On Saturday Feb 18th, in week 22, FC Volendam and Vitesse will play a match in Volendam in a clash of the Eredivisie. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 15th placed FC Volendam, recorded a 0-3 loss against FC Twente. Joshua Brenet scored the first goal for FC Twente in the 16th minute, then Václav Černý added another in the 17th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed FC Volendam couldn’t manage to score, and FC Twente took the shutout win. FC Volendam is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Vitesse is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against FC Utrecht. Manhoef scored the first goal for Vitesse in the 63rd minute, then Maximilian Wittek added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Mohamed Sankoh In the end, FC Utrecht couldn’t muster any offence and Vitesse ran away with the shutout win. Vitesse is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Sep 17th, Vitesse hosted FC Volendam at the Gelredome in their last match together. Vitesse and FC Volendam battled to a 1-1 draw. Robert Muhren scored the first goal for FC Volendam in the 21st minute, then in the 48th minute, Kacper Kozłowski sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Bartosz Bialek squeezing out at least the one point for Vitesse.
Million Manhoef has been the most effective weapon for Vitesse lately. The Dutch midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. FC Volendam is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Mirani and Robert Muhren each only have 1 goal in their last 5.