6th position in the Eredivisie table for Vitesse so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed SC Heerenveen visits GelreDome.
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 SC Heerenveen.
Vitesse form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Vitesse have to build on here at GelreDome in the Eredivisie.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 251 minutes without scoring a league goal. B. Linssen was the last player to find the net.
The Vitesse crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Ajax here at GelreDome in a KNVB Beker match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FC Groningen (0-1).
Remko Pasveer had a busy but productive day in the Ajax match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
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 two games) they have won zero times, drawn zero and lost two.
A decent goal production from Vitesse in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Vitesse have conceded 11 goals.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, SC Heerenveen have produced an overall stat of 4-1-5 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, SC Heerenveen are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
SC Heerenveen failed to get anything from their last game, a KNVB Beker home match vs Feyenoord (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A draw for SC Heerenveen before that, at their own venue hosting VVV-Venlo (1-1).
We have checked recent matches where SC Heerenveen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.
SC Heerenveen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. SC Heerenveen have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
SC Heerenveen - Vitesse 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vitesse four wins, five draws and SC Heerenveen one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linssen 12 goals |  T. Matavž 9 goals |   J. Odgaard 7 goals |
Vitesse missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Vitesse | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 36 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 33 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 17 | 30 |
| 91% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 55% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 50% | 27% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 14% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 77% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 9% |
| 5 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 350 | 170 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 134 | 344 |
| 118 | 55 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 51 | 113 |
| 31% | 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | 29% |
- All of SC Heerenveen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- SC Heerenveen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- 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 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 43 | 50 |
| 2 | AZ | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 47 |
| 3 | PSV | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 42 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Willem II | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 34 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Heracles | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | FC Emmen | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 33 | -22 | 24 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -25 | 24 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 22 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -25 | 17 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 33 | -28 | 12 |