ARNHEM. Vitesse and Excelsior didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Vitesse was truly superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​.

The match was played at the GelreDome stadium in Arnhem on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Sander van der Eijk who had the assistance of Marco Ribbink and Joey Waleveld. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 9.1 degrees Celsius or 48.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Vitesse had a strong ball possession 64% while Excelsior was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Vitesse was more pushing with 75 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Vitesse to win the match​.

Vitesse shot 27 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Excelsior shot 6 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Vitesse received 2 yellow cards (Marco van Ginkel and Matus Bero). Regarding the opposition, Excelsior received 1 yellow card (Nikolas Agrafiotis).

Standings

After this match, Vitesse will have 31 points to hold in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Excelsior will have 28 points like FC Emmen to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Vitesse will host SC Cambuur on the 14th of May with a 7-1 head to head stats in favor of Vitesse (2 draws).

Excelsior will play away agasint SC Heerenveen on the 13th of May with a 14-5 head to head stats in favor of SC Heerenveen (2 draws).

Vitesse – Formation

Vitesse adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Phillip Cocu decided to play with the following team: Kjell Scherpen (6.8), Carlens Arcus (7.6), Ryan Flamingo (7.1), Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (7.0), Maximilian Wittek (8.2), Melle Meulensteen (7.6), Marco van Ginkel (6.8), Million Manhoef (6.4), Matúš Bero (6.3), Kacper Kozłowski (6.1) and Mohamed Sankoh (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Dominik Oroz, Jeroen Houwen, Enzo Cornelisse, Tomáš Hájek, Toni Domgjoni, Romaric Yapi, Sondre Tronstad, Miliano Jonathans, Gabriel Vidović, Daan Reiziger, Mitchell Dijks and Bartosz Białek.

Substitutions

Vitesse made 4 changes: M. Manhoef for Gabriel Vidović (80′), Mohamed Sankoh for Bartosz Bialek (80′), K. Kozłowski for Miliano Jonathans (89′) and K. Kozłowski for Miliano Jonathans (89′).

Best player: Maximilian Wittek​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Vitesse was Maximilian Wittek.

His rating is (8.2) with 65 passes (76% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 17 crosses.

Excelsior – Formation

Also Excelsior adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marinus Dijkhuizen played with: Stijn van Gassel (7.9), Siebe Horemans (7.1), Redouan El Yaakoubi (7.6), Kik Pierie (8.1), Arthur Zagre (6.9), Julian Baas (6.2), Peer Koopmeiners (7.8), Noah Naujoks (6.1), Kenzo Goudmijn (6.9), Couhaib Driouech (6.7) and Lazaros Lamprou (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Maxime Awoudja, Reda Kharchouch, Yassin Ayoub, Mike van Duinen, Serano Seymor, Nikolas Agrafiotis (6.8) and Norbert Alblas.

Substitutions

Excelsior made 3 changes: N. Naujoks for Nikolas Agrafiotis (56′), Lazaros Lamprou for Mike van Duinen (85′) and Kenzo Goudmijn for Reda Kharchouch (85′).

Best player: Kik Pierie​

The player that probably impressed the most for Excelsior was Kik Pierie.

His rating is (8.1) with 36 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Vitesse – Excelsior – 0-0
• SC Heerenveen – FC Emmen – 2-3