Low-Block Fortress
Vitesse
Vitesse handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 8 shots blocked or saved on 34.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 34.0%
- Shots blocked
- 1
- Saves
- 7
- Conceded
- 1
Eerste Divisie · Matchday 4
Den Bosch
Kévin Monzialo 5'
L. Hoffman 84'
1 – 4
FT
HT 0–3
Vitesse
N. Bannis 28', 35'
F. de Carvalho 33'
P. van de Merbel 72'
Eerste Divisie
Matchday 4Den Bosch1–4Vitesse
3.01
Expected goals
1.68
5′28′33′35′72′84′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: DB 3.01, VIT 1.68.
Match report
Den Bosch 1-4 Vitesse
Vitesse were far too strong for Den Bosch 4-1 at De Vliert in Eerste Divisie. Bannis opened the scoring for Vitesse on 28', Carvalho made it 2-0 to Vitesse on 33', Bannis added his second on 35', Merbel turned into his own net on 72' to make it 1-3 and Hoffman pulled one back for Den Bosch on 84'.
Expected goals finished Den Bosch 3.01, Vitesse 1.68. On the balance of chances Den Bosch had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Vitesse will take more happily than the performance deserved. Den Bosch held 66.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Vitesse graded out for low-block fortress — 34.0% possession and 1 shots blocked. Vitesse graded out for goalkeeper rescue — 7 saves and 3.01 faced xg.
Naoufal Bannis came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.9 for Vitesse from 2 goals, 1 assist and 3 key passes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Vitesse conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
66%Possession34%
25Shots11
3.01xG1.68
What the numbers say
6 readsGoalkeeper Rescue
Vitesse
Vitesse's goalkeeper kept them in it — 7 saves against 3.01 xG, conceding just 1.
- Saves
- 7
- Faced xG
- 3.01
- Conceded
- 1
Clinical Edge
Vitesse
Vitesse finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 1.68 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 1.68
- Overperformance
- +2.32
Wasteful Finishing
Den Bosch
Den Bosch created more than enough to win it and did not take it — 3.01 xG for 1 goal.
- Expected goals
- 3.01
- Goals
- 1
- Shortfall
- −2.01
Timeline
Kévin Monzialo (Pen)
⚽5'
⚽28'
N. Bannis — assist: C. van den Berg
⚽33'
F. de Carvalho — assist: N. Bannis
⚽35'
N. Bannis — assist: F. de Carvalho
Half-time
J. de Vries ↑ S. Maas ↓
🔄46'
🔄64'
M. Marschalk ↑ P. Dahbo ↓
🔄64'
N. Zonneveld ↑ F. de Carvalho ↓
🟨66'
Mathijs Marschalk
Foul
🟨69'
Nino Zonneveld
Foul
S. Barglan ↑ J. Fortes ↓
🔄71'
R. Wolters ↑ K. Felida ↓
🔄71'
L. Hoffman ↑ I. Boumassaoudi ↓
🔄71'
🔴72'
P. van de Merbel
🔄76'
E. Probst ↑ N. Bannis ↓
🔄76'
J. Pinto ↑ A. Sellouf ↓
B. Wang ↑ J. Van Heertum ↓
🔄80'
🔄83'
Y. Ouallil ↑ R. Schwarz ↓
L. Hoffman
⚽84'
🟨86'
Solomon Bonnah
Time wasting
🔄90+4'
M. Steffen ↑ V. Zumberi ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueDe Vliert
RefereeM. Perez
CompetitionEerste Divisie
Season2026
RoundMatchday 4
StatusMatch Finished