Vitesse have been better than NEC so far this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the facts and figures you need before kickoff:
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Eredivisie
Little time to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Europa Conference League game only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rapid Wien, was also a home game here at GelreDome. The away team is better rested.
Vitesse form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Vitesse at their home stadium (GelreDome) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. The Vitesse manager Letsch might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Midfield player Dasa got a match rating of 8.51 in that game, the max score being 10. Dasa signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Vitesse played out a Eredivisie draw 1-1 when visiting FC Utrecht.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vitesse have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost four.
Vitesse have conceded 21 from these games.
NEC form and stats
6-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for NEC in their Eredivisie matches away.
NEC played 1-1 against RKC Waalwijk in their previous match. The attacker Tavsan got a match rating of 8.03 in that game. Tavsan served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 42 successful passes (of 47 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus SC Heerenveen at their stadium, the result 1-0.We have checked recent matches where NEC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were five victories, two draws and two defeats.
NEC find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. NEC have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head game ended NEC - Vitesse 0-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Vitesse wins - draws - NEC wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 11 goals |  N. Frederiksen 7 goals |   J. Bruijn 5 goals |
Vitesse missing players
NEC missing players
| Vitesse | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 28 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 28 |
| 37 | 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 12 | 17 | 32 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 74% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 74% |
| 61% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 43% |
| 26% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 52% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 8% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 15.5 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9 | 11.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 26% | 21% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 40% | 28% |
| 12.3 | 11.9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.5 | 16.4 | 15.9 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
- NEC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- NEC have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Eredivisie
- NEC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- NEC 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 | Ajax | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 65 | 57 |
| 2 | PSV | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 28 | 52 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 51 |
| 4 | AZ | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 45 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -9 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | NEC | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 31 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 30 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 25 |
| 12 | Heracles | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 19 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 17 |
