Fortuna Sittard expected to fight losing battle when facing Feyenoord

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord (51177 seats)

Feyenoord and Fortuna Sittard are impatient to let the world see their new recruits and finesse: It's their first fixture of the Eredivisie season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Feyenoord form and stats

Feyenoord could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Eredivisie. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Stadion Feijenoord they witnessed 12 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W25 - D7 - L2 from 34 games.

Feyenoord are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadion Feijenoord with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 6 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Feyenoord has won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Feyenoord has won by at least two goals 4 times when in this position.

Feyenoord have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Feyenoord scored {8 goals} and let in {3 goals} during these five games.

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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 13th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded {62 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 18/34 goals scored/conceded.

Nobody expects Fortuna Sittard to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 7 times before, with the overall statistics of won 1, draw 0 and lost 6. When defeated, 5 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

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 Sittard have played four with the results W2-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Fortuna Sittard has scored {6 goals} and conceded 5 times.

Head 2 Head

Feyenoord have avoided a loss in the last 8 matches (7-1-0) facing Fortuna Sittard.

Feyenoord missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Feyenoord Last season Fortuna Sittard
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
25 12   Won W   5 10
7 4   Drew D   2 6
2 1   Lost L   10 18
81 37   Scored S   18 39
30 10   Conceded C   34 62
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
85% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 85%
59% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   76% 62%
38% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
21% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 15%
59% 47%   BTTS BTTS   71% 56%
38% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 21%
6% 12%   Failed to Score F T   24% 29%
 
7.4 8.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.4
3.9 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   7.5 7.1
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
19.7 21.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 11.5
7.2 7.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
33% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 30%
 
8.6 6.6   Shots against (avg) S A   17.1 16.9
3 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 5.9

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Almere City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Excelsior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Volendam 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 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heracles Almelo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vitesse 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 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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.