Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Utrecht
Match Time & Date:
19/05/2022
21:00
Prediction: 2-2
Vitesse
Stadion Galgenwaard will host Thursday’s football game between Utrecht and Vitesse, who face each other in the Eredivisie Conference League semis, first leg. Utrecht finished the season in 7th place, and you should know that they are on a three-game winless run ahead of the visit of Vitesse. All Akmum, De Keijzer, Maeda, Ramselaar are out of contention with injuries. The Vitas, on the other hand, played out a 2-2 draw with Ajax in their last game of the regular season.
The two sides seem to be evenly matched ahead of the first leg, and, taking everything into account, punters from all around the globe can find value in betting on draw. As always, a man to keep an eye on in the away team will be Belgium rising star Openda, who scored a brace in the last league match, while all Rasmusen, Wittek, Oroz, and Gboho have been struggling with injuries of late.
Highlighted Player (Willem Janssen):
After starting his senior career at VVV-Venlo, Willem Janssen joined fellow Dutch club Roda JC in 2007. The 186-cm-tall centre-back scored 22 goals in 129 appearances for the Black and Yellows in the Eredivisie, and in 2011 he moved to Twente.
After ending his loan spell with Utrecht in 2014, he signed a permanent deal with the Stadion Galgenwaard outfit, and he has been playing for the club ever since. He scored his first league goal for Utrecht in a 1-1 draw with Zwolle on September 1, 2013. Willem Janseen was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands on July 4, 1986, but he has yet to earn a call-up for the national team. Janssen, though, has two caps with the Netherlands U21 team.
His main position is centre-back, but he is used as both defensive midfielder and central midfielder as well. His preferred foot is right. In the 2015/16 season he helped Utrecht make it to the Dutch Cup final, but Feyenoord proved to be a big catch for them in the title game.
Highlighted Team (Vitesse):
Nicknamed Vitas, the proud of Gelderland, Vitesse are a Dutch football club based in Arnhem. Vitesse compete in the Dutch Eredivisie and they have yet to win the national championship. However, they finished as runners-up in the Dutch elite division on five occasions (1897–98, 1902–03, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15), while clinching third place in the standings in the 1997/1998 season.
Vitesse did remarkably well to win the 2016/2017 Dutch Cup title, with the team beating AZ Alkmaar in the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam. As a result, the Vitas booked their place in the Europa League group stages where they face the likes of Lazio, Nice and Zulte-Waregem.
Vitesse are well known for their yellow jerseys with black stripes, while the club’s away colour is black. GelreDome is the home ground of the Dutch team and the capacity of the venue is 21.248. It has to be noted that famous Spanish footballer Albert Ferrer was in charge of the club in the 2010/2011 season.
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