménez
S. Giménez
15 goals
FeyenoordD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
10 goals
FeyenoordS. Szymański
S. Szymański
9 goals

Feyenoord missing players

Vitesse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Feyenoord Vitesse
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
25 12 4 Won W 0 4 9
7 4 1 Drew D 2 4 10
1 0 0 Lost L 3 8 14
81 37 13 Scored S 4 20 44
29 9 2 Conceded C 10 25 50
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 79%
61% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 55%
39% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 44% 39%
21% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
61% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 48%
39% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
3% 6% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 33%
 
7.3 8.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.1 6.2
3.9 2.8 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4.6
1.4 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
19.5 21.4 18.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10 14 15.1
7.2 7.5 8.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.2 4.8
34% 31% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 28%
 
8.5 6.2 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 21 12.7 11.4
2.9 1.8 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 4.2 3.9
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Feyenoord have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (27) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+52) in Eredivisie
  • Feyenoord have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Feyenoord is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eredivisie
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Feyenoord 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

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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.