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- Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts FC Utrecht saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the KNVB Beker. This match was also played here at Stadion Galgenwaard. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Fortuna Sittard have had more rest.
FC Utrecht form and stats
FC Utrecht have collected 19 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 5-4-2.
Utrecht's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 1-4 vs Spakenburg (in KNVB Beker). The striker Boussaid bested all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 8.15 out of 10. Boussaid hit five key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Sparta Rotterdam.The FC Utrecht fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. FC Utrecht are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Galgenwaard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Fortuna's previous game was their home loss versus Feyenoord (2-4). As you can tell from the result, the match against Feyenoord was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Cox, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Cox hit the woodwork once and won 2 of 2 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against RKC Waalwijk wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Fortuna Sittard are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Fortuna Sittard's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Utrecht have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (4-4-0) when facing Fortuna Sittard.The previous head-to-head meeting ended Fortuna Sittard - FC Utrecht 3-4, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 11 goals |   B. Yılmaz 9 goals |  S. van de Streek 7 goals |
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| FC Utrecht | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 38 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 35 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 40 |
| 91% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 74% | 55% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 78% |
| 57% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 73% | 57% |
| 39% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 22% |
| 52% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 61% |
| 35% | 45% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 26% |
| 22% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 22% |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.7 | 12 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 31% | 19% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | 31% |
| 12.9 | 12 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.3 | 16.7 | 17 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
- 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 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Ajax | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 42 | 49 |
| 3 | AZ | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | PSV | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 32 | 46 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | NEC | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 20 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 36 | -34 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 18 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -26 | 13 |
