In this week 16 match, on Sun Dec 12th, Vitesse will play host to Heracles in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 5th placed Vitesse, recorded a 6-1 blowout win against SC Cambuur. Sondre Tronstad scored the first goal for Vitesse in the 26th minute, then Loïs Openda added another in the 30th minute. Vitesse should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Heracles recorded a 0-1 loss against SC Heerenveen. Joey Veerman struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 79th minute on a feed from Benjamin Nygren, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Heracles couldn’t muster any offence and SC Heerenveen ran away with the shutout win. Heracles looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match on the 22nd of January, Vitesse took the match by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over six thousand dissapointed fans. Oussama Tannane scored the first goal for Vitesse in the 11th minute, then Tim Matavz added another in the 60th minute In the end, Heracles couldn’t muster any offence and Vitesse ran away with the shutout win.
Heracles’s most prolific scorer has been Ismail Azzaoui. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Loïs Openda has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Vitesse
Matúš Bero, Oussama Darfalou, Roy Beerens, Manhoef, Romaric Yapi and Daan Reiziger are unavailable to play for Thomas Letsch’s team, while Kasper Lunding, Adrián Szőke and Sven Sonnenberg are unavailable to play for Heracles.