Excelsior vs Vitesse betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Eerste Divisie match on February 01th, 2025

Excelsior and Vitesse will face each other in a Eerste Divisie game in Netherlands on Saturday, February 01th, 2025, at 15:30h (UTC), check the Excelsior vs Vitesse betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Excelsior vs Vitesse will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Van Donge & De Roo Stadion stadium, in the city of Rotterdam, with a capacity for 4500 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Excelsior vs Vitesse betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Eerste Divisie has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.98 goals per game, which is very close to the 3.05 goals per game of the last championship.

Excelsior last match

In the last match played, Excelsior met ADO Den Haag, in a match valid for the Eerste Divisie. The match ended in a win by 1-0. The coach R. den Uil's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-3-3 formation.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.80.

With an outstanding performance, Jerolldino Bergraaf was the big name in the team's victory. Responsible for his best moments, and with excellent passing performance, the atack was a real executioner of the rival in the duel.

Vitesse last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Eerste Divisie, Vitesse, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the FC Dordrecht team with a final score of 0-3.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.90, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Excelsior vs Vitesse h2h

Vitesse was in 12th place in the Eerste Divisie while Excelsior was in 11th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Vitesse team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Excelsior used in the match.

The last time these teams met was for a Eerste Divisie match, on 25-08-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, in a competitive game that ended with a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Excelsior team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Vitesse has been more irregular.

Excelsior

Eerste Divisie leaderboard now

The Excelsior team with 45 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 13 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses.

In the 24th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 4 points against FC Volendam team who occupies position 1.

Excelsior analysis

Currently, in the Eerste Divisie, Excelsior sums 41 goals for and a total of 21 goals against, after 23 rounds played.

Playing in their home base prove wise for this team, as their record of 9 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw shows. Playing as the visiting team, meanwhile has given them 4 games won.

Excelsior is a more offensive team than Vitesse, having 2492 attacks vs. 2473 from Vitesse, having scored 41 times. In comparison, Vitesse converted into goal 29 times.

Best goalscorer from Excelsior

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Richie Omorowa. He has scored 9 times in the current season and has helped Excelsior come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Vitesse

Eerste Divisie leaderboard now

Vitesse arrives in this game with -8 points, and in 20th place in the Eerste Divisie, having won 4 games in total and lost 12 times, making a total of 7 draws.

Saddled with a slight disadvantage of 22 points against Jong Utrecht team in position 19, in the 24th round.

Vitesse analysis

Currently, in the Eerste Divisie, Vitesse sums 29 goals for and a total of 56 goals against, after 23 rounds played.

It is an average ball possession of 54.61% that the Vitesse team usually uses to control the game. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% typically allows teams to have some control over their opponents.

Best goalscorer from Vitesse

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Miliano Jonathans. Vitesse owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 11 goals in this season.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Excelsior is Richie Omorowa, who has already scored 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Vitesse is Miliano Jonathans, he has scored in 11 opportunities.

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 6.11 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Vitesse is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.22 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Vitesse in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.17 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Vitesse side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Excelsior who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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