📏 Form Guide

Roda JC Kerkrade

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Roda JC Kerkrade prepare for this fixture after a 1-1 Eerste Divisie drawn game versus SC Cambuur.

In that match, Roda JC Kerkrade managed 50% possession and 12 shots at goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Roda JC Kerkrade was Michael Breij (46'). On the other side, SC Cambuur had 14 shots on 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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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Almere City in Eerste Divisie competition, Vitesse will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Vitesse had 59% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Vitesse was Adam Tahaui (41'). Almere City got 7 shots at goal with 5 of them 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

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 14/05/2017 tells us that Roda JC Kerkrade have won 2 of them & Vitesse 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 20 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from De Koempels and 11 belonging to Vitas. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league game featuring the two was Eerste Divisie match day 13 on 24/10/2025 when it finished Vitesse 2-2 Roda JC Kerkrade.

On that day, Vitesse managed 36% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Dillon Hoogewerf (9', 38').

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

The match was refereed by Stan Teuben.

ℹ️ Team News: Roda JC Kerkrade

Joshua Schwirten (Knee injury) and Tim Köther (Knee injury) won’t be playing for Roda JC Kerkrade boss Kevin Van Dessel.

ℹ️ Team News: Vitesse

Thanks to a mainly available squad, there’s only a single fitness issue for the Vitesse gaffer Rüdiger Rehm to contend with. Marcus Steffen (Broken fibula) won’t be playing here.

🔮 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, 08:04 16/03/2026