Vitesse recovers a 0-1 deficit to defeat SC Heerenveen 2-1 with L. Openda scoring 2 goals

HEERENVEEN. Vitesse manages to find the solution against SC Heerenveen to win 2-1. L. Openda was the key to score 2 goals.

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Vitesse recovers a 0-1 deficit to defeat SC Heerenveen 2-1 with L. Openda scoring 2 goals

HEERENVEEN. Vitesse manages to find the solution against SC Heerenveen to win 2-1. L. Openda was the key to score 2 goals. It was SC Heerenveen to strike first with a goal of M. van Ewijk at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 55′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Openda gave the win to Vitesse in the 90′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Vitesse was vastly superior ball possession (64%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

I. Dresevic received a red card (10′)​. This red card was one of the reason why SC Heerenveen lost the match.

The match was played at the Abe Lenstra Stadion stadium in Heerenveen on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Martin van den Kerkhof who had the assistance of Cristian Dobre and Kevin Bodde. The 4th official was Luca Evian Cantineau. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.3 degrees Celsius or 54.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

SC Heerenveen

1 - 2

Team 1

Vitesse

  • ! 32 Ball Possession 68
Shots
  • 7 Total 26
  • 2 On Target 9
  • 5 Off Target 17
  • 2 Shots blocked 8
  • 82 Attack 147
  • 32 Dangerous attack 91
  • 133 Ball safe 110
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 11
  • 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 4 Total 12
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Vitesse was in firm control of the ball 64% while SC Heerenveen was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vitesse was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Vitesse won the match.​

SC Heerenveen shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Vitesse shot 26 times, 9 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

SC Heerenveen didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Vitesse received 2 yellow cards (L. Openda and S. Tronstad).

(SC Heerenveen) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (10′).

Match Timeline

10'
14'
25'
45'
46'
46'
Toni Domgjoni- sub ->T. Hajek
55'
59'
Thomas Buitink- sub ->S. Tronstad
61'
64'
66'
Daan Huisman- sub ->O. Darfalou
82'
82'
90'
90'
Dominik Oroz- sub ->Riechedly Bazoer

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ajax
83
34
PSV
81
34
Feyenoord
71
34
FC Twente
68
34
AZ
61
34
Vitesse
51
34
FC Utrecht
47
34
SC Heerenveen
41
34
SC Cambuur
39
34
RKC Waalwijk
38
34
NEC
38
34
FC Groningen
36
34
Go Ahead Eagles
36
34
Sparta Rotterdam
35
34
Fortuna Sittard
35
34
Heracles Almelo
34
34
Willem II
33
34
PEC Zwolle
27
34

After playing this contest, SC Heerenveen will stay with 13 points like Go Ahead Eagles to stay in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Vitesse will have 19 points like Feyenoord to stay in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Heerenveen will play away with NEC on the 6th of November with a 9-8 head to head in favor of SC Heerenveen (7 draws).

Vitesse will host FC Utrecht on the 7th of November with a 14-12 head to head record in favor of Vitesse (11 draws).

SC Heerenveen – Formation

SC Heerenveen
G
Xavier Mous 22.Netherlands
8.0
D
Sven van Beek  4.Netherlands
7.2
D
I. Drešević 14.Kosovo
2.9
10'
D
Rami Kaib 13.Tunisia
6.2
D
Milan van Ewijk 27.Netherlands
7.3
Goals45'
M
Tibor Halilovic 10.Croatia
6.6
82'
M
Rodney Kongolo  21.Netherlands
7.6
M
Nicolas Madsen 29.Denmark
6.8
M
Anthony Musaba 11.Netherlands
6.3
82'
M
Filip Stevanovic 7.Serbia
6.8
14'
F
Siem de Jong 6.Netherlands
6.6
61'
Substitutes
G
Jan Bekkema 23.Netherlands
G
J. Kroesen 24.Netherlands
D
Syb van Ottele 2.Netherlands
D
L. Woudenberg 5.Netherlands
D
Nick Bakker 15.Netherlands
6.2
14'
M
Joey Veerman 20.Netherlands
6.1
82'
M
Hamdi Akujobi 18.Netherlands
6.3
82'
M
Rami Al Hajj 17.Sweden
F
Benjamin Nygren  8.Sweden
F
Arjen van der Heide 16.Netherlands
F
Henk Veerman 9.Netherlands
6.2
61'

