Vitesse vs SC Cambuur preview: Visitors face a gruelling 90 minutes at GelreDome

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: GelreDome (25000 seats)

The season has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, both rise and fall leading to mid-table places so far. Get set for Vitesse - SC Cambuur!

Insights:
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Eredivisie

This football pitch has grass, which is not SC Cambuur's normal surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass SC Cambuur have performed like this: Played 24 matches yielding 13 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats with the goal numbers 42-32 (scored/conceded).

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Vitesse form and stats

Vitesse have played 13 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Vitesse faced defeat in their previous match, away at AZ (1-3). Midfield player Tronstad got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Tronstad scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).

Before that game, the home loss against RKC Waalwijk with the scoreline 1-2.

The Vitesse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. Vitesse have conceded 24 from these games.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. It's all red in the travel logs of SC Cambuur, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Cambuur might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. NEC proved too strong as SC Cambuur slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Cambuurstadion. Paulissen got a match rating of 7.53 in that game, top player of the team. Paulissen scored one goal and hit six key passes.

Prior to that match, the SC Cambuur manager Jong faced defeat when travelling to Go Ahead Eagles and losing 0-3.

SC Cambuur find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For SC Cambuur, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two sides encountered each other before this season: SC Cambuur - Vitesse 1-6. Data for the prior eight meetings between these two squads are: five wins for Vitesse, two draws and one win for SC Cambuur. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

VitesseL. Openda
L. Openda
12 goals
VitesseN. Frederiksen
N. Frederiksen
7 goals
SC CambuurT. Boere
T. Boere
6 goals

Vitesse missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vitesse SC Cambuur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 2 14 28
12 5 1 Won W 1 5 10
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
10 6 2 Lost L 1 7 15
34 16 6 Scored S 3 18 44
43 24 6 Conceded C 5 29 60
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
74% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 86%
63% 77% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 75%
30% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 46%
19% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 32%
56% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 71%
26% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 14%
26% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 18%
 
5.2 5.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.1 3.6
3.6 3.3 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.6 6.6
2.1 2.4 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.5
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
14.9 16.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.6 9.9
4.6 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4.1
27% 25% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 35% 39%
 
12 11.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16 17.1 16.1
4.4 4.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 6 6.4
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • SC Cambuur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • SC Cambuur have the most conceded goals in the first half (31) in Eredivisie
  • 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 28 22 3 3 83 14 14 11 1 2 52 7 14 11 2 1 31 7 69 69
2 PSV 28 21 2 5 71 34 14 11 0 3 40 18 14 10 2 2 31 16 37 65
3 Feyenoord 28 18 4 6 63 27 14 10 2 2 34 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 36 58
4 AZ 28 17 4 7 55 33 14 10 2 2 31 14 14 7 2 5 24 19 22 55
5 FC Twente 28 16 7 5 44 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 55
6 FC Utrecht 28 11 8 9 45 37 14 7 4 3 28 17 14 4 4 6 17 20 8 41
7 Vitesse 27 12 5 10 34 43 13 5 2 6 16 24 14 7 3 4 18 19 -9 41
8 FC Groningen 28 9 9 10 36 40 14 4 6 4 15 15 14 5 3 6 21 25 -4 36
9 NEC 28 9 8 11 35 44 13 2 5 6 12 18 15 7 3 5 23 26 -9 35
10 Go Ahead Eagles 28 9 6 13 31 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 14 3 5 6 11 22 -12 33
11 SC Cambuur 28 10 3 15 44 60 14 5 1 8 26 31 14 5 2 7 18 29 -16 33
12 SC Heerenveen 28 8 7 13 25 37 14 4 2 8 14 21 14 4 5 5 11 16 -12 31
13 Heracles 28 8 6 14 29 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 14 1 2 11 10 24 -8 30
14 RKC Waalwijk 28 6 10 12 31 44 14 4 3 7 12 22 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 28
15 Willem II 28 6 5 17 23 48 14 4 3 7 12 20 14 2 2 10 11 28 -25 23
16 Sparta Rotterdam 26 4 10 12 20 38 15 3 6 6 13 20 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 22
17 Fortuna Sittard 27 6 4 17 26 60 13 4 2 7 14 26 14 2 2 10 12 34 -34 22
18 PEC Zwolle 28 5 5 18 20 43 14 2 4 8 9 16 14 3 1 10 11 27 -23 20

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 28 22 3 3 83 14 14 11 1 2 52 7 14 11 2 1 31 7 69 69
2 PSV 28 21 2 5 71 34 14 11 0 3 40 18 14 10 2 2 31 16 37 65
3 Feyenoord 28 18 4 6 63 27 14 10 2 2 34 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 36 58
4 AZ 28 17 4 7 55 33 14 10 2 2 31 14 14 7 2 5 24 19 22 55
5 FC Twente 28 16 7 5 44 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 55
6 FC Utrecht 28 11 8 9 45 37 14 7 4 3 28 17 14 4 4 6 17 20 8 41
7 Vitesse 27 12 5 10 34 43 13 5 2 6 16 24 14 7 3 4 18 19 -9 41
8 FC Groningen 28 9 9 10 36 40 14 4 6 4 15 15 14 5 3 6 21 25 -4 36
9 NEC 28 9 8 11 35 44 13 2 5 6 12 18 15 7 3 5 23 26 -9 35
10 Go Ahead Eagles 28 9 6 13 31 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 14 3 5 6 11 22 -12 33
11 SC Cambuur 28 10 3 15 44 60 14 5 1 8 26 31 14 5 2 7 18 29 -16 33
12 SC Heerenveen 28 8 7 13 25 37 14 4 2 8 14 21 14 4 5 5 11 16 -12 31
13 Heracles 28 8 6 14 29 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 14 1 2 11 10 24 -8 30
14 RKC Waalwijk 28 6 10 12 31 44 14 4 3 7 12 22 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 28
15 Willem II 28 6 5 17 23 48 14 4 3 7 12 20 14 2 2 10 11 28 -25 23
16 Sparta Rotterdam 26 4 10 12 20 38 15 3 6 6 13 20 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 22
17 Fortuna Sittard 27 6 4 17 26 60 13 4 2 7 14 26 14 2 2 10 12 34 -34 22
18 PEC Zwolle 28 5 5 18 20 43 14 2 4 8 9 16 14 3 1 10 11 27 -23 20

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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.