Football betting preview: FC Twente vs Fortuna Sittard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

FC Twente and Fortuna Sittard supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Eredivisie season. Game on!

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 3 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 13 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 17-23. You can compare this with overall results below.

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FC Twente form and stats

FC Twente have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Twente scored 7 goals and let in 2 goals during these four games.

Last season, FC Twente's league statistics were 7 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Eredivisie. Over these 26 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season FC Twente managed 5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 22 conceded.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Fortuna Sittard as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Fortuna have played four with the results W3-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Fortuna Sittard has scored 7 goals and conceded 5 times.

Let's have a look at how Fortuna Sittard performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 7/35 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

FC Twente-Fortuna Sittard H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: FC Twente three wins, Fortuna Sittard zero wins, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
FC Twente Last season Fortuna Sittard
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 26
7 5   Won W   0 6
6 3   Drew D   4 8
13 5   Lost L   9 12
34 23   Scored S   7 29
46 22   Conceded C   35 52
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 85%
81% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 77%
62% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 58%
35% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 46%
27% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 35%
58% 62%   BTTS BTTS   46% 58%
19% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 23%
35% 23%   Failed to Score F T   54% 35%
 
4.2 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   2.7 3.5
5.3 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   8.4 7.2
1.7 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 2
4 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
248 135   Total Shots T S   116 288
88 55   Shots on Target S O   36 99
39% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ADO Den Haag 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ Alkmaar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Emmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 VVV-Venlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Ajax 25 18 2 5 68 23 13 11 0 2 40 8 12 7 2 3 28 15 45 56
2 AZ Alkmaar 25 18 2 5 54 17 13 10 1 2 32 8 12 8 1 3 22 9 37 56
3 Feyenoord 25 14 8 3 50 35 13 9 3 1 29 15 12 5 5 2 21 20 15 50
4 PSV 26 14 7 5 54 28 12 8 3 1 32 12 14 6 4 4 22 16 26 49
5 Willem II 26 13 5 8 37 34 13 7 4 2 17 9 13 6 1 6 20 25 3 44
6 FC Utrecht 25 12 5 8 50 34 12 8 0 4 30 12 13 4 5 4 20 22 16 41
7 Vitesse 26 12 5 9 45 35 13 7 3 3 24 15 13 5 2 6 21 20 10 41
8 Heracles 26 10 6 10 40 34 13 8 1 4 31 17 13 2 5 6 9 17 6 36
9 FC Groningen 26 10 5 11 27 26 13 7 1 5 17 10 13 3 4 6 10 16 1 35
10 SC Heerenveen 26 8 9 9 41 41 14 3 8 3 17 18 12 5 1 6 24 23 0 33
11 Sparta Rotterdam 26 9 6 11 41 45 13 7 3 3 30 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -4 33
12 FC Emmen 26 9 5 12 32 45 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 0 3 10 6 33 -13 32
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 13 5 3 5 14 21 13 3 1 9 10 30 -27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 13 5 3 5 23 22 13 2 3 8 11 24 -12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 12 5 2 5 28 30 14 2 3 9 9 25 -18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 13 6 4 3 22 17 13 0 4 9 7 35 -23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 13 2 6 5 11 17 13 2 1 10 14 37 -29 19
18 RKC Waalwijk 26 4 3 19 27 60 13 3 2 8 13 20 13 1 1 11 14 40 -33 15

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.