National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Vitesse or DVS '33 that keep their silverware dream alive.
There have been limited time to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Eredivisie match only three days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Feyenoord.
Vitesse form and stats
Vitesse was eliminated in the final last season in the KNVB Beker.The Eredivisie stats at home this season for Vitesse are 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Vitesse enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Feyenoord's place. The match ended 1-0 with Openda scoring. The striker Openda was announced as "man of the match" for Vitesse with the rating of 7.85/10. Openda scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against PEC Zwolle.Everyone expects Vitesse to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found three games: three home wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Vitesse have won with at least two goals margin two times in similar situations.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eredivisie game versus FC Groningen in only four days. This game is also played here at GelreDome.
The Vitesse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Vitesse have conceded 13 goals.
DVS '33 form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round.When we have look at the KNVB Beker statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
DVS '33 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Achilles Veen.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Barendrecht.Nobody expects DVS to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 48 times before, with the overall statistics of won 25, draw eight and lost 15. When defeated, nine matches have been lost by two or more goals.
DVS '33 have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a Derde Divisie: Zaterdag match versus VVOG. A strenuous programme for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 11 goals |  N. Frederiksen 7 goals |  S. Tronstad 2 goals |
Vitesse missing players
DVS '33 missing players
| Vitesse | DVS '33 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 22 | 41 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.2 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Ajax | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 52 | 42 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | AZ | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 28 |
| 9 | NEC | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 21 |
| 12 | Heracles | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Willem II | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -27 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -21 | 9 |
