Vitesse vs Roda JC Kerkrade Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Vitesse

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Vitesse prepare for this match following a 1-1 Eerste Divisie drawn match versus Jong Ajax.

In that game, Vitesse had 63% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Vitesse was Bas Huisman (80'). For their opponents, Jong Ajax had 23 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Jan Faberski (30') scored for Jong Ajax.

It’s not been often in recent times that Vitesse have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Vitesse have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 8 goals during that time.

Leading up to this clash, Vitesse:

• have left without a victory over Roda JC Kerkrade in their last 2 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Roda JC Kerkrade

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Roda JC Kerkrade come into this encounter following a 1-0 Eerste Divisie win vs FC Emmen in their last outing.

The only player to score from Roda JC Kerkrade was Mamadou Saydou Bangura (91').

Proving their appetite for high-scoring encounters, goals have been scored 20 times in the prior six games in which Roda JC Kerkrade have sent out their troops, yielding an average of 3.33 goals for each fixture. Their opponents have hit 12 of this grand total. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.

Heading into this fixture, Roda JC Kerkrade haven’t won away from home in the past 5 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 06/03/2016 shows that Vitesse have won 4 of them & Roda JC Kerkrade 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Vitas and 8 coming from De Koempels. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Eerste Divisie match day 15 on 26/11/2024 when it ended Roda JC Kerkrade 3-0 Vitesse.

In that match, Roda JC Kerkrade managed 55% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 10 on target. The scorers were Patriot Sejdiu (9'), Nils Röseler (65') and Ryan Leijten (93').

At the other end, Vitesse had 6 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Rick Sturm.

🗞️ Team News: Roda JC Kerkrade

Roda JC Kerkrade manager Bas Sibum has multiple availability issues to deal with. Justin Treichel (unknown injury), Koen Jansen (Cruciate ligament injury), Cain Seedorf (unknown injury), Joey Müller (unknown injury) and Koen Bucker (Knee injury) won’t be making appearances.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Vitesse should get enough chances to put one past this Roda JC Kerkrade side, but a single goal possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Therefore, we’re predicting a very close game with a 1-2 victory for Roda JC Kerkrade when all is said and done. Should be a good one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the win-draw-win market, victory for Vitesse is best priced at 2.55, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.6 & taking a punt on a win for Roda JC Kerkrade gets you 2.45. They’re the best returns on offer at the moment.

Andre Moura, 10:18 16/04/2025