📏 Form Guide

Roda JC Kerkrade

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Roda JC Kerkrade will play in this game after a 1-1 Eerste Divisie tied result vs SC Cambuur.

In that game, Roda JC Kerkrade managed 50% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Roda JC Kerkrade was Michael Breij (46'). For their opponents, SC Cambuur had 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Ichem Ferrah (52') scored for SC Cambuur.

It’s not been often in recent times that Roda JC Kerkrade have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Roda JC Kerkrade have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals on the way.

Heading into this contest, Roda JC Kerkrade have left without a victory over Vitesse in their last 2 matches in the league.

Vitesse

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Almere City in Eerste Divisie action, Vitesse and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Vitesse had 59% possession and 22 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Vitesse was Adam Tahaui (41'). On the other side, Almere City had 7 shots at goal with 5 on target. Julian Rijkhoff (13') and Ferdy Druijf (63', 76') scored for Almere City.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Vitesse, three or more goals have gone in. The average number of goals per match during that spell is 3.5, with the number of goals averaged by Vitesse equalling 1.83. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 14/05/2017 shows that Roda JC Kerkrade have won 2 of them & Vitesse 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A combined total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 of them for De Koempels and 11 coming from Vitas. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The last league game featuring the two was Eerste Divisie match day 13 on 24/10/2025 which ended up with the score at Vitesse 2-2 Roda JC Kerkrade.

On that occasion, Vitesse managed 36% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Dillon Hoogewerf (9', 38').

Roda JC Kerkrade had 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. Joey Müller (27') and Luca Maiorano (83') scored.

The match was refereed by Stan Teuben.

🗞️ Team News: Roda JC Kerkrade

Joshua Schwirten (Knee injury) and Tim Köther (Knee injury) will not be able to play for Roda JC Kerkrade boss Kevin Van Dessel.

ℹ️ Team News: Vitesse

Thanks to a mainly healthy squad, there is only the sole fitness issue for the Vitesse boss Rüdiger Rehm to contend with. Marcus Steffen (Broken fibula) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Vitesse are likely to get a goal against this Roda JC Kerkrade side, however that probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a narrow 2-1 victory for Roda JC Kerkrade at the end of the match. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Andre Moura, 13:03 16/03/2026