On Sun May 8th, in week 32, Vitesse hosts SC Heerenveen in a meeting of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 6th placed Vitesse is fresh off their 2-1 win against Go Ahead Eagles. Loïs Openda struck first for Vitesse in the 13th minute on a feed from Toni Domgjoni, but Isac Lidberg got the equalizer for Go Ahead Eagles in the 35th minute. Vitesse is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed SC Heerenveen is fresh off their 3-3 draw against SC Cambuur. Anas Tahiri struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 2nd minute, then in the 12th minute, Patrick Joosten sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Roberts Uldriķis . SC Heerenveen looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sat Oct 30th, Vitesse took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Milan van Ewijk struck first for SC Heerenveen in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, but Loïs Openda got the equalizer for Vitesse in the 55th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 91st minute on a goal by Loïs Openda.
For SC Heerenveen, their top scorers are A. Sarr and Sydney van Hooijdonk, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches. Vitesse’s most prolific scorer has been Loïs Openda. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Thomas Letsch’s Vitesse squad will be without Yann Gboho, Thomas Buitink, Sondre Tronstad, Maximilian Wittek, Jacob Rasmussen and Jeroen Houwen, while Joost van Aken and Paweł Bochniewicz are unavailable to play for Ole Tobiasen’s team.