The Eredivisie league standings tell a story about these participants so far, with Vitesse in front of FC Groningen by 17 points. Get your full match preview:
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Vitesse nor FC Groningen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vitesse form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Vitesse have to build on here at GelreDome in the Eredivisie. Vitesse has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the PSV defeat 63 days ago.
Vitesse are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Vitesse's last game was hosting DVS '33 and winning 2-0. The gifted forward Openda outdid all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Openda scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.
In the game before, an away victory in the Eredivisie match versus Feyenoord with a 1-0 scoreline.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Vitesse's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.
Vitesse has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
FC Groningen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Groningen so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for FC Groningen who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Excelsior was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The attacking players of FC Groningen have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 192 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a KNVB Beker home defeat versus NEC with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Kasanwirjo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.75. Kasanwirjo dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 83 successful passes (of 95 total).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus PSV.Looking at the earlier recent performances of FC Groningen when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning zero games.
FC Groningen find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. For Groningen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. FC Groningen has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The newest archived match between these squads is the FC Groningen - Vitesse 0-1 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Vitesse wins - draws - FC Groningen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 11 goals |  N. Frederiksen 7 goals |   C. Ngonge 7 goals |
Vitesse missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| Vitesse | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 26 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 28 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 74% |
| 58% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 37% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 16% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 16% |
| 53% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 58% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 21% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 30% | 32% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14.6 | 15.9 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 21% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| 12.1 | 11.4 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 14 | 13.3 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 6.7 | 4.9 |
- FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | PSV | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Ajax | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 45 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | AZ | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 9 | NEC | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 21 |
| 12 | Heracles | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Willem II | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -28 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -21 | 9 |