SC Heerenveen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Johnny Jansen decided to play with the following team: Xavier Mous (8.0), Milan van Ewijk (7.3), Sven van Beek (7.2), Ibrahim Drešević (2.9), Rami Kaib (6.2), Nicolas Madsen (6.8), Rodney Kongolo (7.6), Anthony Musaba (6.3), Tibor Halilović (6.6), Filip Stevanović (6.8) and Siem de Jong (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: B. Nygren, Joey Veerman (6.1), S. van Ottele, L. Woudenberg, Arjen Van Der Heide, Henk Veerman (6.2), Hamdi Akujobi (6.3), Jan Bekkema, Rami Hajal, Nick Bakker (6.2) and Jaimy Kroesen.

Substitutions

SC Heerenveen made 4 changes: F. Stevanovic for N. Bakker (14′), S. de Jong for H. Veerman (61′), T. Halilovic for J. Veerman (82′) and A. Musaba for H. Akujobi (82′).

Best player: Xavier Mous​

The player that probably impressed the most for SC Heerenveen was the goalkeeper: Xavier Mous. His rating is 8.01. He performed 7 saves.

Vitesse – Formation

Vitesse
G
Markus Schubert 1.Germany
6.6
D
Jacob Rasmussen 6.Denmark
7.8
D
Danilho Doekhi 3.Netherlands
7.4
D
Riechedly Bazoer 10.Netherlands
7.3
90'
M
T. Hájek 18.Czech Republic
6.5
46'
M
Eli Dasa  2.Israel
7.1
M
S. Tronstad 8.Norway
6.4
59' 25'
M
Yann Gboho 20.France
7.0
F
Oussama Darfalou 9.Algeria
6.6
66'
F
Loïs Openda 7.Belgium
8.2
64' Goals55', 90'
F
Nikolai Baden Frederiksen 11.Denmark
6.9
46'
Substitutes
G
Jeroen Houwen 24.Netherlands
G
Nigel van Haveren 48.Netherlands
D
E. Cornelisse 39.Netherlands
D
Romaric Yapi 27.France
D
Dominik Oroz 16.Croatia
90'
M
Patrick Vroegh 36.Netherlands
M
Toni Domgjoni 22.Kosovo
7.3
46'
M
Daan Huisman 40.Netherlands
6.8
66'
F
Thomas Buitink 29.Netherlands
7.0
59'
F
Julian Von Moos 19.Switzerland
7.4
46'
F
Hilary Gong 17.Nigeria

Vitesse started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Regarding the opposition, Thomas Letsch played with: Markus Schubert (6.6), Danilho Doekhi (7.4), Riechedly Bazoer (7.3), Jacob Rasmussen (7.8), Eli Dasa (7.1), Sondre Tronstad (6.4), Yann Gboho (7.0), Tomáš Hájek (6.5), Nikolai Baden Frederiksen (6.9), Loïs Openda (8.2) and Oussama Darfalou (6.6).

They had on the bench: Patrick Vroegh, Enzo Cornelisse, Jeroen Houwen, Thomas Buitink (7.0), Julian Von Moos (7.4), Toni Domgjoni (7.3), Nigel van Haveren, Romaric Yapi, Hilary Gong, Alois Oroz and Daan Huisman (6.8).

Substitutions

Vitesse made 5 changes: N. Frederiksen for J. Vonmoos (46′), T. Hajek for T. Domgjoni (46′), S. Tronstad for T. Buitink (59′), O. Darfalou for D. Huisman (66′) and R. Bazoer for D. Oroz (90′).

Best player: Loïs Openda​

The most impressive player for Vitesse was Loïs Openda.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 25 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​