Get ready for a show! The main heroes are Vitesse and FC Utrecht, 3 points is the prize and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Vitesse have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht is in the best form (5-0-1)
These are hustling days for the host team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game was an away game at Tottenham Hotspur, so at least Vitesse are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Vitesse form and stats
1-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Vitesse so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager T. Letsch led his Vitesse to a defeat in the Europa Conference League match away at Tottenham Hotspur. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at GelreDome.
Before that match, a Eredivisie win away at SC Heerenveen.Vitesse has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Vitesse are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (11 from 5 played).
FC Utrecht form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
Impressive finishing from Joris van Overeem, Mohamed Mallahi and Bart Ramselaar (3) secured the home win 5-1 against Willem II in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Utrecht was very dominant against Willem II, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Joris van Overeem, Mohamed Mallahi and Bart Ramselaar (3) providing the goals. Bart Ramselaar certainly enjoyed Utrecht's last game versus Willem II, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-1 victory. Bart Ramselaar got a match rating of 9.05 in that game, top player of the team. Ramselaar scored three goals, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Preceding that game was the away KNVB Beker victory against SteDoCo with the score of 5-0.The visiting Utrecht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Utrecht have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: six wins for Vitesse, two draws and two wins for FC Utrecht. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ramselaar 6 goals |   L. Openda 5 goals |  A. Douvikas 4 goals |
Vitesse missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| Vitesse | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 26 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 73% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 73% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 55% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 55% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 55% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.3 | 16.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.4 | 14 |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.2 | 4.7 |
| 21% | 17% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 45% | 50% |
| 12.4 | 11.6 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- All of Vitesse's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Utrecht have scored more than double the goals of Vitesse.
- FC Utrecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Utrecht is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Vitesse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Vitesse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vitesse have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Eredivisie
- 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 26 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | NEC | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | AZ | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Heracles | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 4 |