Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Gelredome clash with VVV-Venlo, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eredivisie table.
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 VVV-Venlo.
This stadium uses grass, unlike VVV-Venlo's home stadium. The visitors last 28 games on grass have ended in 4 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses.
Vitesse form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Vitesse at their home stadium (Gelredome) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Vitesse are confident in defense, having played 291 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Vitesse's previous game was a Eredivisie match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus VVV-Venlo (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Vitesse won a home game hosting ODIN '59 (4-0).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Vitesse home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
The Vitesse fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Vitesse have conceded 10 in these home matches.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo, who have the most conceded goals (44) in Eredivisie, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-0-8 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of VVV-Venlo, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
It might be tough going out on the road again for VVV-Venlo, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Vitesse (placed 6th). A 1-2 loss hosting PEC Zwolle before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where VVV-Venlo played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 1 time.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. VVV-Venlo are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Vitesse - VVV-Venlo 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Vitesse victories, 2 draws and 2 VVV-Venlo wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linssen 11 goals |  T. Matavž 7 goals |   P. van Ooijen 5 goals |
Vitesse missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| Vitesse | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 32 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 24 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 44 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 83% |
| 72% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 78% |
| 28% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 39% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 44% | 28% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 56% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 22% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 39% |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 283 | 151 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 75 | 177 |
| 103 | 49 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 24 | 62 |
| 31% | 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | 27% |
- VVV-Venlo has the fewest scored goals (17)
- VVV-Venlo has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- VVV-Venlo has the most conceded goals (44)
- VVV-Venlo has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
- VVV-Venlo has the the worst goal difference (-27)
- VVV-Venlo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- VVV-Venlo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vitesse have scored at least twice as many goals at home as VVV-Venlo have scored 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | AZ | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | PSV | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Willem II | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -19 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 13 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 11 |