Vitesse vs Excelsior betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Eerste Divisie match on August 25th, 2024

A Eerste Divisie match between Vitesse and Excelsior will hold on August 25th, 2024, Sunday at 10:15h (UTC), in Netherlands, check the Vitesse vs Excelsior betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Vitesse vs Excelsior will occur

The game will be played in the small GelreDome stadium, in the city of Arnhem, with a capacity for 25000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Vitesse vs Excelsior betting tip 2024/2025

Vitesse comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was VVV-Venlo, in a match valid for Eerste Divisie, and the match ended 0-1. Coach J. van den Brom's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 3.10.

An eye-popping performance did not accompany the victory for Vitesse. Despite this, the good appearances of Simon van Duivenbooden deserve mentioning. The athlete left the field as the main responsible for the positive result of the team.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Eerste Divisie, Excelsior, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the De Graafschap team with a final score of 3-1.

A win for the home team had odds of 2.05, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

When these teams last played against each other in Eredivisie, Vitesse ranked 18th place while Excelsior was in 15th place. Vitesse initiated hostilities with a 4-3-3 formation while Excelsior played using a 4-4-2 tactic.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the Eredivisie. The meeting took place on 25-02-2024 and ended with a 1-2 win for Vitesse.

This game will have R. Dieperink fully in charge on the pitch while D. Fikkert alongside M. Janssen will be supporting from the sideline.

Vitesse

Current leaderboard

At present Vitesse occupies 8th place in the league, with 3 points achieved up until 3rd round.

Vitesse analysis

At the end of round 2 of Eerste Divisie, Vitesse collected 3 goals scored and 3 goals conceded.

The Vitesse team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 58.5%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Excelsior

Current leaderboard

After the 3rd round, Excelsior is currently 7th place in the table, winning 3 points from their games so far this season.

Excelsior analysis

Currently, in the Eerste Divisie, Excelsior sums 4 goals for and a total of 4 goals against, after 2 rounds played.

As we approach the Regular Season, Excelsior is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 4.5 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 6 per game.

Excelsior 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 8 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Excelsior in this match.

Goals Top Betting Tips

At the beginning of the championship round, the number of goals scored and conceded by both teams can be a good betting parameter. Vitesse didn't score any goal and conceded in 3 opportunities in the last round of the tournament, while Excelsior scored 4 times and didn't concede any goal as well.

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

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