Soccer preview: Home fans have high hopes when Fortuna Sittard receive FC Volendam

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

Yet another exciting game in the Eredivisie. Fortuna Sittard is in the 7th position from featuring in four games. They host FC Volendam who are placed 15th from three matches.

3-8-12 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for FC Volendam when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 23 matches are 30-51 (scored/conceded).

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Fortuna Sittard's two home games in the Eredivisie so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion.

The spoils were shared in Fortuna Sittard's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ajax (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. A painful moment in the game against Ajax was the missed penalty kick from Noslin in the 10th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Pandur, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.84 out of 10 in that game. Pandur topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Excelsior that finished 2-2.

Fortuna Sittard has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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FC Volendam form and stats

The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.

FC Volendam might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FC Twente proved too strong as FC Volendam slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Kras Stadion. Mirani, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Mirani hit two key passes and won 3 of 7 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Go Ahead Eagles wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, FC Volendam has managed {1 goals} and let in 4 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Fortuna won four games, zero matches ended in a draw and FC Volendam managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardD. Duarte
D. Duarte
1 goals
Fortuna SittardM. Belkheir
M. Belkheir
1 goals
Fortuna SittardL. Rosier
L. Rosier
1 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

FC Volendam missing players

Fortuna Sittard FC Volendam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
4 2 2 Scored S 1 1 2
3 1 1 Conceded C 4 4 8
50% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 33%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.2 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 12 12 5.3
5.2 6.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 5.3
3.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.8 16 21 Shots (avg) S ( 19 19 10
5.2 5.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 3.7
19% 18% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 18%
 
12.8 10 8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 11.3
5.2 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 6.3
Fortuna Sittard Last season FC Volendam
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   0 1
10 5   Won W   0 0
6 4   Drew D   0 1
18 8   Lost L   0 0
39 21   Scored S   0 1
62 28   Conceded C   0 1
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
85% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
62% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 0%
32% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
15% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
56% 41%   BTTS BTTS   0% 100%
21% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
29% 35%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
4.4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   0 6
7.1 6.8   Corners against (avg) C A   0 2
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 2
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.5 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   0 9
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 4
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 25%
 
16.9 16.8   Shots against (avg) S A   0 4
5.9 5.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AZ 3 3 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 9
2 PSV 3 3 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 8 9
3 FC Twente 3 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 9
4 Feyenoord 4 2 2 0 13 4 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 7 3 9 8
5 Sparta Rotterdam 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 8
6 SC Heerenveen 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 6
7 Fortuna Sittard 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
8 Go Ahead Eagles 3 2 0 1 8 8 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 6
9 Heracles Almelo 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 6
10 PEC Zwolle 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 6
11 Ajax 3 1 2 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 5
12 Excelsior 4 1 2 1 9 10 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 6 -1 5
13 NEC 4 1 1 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
14 Vitesse 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
15 FC Volendam 3 0 0 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -6 0
16 FC Utrecht 4 0 0 4 1 10 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 -9 0
17 Almere City 4 0 0 4 4 14 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 8 -10 0
18 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 0 4 2 13 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 0 2 1 6 -11 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.