Fortuna Sittard expected to fight losing battle when facing Ajax

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (54990 seats)

Ajax are placed 2nd, while Fortuna Sittard are hanging back 24 points behind in the league table. Can they trim the gap?

Insights:
  • Ajax have the most scored goals (72) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Fortuna Sittard.

These are hustling days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the KNVB Beker. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Feyenoord.

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Ajax form and stats

Ajax have played 13 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Ajax are returning here after visiting Feyenoord in a KNVB Beker match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Defender Álvarez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Álvarez won 11 of 15 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Go Ahead Eagles that finished 0-0.

Ajax are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Johan Cruijff Arena with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 20 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Ajax has won 16 times, drawn 4 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Ajax has won by at least two goals 14 times when in this position.

An interesting fact: 16 of the latest 21 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each side.

Goals are plentiful at Johan Cruijff Arena in the league this season as Ajax has scored 37 goals here in 13 home games. Ajax have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

5-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fortuna Sittard in their Eredivisie matches away.

Fortuna Sittard won their last game, 3-1 versus FC Groningen played at home. Attacker Cordoba got a player rating of 8.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Cordoba scored two goals.

A 1-2 defeat away at FC Volendam before that.

Fortuna are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 5 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Of the defeats, 4 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Observe that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fortuna Sittard have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. Fortuna Sittard have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ajax have won all of the 8 most recent games versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?

Ajax and Fortuna Sittard have met before this season: Fortuna Sittard - Ajax 2-3.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxM. Kudus
M. Kudus
11 goals
AjaxB. Brobbey
B. Brobbey
11 goals
AjaxS. Bergwijn
S. Bergwijn
9 goals

Ajax missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ajax Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
16 7 3 Won W 0 5 9
8 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
3 2 0 Lost L 3 6 13
72 37 10 Scored S 3 17 35
28 12 2 Conceded C 10 23 47
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
85% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 81%
67% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 77% 63%
56% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 37%
41% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 19%
67% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 85% 63%
33% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 22%
7% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 8% 22%
 
7.6 9.2 11 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.5 4.6
3.2 2.5 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.5 6.4
1.4 1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
18.1 20.9 19.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.2 11.6
6.9 7.8 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.8 4.1
39% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 31%
 
8.6 7.5 5 Shots against (avg) S A 20.5 15.8 16.6
3.3 2.8 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.2 5.7 5.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Fortuna Sittard.
  • Ajax have the most scored goals (72) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the the best goal difference (+44) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ajax have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
3 PSV 27 17 5 5 71 33 13 11 1 1 42 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 38 56
4 AZ 27 16 6 5 53 31 13 7 5 1 27 16 14 9 1 4 26 15 22 54
5 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
6 Sparta Rotterdam 27 13 7 7 42 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 13 5 5 3 18 14 12 46
7 FC Utrecht 27 10 9 8 42 41 14 5 5 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 28 28 1 39
8 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
9 SC Heerenveen 27 9 8 10 32 37 13 4 2 7 15 22 14 5 6 3 17 15 -5 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 9 10 36 44 13 4 5 4 19 20 13 3 4 6 17 24 -8 30
13 FC Volendam 27 7 6 14 31 56 13 6 1 6 20 26 14 1 5 8 11 30 -25 27
14 Vitesse 27 5 9 13 30 47 13 2 5 6 14 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -17 24
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 27 7 3 17 25 61 14 6 2 6 17 23 13 1 1 11 8 38 -36 24
17 FC Groningen 27 4 5 18 26 55 13 3 3 7 17 23 14 1 2 11 9 32 -29 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 16

Table
  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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
3 PSV 27 17 5 5 71 33 13 11 1 1 42 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 38 56
4 AZ 27 16 6 5 53 31 13 7 5 1 27 16 14 9 1 4 26 15 22 54
5 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
6 Sparta Rotterdam 27 13 7 7 42 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 13 5 5 3 18 14 12 46
7 FC Utrecht 27 10 9 8 42 41 14 5 5 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 28 28 1 39
8 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
9 SC Heerenveen 27 9 8 10 32 37 13 4 2 7 15 22 14 5 6 3 17 15 -5 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 9 10 36 44 13 4 5 4 19 20 13 3 4 6 17 24 -8 30
13 FC Volendam 27 7 6 14 31 56 13 6 1 6 20 26 14 1 5 8 11 30 -25 27
14 Vitesse 27 5 9 13 30 47 13 2 5 6 14 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -17 24
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 27 7 3 17 25 61 14 6 2 6 17 23 13 1 1 11 8 38 -36 24
17 FC Groningen 27 4 5 18 26 55 13 3 3 7 17 23 14 1 2 11 9 32 -29 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 16

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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.