May 19th features a match where FC Utrecht plays host to Vitesse in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 7th placed FC Utrecht, recorded a 0-3 loss against Willem II. Hornkamp scored the first goal for Willem II in the 8th minute, then Dries Saddiki added another in the 53rd minute In the end, FC Utrecht couldn’t muster any offence and Willem II ran away with the shutout win. FC Utrecht looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while vitesse is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Ajax. Brian Brobbey struck first for Ajax in the 15th minute, but Loïs Openda got the equalizer for Vitesse in the 52nd minute . Vitesse is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Vitesse and FC Utrecht last played eachother at the Stadion Galgenwaard on the 20th of February. FC Utrecht and Vitesse battled to a 1-1 draw. Moussa Sylla scored the first goal for FC Utrecht in the 14th minute, then Danilho Doekhi tied it up for Vitesse in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point.
Vitesse is glad to have Loïs Openda in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Both Anastasios Douvikas and Sander van de Streek have been the hottest scorers for FC Utrecht in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Mark van der Maarel, Bart Ramselaar and Naoki Maeda are unavailable to play for FC Utrecht, while Thomas Letsch’s squad will be without Yann Gboho, Tomas Hajek, Maximilian Wittek, Jacob Rasmussen and Alois Oroz.