Scrambling Vitesse will be hoping to pull off a surprise win when they welcome top side Sparta Rotterdam in the upcoming league match. It’s 14th vs 6th and the home crowd will have low confidence.
- Vitesse have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Eredivisie
This field has grass, which is not Sparta Rotterdam's usual surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass Sparta Rotterdam have performed like this: Played 29 matches yielding 9 wins, 4 draws and 16 defeats with the goal difference 26-45 (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.
Vitesse form and stats
Vitesse's results here at GelreDome in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A nice win for Vitesse last time playing, versus FC Emmen. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Vidović and Wittek scoring for the victors. Defender Wittek got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Wittek scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
In the game before, 2-2 away to Kozakken Boys (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) (KNVB Beker). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vitesse handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Vitesse are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at Ajax awaits in four days.
The Vitesse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. As for conceded goals, Vitesse's unpleasant statistic is 15 goals surrendered.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sparta Rotterdam in their Eredivisie matches away.
van Crooij and Verschueren (2) scored in Sparta Rotterdam's previous match, the home game against Fortuna Sittard that ended 3-1. Midfielder van Crooij was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Crooij scored one goal, served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 1-3 defeat away at FC Utrecht before that.We have checked recent matches where Rotterdam have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sparta Rotterdam as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rotterdam have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Vitesse won six, Sparta Rotterdam triumphed in three and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. van Crooij 6 goals |  A. Verschueren 4 goals |
Vitesse missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Vitesse | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 22 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 92% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 75% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 9% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 55% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 6.7 | 6.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1.6 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.6 | 13 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 30% | 32% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 34% |
| 10.6 | 10.2 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14.4 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
- All of Vitesse's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Eredivisie
- 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 | Ajax | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | AZ | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | NEC | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 16 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -19 | 6 |
