NEC vs Vitesse: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Goffertstadion (12500 seats)

Statistics, recent trends, game results, form, H2H stats, team selections and a lot else: Here's all you want to know on NEC - Vitesse!

Insights:
  • NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vitesse have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated fixture!

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NEC form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what NEC have to build on here at Goffertstadion in the Eredivisie.

Happy days for NEC in their previous game, a Eredivisie match away at Fortuna Sittard (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. The attacker Jonathan Okita was declared "man of the match" for NEC with a rating of 9.12/10. Okita scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Fortuna Sittard with a 3-1 scoreline.

NEC aren't scoring a lot here at Goffertstadion in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. On the other hand, NEC have conceded 3 goals.

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Vitesse form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, Vitesse have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. Vitesse love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Vitesse go into this game after a win, the home game against Feyenoord that ended 2-1. Loïs Openda, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Openda scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Fortuna Sittard.

Vitesse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Vitesse struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

NECJ. Okita
J. Okita
3 goals
NECA. Akman
A. Akman
2 goals
VitesseL. Openda
L. Openda
2 goals

NEC missing players

Vitesse missing players

NEC Vitesse
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 0 4 8
3 1 0 Won W 0 3 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
10 2 0 Scored S 0 4 8
15 3 0 Conceded C 0 6 15
88% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 62%
38% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
38% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 50%
38% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
38% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
3 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.2 5
5.5 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 4
1.8 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.2 13.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.8 14.2
3.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 4.9
36% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 21%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vitesse have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Ajax 8 6 1 1 30 2 5 4 0 1 22 1 3 2 1 0 8 1 28 19
2 PSV 8 6 0 2 19 11 4 3 0 1 11 8 4 3 0 1 8 3 8 18
3 FC Utrecht 8 5 2 1 18 5 4 3 1 0 14 4 4 2 1 1 4 1 13 17
4 Willem II 8 5 1 2 12 10 4 3 0 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 16
5 Feyenoord 7 5 0 2 20 9 3 3 0 0 10 4 4 2 0 2 10 5 11 15
6 FC Twente 8 4 2 2 14 10 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 2 1 2 9 8 4 14
7 SC Heerenveen 8 4 1 3 11 12 4 2 0 2 7 8 4 2 1 1 4 4 -1 13
8 Vitesse 8 4 1 3 8 15 4 1 1 2 4 9 4 3 0 1 4 6 -7 13
9 SC Cambuur 8 4 0 4 16 21 5 3 0 2 11 8 3 1 0 2 5 13 -5 12
10 NEC 8 3 2 3 10 15 3 1 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 2 8 12 -5 11
11 Heracles 7 3 1 3 9 10 5 3 0 2 7 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 10
12 AZ Alkmaar 7 3 0 4 14 12 2 1 0 1 5 3 5 2 0 3 9 9 2 9
13 Go Ahead Eagles 8 2 1 5 7 16 4 2 0 2 4 3 4 0 1 3 3 13 -9 7
14 RKC Waalwijk 8 1 3 4 10 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 0 2 2 6 8 -3 6
15 FC Groningen 8 1 3 4 7 14 4 0 3 1 2 3 4 1 0 3 5 11 -7 6
16 Sparta Rotterdam 8 1 3 4 7 16 4 1 2 1 5 7 4 0 1 3 2 9 -9 6
17 Fortuna Sittard 7 1 2 4 7 16 4 1 1 2 5 11 3 0 1 2 2 5 -9 5
18 PEC Zwolle 8 0 1 7 2 14 4 0 1 3 1 5 4 0 0 4 1 9 -12 1

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.