Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Utrecht and Vitesse go head to head at Stadion Galgenwaard on day 26 of the current Eredivisie campaign. Utrecht quickly bounced back from a shocking 1-0 loss to rock-bottom Emmen, with the team beating RKC Waalwijk 2-1 on the road. Rene Hake’s men aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, but keep in mind that all Balk, Dalmau, Elia, Gustafson, Hoogma, and Mamengi have been struggling with injuries of late.
The Vitas, on the other hand, are eyeing their fourth consecutive win in all competitions. Vitesse, though, are not regarded as good travellers, and that is the main reason why we are tempted to put our money on draw. Cornelisse misses the game through suspension, but there are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of Sunday’s clash. In the first half of the season Vitesse defeated Utrecht thanks to Danilho Doekhi’s goal.
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.