VVV-Venlo will do battle on Tuesday as time edges closer to the approaching KNVB Beker match versus Vitesse.
View all Vitesse v VVV-Venlo tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Vitesse
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Vitesse will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 4-1 Eredivisie success over VVV-Venlo.
For Vitesse, goals were scored by Loïs Openda (3'), Riechedly Bazoer (57') and Sondre Tronstad (75', 82'). Giorgos Giakoumakis (19') scored for VVV-Venlo.
It has not been often in recent games where Vitesse have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Vitas have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 8 goals during that time. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.
VVV-Venlo
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VVV-Venlo have been effective going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 11 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Venlose trots have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same clashes.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 24/02/2018 tells us that Vitesse have won 4 of these & VVV-Venlo 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per match.
The last league fixture between these sides was Eredivisie match day 24 on 27/02/2021 when the final score was Vitesse 4-1 VVV-Venlo.
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Team News: Vitesse
Vitesse manager Thomas Letsch has a full complement, with no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match thanks to a completely healthy group available to select from.
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Team News: VVV-Venlo
VVV manager Hans de Koning has not got a full squad to pick from. Tristan Dekker (Unknown Injury), Anastasios Donis (Unknown Injury), Vito van Crooij (Quarantine) and Leon Guwara (Unknown Injury) miss out here.
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Prediction
It seems to us that VVV-Venlo will do really well to find the net against a Vitesse team who will most probably score a lot of goals.
We reckon that it will be a commanding 3-0 victory for Vitesse after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
00:13 26/02/2021
⚽️ Team Focus:
Vitesse
Formed: 1892
Stadium: GelreDome (25,500)
Captain: Remko Pasveer
Chairman: Yevgeny Merkel
Manager: Thomas Letsch
Competitions: Eredivisie position 5, KNVB Beker (Semi-finals)
🔑 Key Man: Loïs Openda
Generally played in the Striker position, Loïs Openda was born in Liège, Belgium. Having made his senior debut playing for Club Brugge in the 2018 - 2019 season, the gifted Forward has scored 6 league goals in the Eredivisie 2020 - 2021 campaign so far in 22 appearances.