FC Volendam vs Vitesse 2-0

FC Volendam beat Vitesse 2-0 at Kras Stadion, with Luca Blondeau’s stoppage-time opener and Henk Veerman’s second-half strike settling it. Vitesse finished with more shots and corners, but they never recovered after going behind on the stroke of half-time.

The first goal came three minutes into first-half stoppage time, when Blondeau scored from Mike Kleijn’s assist to make it 1-0. FC Volendam were ahead at the break.

Volendam doubled the lead in the 77th minute through Veerman, who finished Nick Doodeman’s assist to make it 2-0. FC Volendam had made one change by then, sending on Precious Ugwu for Alex Plat in the 62nd minute, while Vitesse responded with a double change in the 78th minute after Pontus Dahbo was replaced by Eduard Probst and Youssef Ouallil gave way to Alexander Büttner. Vitesse then made two more switches late on, but they did not find a reply.

The numbers pointed to a mixed contest. FC Volendam had 61% of the ball and 570 passes to Vitesse’s 355, yet the visitors had 18 shots to 8, 8 corners to 3 and a higher expected goals figure of 1.25 to 0.93. FC Volendam had 3 shots on target to Vitesse’s 1, while both sides finished with 13 fouls and one save each.

Vitesse collected three yellow cards, for M. Steffen in the 8th minute, Pontus Dahbo in the 11th minute and Solomon Bonnah in the 34th minute. FC Volendam were booked twice, with Precious Ugwu cautioned in the 81st minute and Mike Kleijn in the 88th minute. There were no red cards.