Eredivisie: FC Utrecht anticipated to win home fixture versus Fortuna Sittard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

Welcome to Stadion Galgenwaard and this game involving FC Utrecht and Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie. Tipsway has everything you must know!

Insights:
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Eredivisie

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for FC Utrecht at their home stadium (Stadion Galgenwaard) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. FC Utrecht are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadion Galgenwaard, having lost their two previous games here.

An away draw last time out for FC Utrecht, facing RKC Waalwijk in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Timber was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Timber scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match, Utrecht lost 1-3 at home to FC Groningen.

On the other hand, FC Utrecht have conceded 17 goals.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

Fortuna Sittard have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-2-10 (14 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Fortuna have lost on their last two travels.

Flemming was the last player to score for the away team. Fortuna Sittard haven't scored a league goal in the last 218 minutes.

Fortuna's previous game was their home loss versus Heracles (0-2). Midfielder Flemming was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. Flemming hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

A 0-5 defeat away at PSV before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fortuna Sittard as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. The Fortuna Sittard manager Ultee has some worries about the defense as 34 goals have been conceded in these travels. Fortuna Sittard has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Fortuna Sittard - Utrecht 2-2 was the end result in these contenders' latest H2H fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - three - one (FC Utrecht wins - draws - Fortuna Sittard wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtB. Ramselaar
B. Ramselaar
8 goals
Fortuna SittardM. Seuntjens
M. Seuntjens
8 goals
FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
7 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 27
11 7 4 Won W 0 2 6
8 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
9 3 0 Lost L 4 10 17
45 28 17 Scored S 1 12 26
37 17 4 Conceded C 17 34 60
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 79% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 78%
61% 64% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 63%
36% 50% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 43% 44%
18% 21% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 29% 26%
61% 64% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 57% 56%
25% 21% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 19%
21% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 29% 26%
 
5.5 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.6 3.8
4.5 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.9 5.8
1.8 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.6 16.1 19.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 8.8 9.8
4.8 5.6 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 3.7 3.6
34% 35% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 27%
 
10.8 10.1 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 20.5 18.8 16.5
3.9 2.9 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 11 7.9 6.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortuna Sittard have scored away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (34) away in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 28 22 3 3 83 14 14 11 1 2 52 7 14 11 2 1 31 7 69 69
2 PSV 28 21 2 5 71 34 14 11 0 3 40 18 14 10 2 2 31 16 37 65
3 Feyenoord 28 18 4 6 63 27 14 10 2 2 34 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 36 58
4 AZ 28 17 4 7 55 33 14 10 2 2 31 14 14 7 2 5 24 19 22 55
5 FC Twente 28 16 7 5 44 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 55
6 FC Utrecht 28 11 8 9 45 37 14 7 4 3 28 17 14 4 4 6 17 20 8 41
7 Vitesse 27 12 5 10 34 43 13 5 2 6 16 24 14 7 3 4 18 19 -9 41
8 FC Groningen 28 9 9 10 36 40 14 4 6 4 15 15 14 5 3 6 21 25 -4 36
9 NEC 28 9 8 11 35 44 13 2 5 6 12 18 15 7 3 5 23 26 -9 35
10 Go Ahead Eagles 28 9 6 13 31 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 14 3 5 6 11 22 -12 33
11 SC Cambuur 28 10 3 15 44 60 14 5 1 8 26 31 14 5 2 7 18 29 -16 33
12 SC Heerenveen 28 8 7 13 25 37 14 4 2 8 14 21 14 4 5 5 11 16 -12 31
13 Heracles 28 8 6 14 29 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 14 1 2 11 10 24 -8 30
14 RKC Waalwijk 28 6 10 12 31 44 14 4 3 7 12 22 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 28
15 Willem II 28 6 5 17 23 48 14 4 3 7 12 20 14 2 2 10 11 28 -25 23
16 Sparta Rotterdam 26 4 10 12 20 38 15 3 6 6 13 20 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 22
17 Fortuna Sittard 27 6 4 17 26 60 13 4 2 7 14 26 14 2 2 10 12 34 -34 22
18 PEC Zwolle 28 5 5 18 20 43 14 2 4 8 9 16 14 3 1 10 11 27 -23 20

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 Ajax 28 22 3 3 83 14 14 11 1 2 52 7 14 11 2 1 31 7 69 69
2 PSV 28 21 2 5 71 34 14 11 0 3 40 18 14 10 2 2 31 16 37 65
3 Feyenoord 28 18 4 6 63 27 14 10 2 2 34 12 14 8 2 4 29 15 36 58
4 AZ 28 17 4 7 55 33 14 10 2 2 31 14 14 7 2 5 24 19 22 55
5 FC Twente 28 16 7 5 44 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 14 8 2 4 22 22 11 55
6 FC Utrecht 28 11 8 9 45 37 14 7 4 3 28 17 14 4 4 6 17 20 8 41
7 Vitesse 27 12 5 10 34 43 13 5 2 6 16 24 14 7 3 4 18 19 -9 41
8 FC Groningen 28 9 9 10 36 40 14 4 6 4 15 15 14 5 3 6 21 25 -4 36
9 NEC 28 9 8 11 35 44 13 2 5 6 12 18 15 7 3 5 23 26 -9 35
10 Go Ahead Eagles 28 9 6 13 31 43 14 6 1 7 20 21 14 3 5 6 11 22 -12 33
11 SC Cambuur 28 10 3 15 44 60 14 5 1 8 26 31 14 5 2 7 18 29 -16 33
12 SC Heerenveen 28 8 7 13 25 37 14 4 2 8 14 21 14 4 5 5 11 16 -12 31
13 Heracles 28 8 6 14 29 37 14 7 4 3 19 13 14 1 2 11 10 24 -8 30
14 RKC Waalwijk 28 6 10 12 31 44 14 4 3 7 12 22 14 2 7 5 19 22 -13 28
15 Willem II 28 6 5 17 23 48 14 4 3 7 12 20 14 2 2 10 11 28 -25 23
16 Sparta Rotterdam 26 4 10 12 20 38 15 3 6 6 13 20 11 1 4 6 7 18 -18 22
17 Fortuna Sittard 27 6 4 17 26 60 13 4 2 7 14 26 14 2 2 10 12 34 -34 22
18 PEC Zwolle 28 5 5 18 20 43 14 2 4 8 9 16 14 3 1 10 11 27 -23 20

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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.