Vitesse perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. FC Utrecht can look both up and down from their 10th position.
- Vitesse have not yet lost a game at home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vitesse and FC Utrecht.
Vitesse form and stats
6-1-0 is the performance here at GelreDome so far in the Eredivisie, giving Vitesse a total of 19 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results!
Vitesse are returning here after visiting Heracles in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Matúš Bero scored the goal(s). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at AZ.
Vitesse are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at FC Emmen awaits in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 7 games), Vitesse's attacking play is working. Vitesse have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
FC Utrecht form and stats
There's been little loot from FC Utrecht's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Eredivisie. FC Utrecht only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.
There were no winners in Utrecht's previous match, a Eredivisie home game that ended 2-2 vs FC Groningen (placed 7th). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against AZ.
FC Utrecht's last match (vs FC Groningen) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Gyrano Kerk.
After this away game Utrecht return home for a Eredivisie game against Heracles. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Utrecht have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. In the opposite end, Utrecht have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Vitesse wins - draws - FC Utrecht wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Darfalou 6 goals |  L. Openda 6 goals |  A. Broja 5 goals |
Vitesse missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| Vitesse | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 47% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 53% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 53% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 47% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 13.4 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.3 | 14.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 34% | 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 21% | 26% |
- Vitesse have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vitesse have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vitesse have scored in all their matches so far.
- 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 42 | 34 |
| 2 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 33 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 5 | AZ | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 28 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Heracles | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 15 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 12 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -21 | 10 |
| 16 | Willem II | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 9 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -22 | 9 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -21 | 5 |