Fortuna Sittard have travelled here for an entertaining fight against the home side Go Ahead Eagles. Get smart on the match with this thorough Eredivisie preview!
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.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Perfect Eredivisie season at home so far for Go Ahead Eagles 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Eagles drew their last game, 1-1 away at PEC Zwolle (placed 8th). Go Ahead Eagles's goalie Lange played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against PEC Zwolle with a stunning ten saves.
Before that, Go Ahead Eagles had a home game versus SC Heerenveen which ended with a victory 3-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Eagles have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Go Ahead Eagles at home in the league. 7 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
Fortuna Sittard are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eredivisie, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Fortuna Sittard go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Volendam that ended 3-1. Midfield player Halilović was the top player of the team with a match rating of 10.0/10. Halilović scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Ajax.We have checked recent matches where Fortuna have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Fortuna Sittard has managed {2 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Go Ahead Eagles won five, Fortuna Sittard triumphed in five and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Rommens 3 goals |  B. Kuipers 2 goals |  O. Edvardsen 2 goals |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 6.4 |
| 9 | 10 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.5 | 17.2 |
| 4.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 6.4 |
| 47% | 54% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 20% | 22% |
| 18 | 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 15.5 | 11.6 |
| 6.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 4.6 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Last season | Fortuna Sittard | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 56 | 23 | Conceded | C | 34 | 62 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 85% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 85% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 62% | ||
| 35% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 15% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 21% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 29% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 14 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.1 | 16.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | AZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Heracles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | Almere City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
