Vitesse and NEC fans eagerly anticipate Eredivisie clash at GelreDome

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 11:15 (UTC)
Venue: GelreDome (25000 seats)

Vitesse - NEC in Eredivisie: Data, teams, matches, tendencies and reports. Read our full guide!

Insights:
  • Vitesse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie

NEC could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a KNVB Beker game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Almere City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for NEC.

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Vitesse form and stats

Vitesse's results here at GelreDome in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Vitesse.

The home team returns to GelreDome after drawing with AZ (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Cocu made a successful contribution in the game against AZ, bringing on Sankoh who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Tronstad was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.35 (out of ten) in that game. Tronstad dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Ajax that finished 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vitesse handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

The Vitesse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. As for conceded goals, Vitesse's unpleasant statistic is 19 goals surrendered.

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NEC form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of NEC playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

Two away matches in a row for NEC, whose boss Meijer could celebrate last time after the KNVB Beker win against Almere City. Midfield player Tannane was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.24/10. Tannane scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

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

NEC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this side's most recent 13 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Vitesse have not lost in the last 4 games (3-1-0) against NEC.

Top Goalscorers

VitesseM. Manhoef
M. Manhoef
3 goals
VitesseM. Bero
M. Bero
3 goals
NECP. Rosendo Marques
P. Rosendo Marques
3 goals

Vitesse missing players

NEC missing players

Vitesse NEC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 7 15
3 1 0 Won W 2 2 3
5 2 1 Drew D 0 3 9
7 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
18 8 2 Scored S 5 6 20
31 19 6 Conceded C 1 7 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 87%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 73%
73% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 27%
47% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 20%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 20%
60% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 60%
13% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 20%
27% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 57% 33%
 
6.7 6.4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.6 5.4
4.5 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5 5.5
1.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.4 13.1 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 18.5 12.6 14.3
4.1 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9.5 4.4 5.2
30% 27% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 19% 26%
 
12.1 10.1 12 Shots against (avg) S A 17 17.4 14.9
4.7 5.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.7 5.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of Vitesse's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • NEC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie
  • NEC have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Eredivisie
  • 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 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 Feyenoord 15 10 4 1 36 14 7 5 2 0 16 2 8 5 2 1 20 12 22 34
2 Ajax 15 9 4 2 45 18 7 4 2 1 26 7 8 5 2 1 19 11 27 31
3 PSV 15 10 1 4 42 20 8 6 1 1 25 7 7 4 0 3 17 13 22 31
4 FC Twente 15 9 3 3 26 9 8 7 1 0 21 2 7 2 2 3 5 7 17 30
5 AZ 15 9 3 3 26 17 7 3 3 1 10 8 8 6 0 2 16 9 9 30
6 Sparta Rotterdam 15 7 4 4 25 16 8 5 1 2 17 8 7 2 3 2 8 8 9 25
7 FC Utrecht 15 7 4 4 24 22 8 3 3 2 8 7 7 4 1 2 16 15 2 25
8 SC Heerenveen 15 6 6 3 16 13 7 3 2 2 7 6 8 3 4 1 9 7 3 24
9 NEC 15 3 9 3 20 17 8 1 6 1 14 10 7 2 3 2 6 7 3 18
10 Go Ahead Eagles 15 4 6 5 23 24 8 2 3 3 13 14 7 2 3 2 10 10 -1 18
11 RKC Waalwijk 15 4 6 5 25 28 8 3 3 2 18 13 7 1 3 3 7 15 -3 18
12 Excelsior 15 5 1 9 17 37 7 4 0 3 9 11 8 1 1 6 8 26 -20 16
13 Fortuna Sittard 15 4 3 8 18 27 8 2 1 5 9 14 7 2 2 3 9 13 -9 15
14 Vitesse 15 3 5 7 18 31 7 1 2 4 8 19 8 2 3 3 10 12 -13 14
15 FC Groningen 15 3 3 9 17 30 7 2 1 4 12 15 8 1 2 5 5 15 -13 12
16 FC Emmen 15 2 5 8 13 29 7 1 5 1 8 10 8 1 0 7 5 19 -16 11
17 FC Volendam 15 2 3 10 16 39 7 1 0 6 7 20 8 1 3 4 9 19 -23 9
18 SC Cambuur 15 2 2 11 9 25 8 1 0 7 3 12 7 1 2 4 6 13 -16 8

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.