Vitesse 2-1 VVV-Venlo: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 15 December 2018

Result

Vitesse 2-1 VVV-Venlo

Eredivisie · Saturday 15 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Vitesse 2-1 VVV-Venlo: match report

Vitesse beat VVV-Venlo 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 15 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Martin Ødegaard opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Vitesse's goals came from Martin Ødegaard (32') and O. Darfalou (80'). VVV-Venlo scored through P. Mlapa (76').

Discipline: Vitesse received 3 yellow cards; VVV-Venlo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Vitesse were 7th on 22 points from 15 and VVV-Venlo 9th on 20 points from 15. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 57 points, and VVV-Venlo 12th with 41.

Vitesse lined up in a 4-3-3 and VVV-Venlo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Ødegaard of Vitesse (8.2), ahead of Oussama Darfalou (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Vitesse wins, 2 draws and 3 for VVV-Venlo.

Going into the match Vitesse's last five read L-D-W-W-L and VVV-Venlo's D-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Martin ØdegaardVitesse · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Jake Clarke-SalterVitesse
  • 45+2'Yellow card · P. MlapaVVV-Venlo
  • 52'Yellow card · Martin ØdegaardVitesse
  • 76'Goal · P. MlapaVVV-Venlo · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · O. DarfalouVitesse · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · P. JoostenVVV-Venlo
  • 90'Yellow card · N. FoorVitesse

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Vitesse 5, draws 2, VVV-Venlo 3.

Team news

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Eduardo, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Danilho Doekhi, Jake Clarke-Salter, Alexander Büttner, T. Serero, Martin Ødegaard, Navarone Foor, Roy Beerens, Oussama Darfalou, Bryan Linssen

VVV-Venlo line-up (4-3-3)

Lars Unnerstall, Moreno Rutten, Nils Röseler, Jerold Promes, Christian Kum, Peter van Ooijen, Evert Linthorst, Tino-Sven Sušić, Jonathan Opoku, Peniel Mlapa, Jay-Roy Grot