Vitesse 2-1 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 2 April 2017

Result

Vitesse 2-1 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 2 April 2017, 10:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Vitesse 2-1 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Vitesse won against NEC Nijmegen 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 2 April 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ricky van Wolfswinkel opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Vitesse's goals came from Ricky van Wolfswinkel (51') and Ricky van Wolfswinkel (84', penalty). NEC Nijmegen scored through Ferdi Kadioglu (66').

Discipline: Vitesse received 3 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Vitesse were 7th on 39 points from 27 and NEC Nijmegen 14th on 27 points from 27. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 51 points, and NEC Nijmegen 17th with 33.

Vitesse lined up in a 4-3-3 and NEC Nijmegen in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricky van Wolfswinkel of Vitesse (8.5), ahead of Lewis Baker (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Vitesse win, 2 draws and 0 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · G. BreinburgNEC Nijmegen
  • 51'Goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelVitesse · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · Ferdi KadiogluNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Kevin DiksVitesse
  • 76'Yellow card · W. GollaNEC Nijmegen
  • 82'Yellow card · Arnold KruiswijkVitesse
  • 84'Penalty goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelVitesse · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Alexander BüttnerVitesse

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Vitesse 1, draws 2, NEC Nijmegen 0.

Team news

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Eloy Room, Arnold Kruiswijk, Kevin Diks, Matt Miazga, Guram Kashia, Marvelous Nakamba, Navarone Foor, Lewis Baker, Milot Rashica, Adnane Tighadouini, Ricky van Wolfswinkel

NEC Nijmegen line-up (5-3-2)

Joris Delle, Michael Heinloth, Dario Dumic, Wojciech Golla, Lorenzo Burnet, F. Sturing, Janio Bikel, Julian von Haacke, Gregor Breinburg, Jay-Roy Grot, Arnaut Danjuma