Vitesse vs Willem II previews for sports fans

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: GelreDome (25000 seats)

It's the second opportunity for points this league season as Vitesse and Willem II lock horns at GelreDome.

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!

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Vitesse form and stats

The previous season, Vitesse's league results were 18 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, leading to 4th place in the Eredivisie. In these 34 matches they scored 52 goals and let in 38. Playing as the host team in the former season Vitesse generated 11-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 12 conceded.

It's back home for Vitesse, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating PEC Zwolle away with the result 1-0. Nikolai Baden Frederiksen found the net in that victory. Goalkeeper Markus Schubert got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.0 out of ten. Schubert stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against Ajax with the scoreline 1-3.

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Willem II form and stats

Let's have a look at how Willem II performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 7 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 68 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 18/35 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eredivisie home defeat versus Feyenoord with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Görkem Sağlam got a match rating of 7.01 in that game, top player of the team. Sağlam hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Willem lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Before that, Willem secured a home win against Fortuna Sittard with the score 2-1.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Vitesse wins - draws - Willem II wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Vitesse missing players

Willem II missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vitesse Willem II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Vitesse Last season Willem II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
18 11   Won W   2 8
7 4   Drew D   5 7
9 2   Lost L   10 19
52 26   Scored S   18 40
38 12   Conceded C   35 68
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
76% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 85%
53% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 59%
29% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 44%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 24%
56% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 56%
35% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
18% 18%   Failed to Score F T   41% 32%
 
5.1 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.2
4 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.5
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.4
5 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
14.5 13.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.7
4.5 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 31%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 FC Utrecht 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
4 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 FC Groningen 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 RKC Waalwijk 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Heracles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
17 Willem II 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0
Last season 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 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ Alkmaar 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 FC Utrecht 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
4 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 FC Groningen 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 RKC Waalwijk 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 AZ Alkmaar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Heracles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
17 Willem II 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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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.