In this week 17 match, on Saturday Dec 18th, Vitesse and Sparta Rotterdam will play a match in Rotterdam in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Sparta Rotterdam sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against SC Heerenveen. Neither SC Heerenveen nor Sparta Rotterdam could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Vitesse recorded a 2-1 win against Heracles. Nikolai Laursen scored the first goal for Heracles in the 22nd minute, then Loïs Openda tied it up for Vitesse in the 31st minute on a feed from Riechedly Bazoer Finally they completed the comback in the 49th minute on a penalty goal by Loïs Openda to cap off a wild match. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Vitesse should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Vitesse is fortunate enough to have Loïs Openda in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Sparta Rotterdam’s most prolific scorer has been Bart Vriends. The Dutch defender has netted two goals over the last five matches
Bart Vriends and Maduka Okoye are unavailable to play for Henk Fraser’s team, while Matúš Bero, Oussama Darfalou, Yapi and Daan Reiziger are unavailable to play for Vitesse.