GelreDome: Vitesse vs FC Utrecht Eredivisie news and facts

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: GelreDome (25000 seats)

Vitesse have excelled FC Utrecht so far this season, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Vitesse are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 6th place whatever happens now. FC Utrecht have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 7th place no matter what happens.

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.

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Vitesse form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Vitesse have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 17 games.

No payout for Vitesse in their previous match, an away game at FC Utrecht that ended in defeat 1-3. Vroegh (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Vroegh scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the match before that, Vitesse hosted Ajax and drew the game 2-2.

Vitesse has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Utrecht so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-8 (win-draw-lose).

Janssen, de Streek and Gustafsson scored in Utrecht's previous match, the home game against Vitesse that ended 3-1. Midfield player Gustafsson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.8/10. Gustafsson scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Willem II wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

FC Utrecht find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. FC Utrecht's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the squads faced each other earlier this season; FC Utrecht - Vitesse 3-1. Last ten meetings with these sides: Vitesse won five, FC Utrecht were winners in two and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VitesseL. Openda
L. Openda
18 goals
FC UtrechtB. Ramselaar
B. Ramselaar
9 goals
FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
9 goals

Vitesse missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vitesse FC Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
15 6 2 Won W 1 4 13
6 3 0 Drew D 0 5 11
14 8 3 Lost L 4 8 11
43 20 8 Scored S 4 19 54
54 29 8 Conceded C 12 26 47
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
71% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 76% 77%
63% 71% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 60%
29% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 34%
14% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 12% 14%
57% 65% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 59% 63%
23% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 23%
26% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 24% 20%
 
5 5.8 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 5 6
3.9 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.4 4.7
2.1 2.1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.6
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.9 16.6 18.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11 13.3
4.7 5.2 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.7 4.6
26% 23% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 30% 34%
 
11.6 11.1 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 12.6 11.4
4.3 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.3 4.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • 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 Ajax 34 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

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 Ajax 34 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

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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.