In this week 2 match, on Fri Aug 12th, Vitesse will travel to Rotterdam to battle Excelsior in a Eredivisie match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. Excelsior is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against SC Cambuur. Marouan Azarkan struck first for Excelsior in the 10th minute on a feed from Couhaib Driouech, then Baas added another in the 44th minute In the end, SC Cambuur was frustrated by Excelsior’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Excelsior ended the match with the shutout victory. Excelsior is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed Vitesse, recorded a 2-5 loss against Feyenoord. Manhoef scored the first goal for Vitesse in the 19th minute, then in the 31st minute, Sebastian Szymański sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Patrik Wålemark But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 61st minute on a goal by Javairô Dilrosun. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Tue Feb 9th, Vitesse was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Loïs Openda scored the first goal for Vitesse in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Excelsior was frustrated by Vitesse’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Vitesse ended the match with the shutout victory.
Vitesse’s most prolific scorer has been Nikolai Frederiksen. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Marouan Azarkan has been the most prolific scorer on Excelsior in his last five matches with 2 goals.