Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vitesse & ADO Den Haag face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Vitesse nor ADO Den Haag as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vitesse's stadium, GelreDome, has a grass surface. ADO Den Haag have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for ADO Den Haag when playing on grass; 5 wins, 8 draws and 19 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 38 goals in these games and conceded 73.
Vitesse form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the quarter-finals.7-1-0 is the performance here at GelreDome so far in the Eredivisie, giving Vitesse a total of 22 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at GelreDome.
It's back home for Vitesse, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating FC Emmen away with the result 4-1. Thomas Buitink, Patrick Vroegh, Oussama Tannane and Armando Broja found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Vitesse won a home game hosting FC Utrecht (1-0).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Vitesse as they have a new game in only four days, a Eredivisie match thankfully also at home. FC Groningen are visiting.
A decent goal production from Vitesse in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively Vitesse have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
ADO Den Haag form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the 1st round.ADO Den Haag have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-2-5 (9 played).
There might be some fixture complaints from ADO Den Haag as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eredivisie match against AZ (1-2). The game before that, in the Eredivisie, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against VVV-Venlo.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FC Emmen in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Haag as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. For Haag, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vitesse four wins, four draws and ADO Den Haag two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Darfalou 6 goals |  L. Openda 6 goals |  A. Broja 6 goals |
Vitesse missing players
ADO Den Haag missing players
| Vitesse | ADO Den Haag | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 47 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 29 | 52 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 39% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 44 | 38 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 35 |
| 5 | AZ | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Heracles | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -18 | 15 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -25 | 10 |
| 17 | Willem II | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -16 | 9 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -28 | 5 |