The hosts, Vitesse, should be front runners in this game, but SC Heerenveen have exhibited both talent and bravery. Learn more about the match!
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Vitesse form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Vitesse at their home stadium (GelreDome) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
It's back home for Vitesse, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Go Ahead Eagles away with the result 2-1. Openda (2) found the net in that victory. Schubert loved the game against Go Ahead Eagles. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory. The forward Openda outdid all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Openda scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Willem II (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vitesse handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and four defeats.
The manager Letsch will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fortuna Sittard in only three days.
Vitesse has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vitesse have conceded 25 from these games.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of SC Heerenveen playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
There were no winners in Heerenveen's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs SC Cambuur (placed 13th). A stark raving crazy game with masses of goals last time out for SC Heerenveen, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this fixture be as refreshing? The draw against SC Cambuur came from a losing position. The SC Heerenveen manager Tobiasen brought on van Aken as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Haye was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.65. Haye signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against AZ wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Heerenveen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of five matches.
SC Heerenveen have another fixture away from home in just three nights, a Eredivisie fixture against Ajax. A hard programme for them!
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 18 goals have been conceded by SC Heerenveen in these games.
Head 2 Head
Vitesse and SC Heerenveen have met earlier this season: SC Heerenveen - Vitesse 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Vitesse victories, four draws and two SC Heerenveen wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 15 goals |  N. Frederiksen 7 goals |   T. Halilović 4 goals |
Vitesse missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Vitesse | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 37 | 17 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 46 | 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | 43 |
| 94% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 68% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 33% | 45% |
| 26% | 27% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 13% | 23% |
| 16% | 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 52% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | 55% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 29% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15.2 | 17.3 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.4 | 12 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 25% | 21% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 22% | 26% |
| 11.5 | 10.7 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.2 | 13.9 | 13.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
- 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 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 89 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 74 | 78 |
| 2 | PSV | 31 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 42 | 74 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 72 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 42 | 67 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 62 |
| 5 | AZ | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 59 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -9 | 47 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -9 | 36 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 36 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 35 |
| 11 | NEC | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -13 | 35 |
| 12 | Heracles Almelo | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | -10 | 34 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 48 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -18 | 34 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -15 | 31 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 64 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -32 | 29 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -23 | 26 |
| 18 | Willem II | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 36 | -30 | 26 |
