Excelsior vs Fortuna Sittard Preview & Prediction 21 May 2023

Excelsior are leaning on their home fans to aid them to win this fixture with Fortuna Sittard. Who wins at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion?

Insights:

Excelsior have the most conceded goals (68) in Eredivisie
Fortuna Sittard have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Eredivisie

Relegation threatens Excelsior who should definitely be looking for some points here. Fortuna Sittard is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season. It should be mentioned that Fortuna Sittard play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Fortuna Sittard on artifical turf are 2 victories, 0 draws and 7 defeats from nine games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 10-19. You can compare this with overall results below.

Both participants have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!

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Excelsior form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for Excelsior, who have the most conceded goals (68) in Eredivisie, at their home stadium (Van Donge & De Roo Stadion) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 295 minutes without scoring a league goal. Baas was the last player to find the net.

The Excelsior coach Dijkhuizen and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus SC Heerenveen (placed 8th). Midfield player Baas got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Baas hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Feyenoord (0-2).

It should be taken into account that a look at the 18 most recent league fixtures reveals that 14 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Excelsior are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Excelsior have conceded 26 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. It's all red in the travel logs of Fortuna Sittard, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

There might be some fixture complaints from Fortuna Sittard as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against PSV. Fortuna goalkeeper Pandur could take pride in a magnificent day versus PSV, but even with managing seven saves the defeat could not be helped.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Vitesse.

Fortuna Sittard are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Take note that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.

The visiting Fortuna Sittard have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fortuna have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Fortuna Sittard have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Excelsior.

Excelsior and Fortuna Sittard have played each other already this season: Fortuna Sittard - Excelsior 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

B. Yılmaz

9 goals

P. Gladon

6 goals

T. Noslin

5 goals

Excelsior missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Excelsior				Fortuna Sittard
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
32	16	5	Played	P	5	16	32
8	7	1	Won	W	4	5	10
5	2	1	Drew	D	0	2	5
19	7	3	Lost	L	1	9	17
27	19	2	Scored	S	9	18	38
68	26	6	Conceded	C	6	31	58
88%	88%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	100%	94%
69%	69%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	94%	84%
53%	56%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	80%	75%	62%
38%	31%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	31%	34%
25%	25%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	6%	16%
41%	50%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	80%	75%	56%
22%	25%	20%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	6%	22%
50%	38%	80%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	19%	28%

4.2	5.5	7.6	Corners for (avg)	C F	6.4	4.5	4.5
6.5	6.3	5.2	Corners against (avg)	C A	4.2	7.6	7.2
1.5	1.1	1.4	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2	2	1.9
1	1	1	Red cards	R C	0	1	3

9.7	11.6	14.2	Shots (avg)	S (	14	10.1	11.3
3.2	3.6	3	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	5.6	3.5	3.9
27%	33%	13%	Goal Efficiency	G E	32%	32%	31%

17.5	16.6	16.2	Shots against (avg)	S A	9.4	17.2	17.1
7.4	6.5	6.4	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	1.8	6.1	5.8

Excelsior			First Half	Fortuna Sittard
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
32	16	5	Played	P	5	16	32
6	4	0	Won	W	0	1	6
12	6	3	Drew	D	2	7	15
14	6	2	Lost	L	3	8	11
16	11	0	Scored	S	1	5	12
29	11	2	Conceded	C	4	15	22
66%	69%	40%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	75%	62%
41%	38%	0%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	20%	44%	38%
25%	25%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	6%	6%
6%	6%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
3%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
16%	19%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	25%	12%
47%	50%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	31%	56%
72%	62%	100%	Failed to Score	F T	80%	69%	69%

Excelsior			Second Half	Fortuna Sittard
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
32	16	5	Played	P	5	16	32
5	5	1	Won	W	4	6	10
10	3	2	Drew	D	1	2	7
17	8	2	Lost	L	0	8	15
11	8	2	Scored	S	8	13	26
39	15	4	Conceded	C	2	16	36
75%	81%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	100%	88%
47%	38%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	60%	50%	53%
22%	19%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	19%	28%
9%	6%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	12%	16%
3%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
16%	12%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	31%	31%
38%	44%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	25%	34%
72%	62%	80%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	44%	47%

Key stats in Eredivisie this season:

Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Excelsior have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
Excelsior have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Eredivisie
Excelsior have the most conceded goals (68) in Eredivisie
Excelsior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Fortuna Sittard have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Eredivisie
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	32	24	7	1	78	28	16	12	4	0	37	9	16	12	3	1	41	19	50	79
2	PSV	32	22	5	5	84	36	16	14	1	1	51	11	16	8	4	4	33	25	48	71
3	AZ	32	19	7	6	64	33	16	9	5	2	35	18	16	10	2	4	29	15	31	64
4	Ajax	31	18	9	4	79	32	16	9	5	2	44	13	15	9	4	2	35	19	47	63
5	FC Twente	32	16	10	6	58	26	16	12	4	0	43	10	16	4	6	6	15	16	32	58
6	Sparta Rotterdam	32	15	8	9	51	36	16	9	2	5	28	17	16	6	6	4	23	19	15	53
7	FC Utrecht	32	14	9	9	51	45	16	7	5	4	17	13	16	7	4	5	34	32	6	51
8	SC Heerenveen	32	11	9	12	39	47	16	5	3	8	19	26	16	6	6	4	20	21	-8	42
9	RKC Waalwijk	32	11	8	13	50	55	16	9	3	4	34	21	16	2	5	9	16	34	-5	41
10	NEC	32	8	14	10	41	41	16	3	9	4	28	25	16	5	5	6	13	16	0	38
11	Go Ahead Eagles	32	9	10	13	43	54	16	6	6	4	25	23	16	3	4	9	18	31	-11	37
12	Fortuna Sittard	32	10	5	17	38	58	16	5	3	8	20	27	16	5	2	9	18	31	-20	35
13	Vitesse	32	8	10	14	38	50	16	4	6	6	18	25	16	4	4	8	20	25	-12	34
14	FC Volendam	32	9	6	17	39	66	16	8	1	7	26	30	16	1	5	10	13	36	-27	33
15	Excelsior	32	8	5	19	27	68	16	7	2	7	19	26	16	1	3	12	8	42	-41	29
16	FC Emmen	32	6	10	16	30	59	16	3	9	4	15	20	16	3	1	12	15	39	-29	28
17	FC Groningen	31	4	6	21	29	61	15	3	3	9	18	26	16	1	3	12	11	35	-32	18
18	SC Cambuur	32	4	4	24	21	65	16	2	0	14	10	33	16	2	4	10	11	32	-44	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	32	24	7	1	78	28	16	12	4	0	37	9	16	12	3	1	41	19	50	79
2	PSV	32	22	5	5	84	36	16	14	1	1	51	11	16	8	4	4	33	25	48	71
3	AZ	32	19	7	6	64	33	16	9	5	2	35	18	16	10	2	4	29	15	31	64
4	Ajax	31	18	9	4	79	32	16	9	5	2	44	13	15	9	4	2	35	19	47	63
5	FC Twente	32	16	10	6	58	26	16	12	4	0	43	10	16	4	6	6	15	16	32	58
6	Sparta Rotterdam	32	15	8	9	51	36	16	9	2	5	28	17	16	6	6	4	23	19	15	53
7	FC Utrecht	32	14	9	9	51	45	16	7	5	4	17	13	16	7	4	5	34	32	6	51
8	SC Heerenveen	32	11	9	12	39	47	16	5	3	8	19	26	16	6	6	4	20	21	-8	42
9	RKC Waalwijk	32	11	8	13	50	55	16	9	3	4	34	21	16	2	5	9	16	34	-5	41
10	NEC	32	8	14	10	41	41	16	3	9	4	28	25	16	5	5	6	13	16	0	38
11	Go Ahead Eagles	32	9	10	13	43	54	16	6	6	4	25	23	16	3	4	9	18	31	-11	37
12	Fortuna Sittard	32	10	5	17	38	58	16	5	3	8	20	27	16	5	2	9	18	31	-20	35
13	Vitesse	32	8	10	14	38	50	16	4	6	6	18	25	16	4	4	8	20	25	-12	34
14	FC Volendam	32	9	6	17	39	66	16	8	1	7	26	30	16	1	5	10	13	36	-27	33
15	Excelsior	32	8	5	19	27	68	16	7	2	7	19	26	16	1	3	12	8	42	-41	29
16	FC Emmen	32	6	10	16	30	59	16	3	9	4	15	20	16	3	1	12	15	39	-29	28
17	FC Groningen	31	4	6	21	29	61	15	3	3	9	18	26	16	1	3	12	11	35	-32	18
18	SC Cambuur	32	4	4	24	21	65	16	2	0	14	10	33	16	2	4	10	11	32	-44	16