Eredivisie: FC Twente expected to top Fortuna Sittard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

After the first games for these two it's FC Twente - Fortuna Sittard 3-0 in points. Who will achieve victory in this second Eredivisie match of the season?

The hosts Twente saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at De Grolsch Veste. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Fortuna Sittard have had more rest.

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FC Twente form and stats

The season before, FC Twente's league results were 20 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, results that produced 4th place in the Eredivisie. During these 34 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 37. Appearing as the home side in the former season FC Twente generated 10-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 13 conceded.

FC Twente's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at their home, ending 4-1 against Cukaricki. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

Before that match, a Eredivisie win away at NEC.

There will be little rest for FC Twente after this match as they are travelling to Fiorentina for a Europa Conference League game in only three days.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

Let's have a look at how Fortuna Sittard performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 5 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 67 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 16/36 goals scored/conceded.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Ajax with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Attacker Gladon got a player rating of 7.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Gladon scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away victory against NEC with the score of 1-0.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the last seven meetings): Twente won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Fortuna Sittard have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / one

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteS. Steijn
S. Steijn
1 goals
Fortuna SittardP. Gladon
P. Gladon
1 goals
Fortuna SittardB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
1 goals

FC Twente missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Twente Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 10
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 18
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
FC Twente Last season Fortuna Sittard
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
20 10   Won W   4 10
8 5   Drew D   3 5
6 2   Lost L   10 19
55 28   Scored S   16 36
37 13   Conceded C   36 67
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 62%
24% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 38%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 21%
56% 47%   BTTS BTTS   59% 56%
38% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   24% 21%
 
4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4
4.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   7.2 5.8
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 1.8
3 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.1 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 10.2
4.5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.9
36% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 27%
 
11 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   19.2 16.4
3.6 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   7.1 5.8

  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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AZ 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Groningen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Vitesse 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 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 34 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AZ 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Groningen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Vitesse 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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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.