Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior: result and report

Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Friday 18 January 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Vitesse won against Excelsior 3-2 in Eredivisie on Friday 18 January 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

N. Foor opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Vitesse's goals came from N. Foor (6'), Bryan Linssen (36') and Maikel Van der Werff (67'). Excelsior scored through Marcus Edwards (51') and Jerdy Schouten (69').

Discipline: Vitesse received 2 yellow cards; Excelsior received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Vitesse were 5th on 26 points from 17 and Excelsior 14th on 16 points from 17. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 57 points, and Excelsior 16th with 33.

Vitesse lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Ødegaard of Vitesse (9.4), ahead of Bryan Linssen (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Vitesse wins, 2 draws and 3 for Excelsior.

Going into the match Vitesse's last five read D-W-L-D-W and Excelsior's L-L-L-D-W.