📊 Form Guide

Vitesse

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Vitesse head into this game following a 1-1 Eerste Divisie drawn result vs Jong Ajax.

In that match, Vitesse managed 63% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Vitesse was Bas Huisman (80'). Jong Ajax had 23 shots 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 go into this match following a 1-0 Eerste Divisie win with the eclipse of FC Emmen in their last game.

The only scorer 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

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 06/03/2016 shows us that Vitesse have won 4 of these and Roda JC Kerkrade 2, with the tally of draws being 0.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from Vitas and 8 netted by De Koempels. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league contest between these sides was Eerste Divisie match day 15 on 26/11/2024 when the final score was Roda JC Kerkrade 3-0 Vitesse.

On that occasion, Roda JC Kerkrade had 55% possession and 20 shots on goal with 10 on target. Goals were scored by Patriot Sejdiu (9'), Nils Röseler (65') and Ryan Leijten (93').

Vitesse got 6 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Rick Sturm.

ℹ️ Team News: Roda JC Kerkrade

Roda JC Kerkrade manager Bas Sibum has some current player fitness concerns. Justin Treichel (unknown injury), Koen Jansen (Cruciate ligament injury), Cain Seedorf (unknown injury), Joey Müller (unknown injury) and Koen Bucker (Knee injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

✨ 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.

Andre Moura, 14:05 19/04/2025