Eredivisie duel: Close contest expected between Fortuna Sittard and ADO Den Haag

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sat 09.November
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 14th place.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fortuna Sittard and ADO Den Haag.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting ADO Den Haag have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-8-17 (win-draw-loss) from 32 matches.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Fortuna Sittard so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion after three straight home wins.

Fortuna Sittard's last game was hosting ADO Den Haag (placed 14th) and winning 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at FC Utrecht.

Fortuna Sittard goalkeeper Alexei Koşelev did an outstanding job against ADO Den Haag with 6 saves, so vital to securing the victory.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fortuna Sittard perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fortuna Sittard as a small favourite), we find ten games. Fortuna Sittard has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Fortuna Sittard's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fortuna Sittard defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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ADO Den Haag form and stats

There's been little loot from ADO Den Haag's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Eredivisie. ADO Den Haag only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws.

Two away games in a row for ADO Den Haag, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie. A draw for ADO Den Haag before that, at their own venue hosting SC Heerenveen (1-1).

ADO Den Haag goalkeeper Luuk Koopmans had a great day against Fortuna Sittard, but despite making 7 saves the loss could not be avoided.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with ADO Den Haag playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 3 ADO Den Haag wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

ADO Den Haag has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. ADO Den Haag have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Fortuna Sittard - ADO Den Haag 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Fortuna Sittard 2 wins, 2 draws and ADO Den Haag 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardA. Ciss
A. Ciss
5 goals
Fortuna SittardM. Diemers
M. Diemers
5 goals
ADO Den HaagT. Necid
T. Necid
3 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

ADO Den Haag missing players

Fortuna Sittard ADO Den Haag
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 3 7 13
3 3 1 Won W 1 2 3
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
7 2 0 Lost L 2 5 9
18 14 4 Scored S 4 9 14
32 10 1 Conceded C 6 13 23
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 77%
69% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 54%
62% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 31%
54% 57% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 15%
62% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 46%
15% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 23%
31% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 31%
 
4.6 5.9 1 Corners For (avg) C F 5 3.9 4.3
7.8 7.1 13 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 5.6 5.2
1.8 1.9 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.3
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • ADO Den Haag have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ADO Den Haag haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fortuna Sittard have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Fortuna Sittard
All Eredivisie Eerste Divisie KNVB Beker
All Home Away Home vs low
20-10-19 ER FC Emmen 2 - 1 Fortuna Sittard
26-10-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 4 - 1 VVV-Venlo
31-10-19 KB Fortuna Sittard 3 - 0 ADO Den Haag
03-11-19 ER FC Utrecht 6 - 0 Fortuna Sittard
09-11-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 1 - 0 ADO Den Haag
23-11-19 ER PEC Zwolle 19:45 Fortuna Sittard
30-11-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 19:45 FC Groningen
07-12-19 ER PSV 19:45 Fortuna Sittard
14-12-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 19:45 RKC Waalwijk
17-12-19 KB Fortuna Sittard 20:45 PEC Zwolle
ADO Den Haag
All Eredivisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away Away on grass Away vs low
20-10-19 ER PEC Zwolle 3 - 1 ADO Den Haag
26-10-19 ER Vitesse 0 - 2 ADO Den Haag
31-10-19 KB Fortuna Sittard 3 - 0 ADO Den Haag
03-11-19 ER ADO Den Haag 1 - 1 SC Heerenveen
09-11-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 1 - 0 ADO Den Haag
23-11-19 ER ADO Den Haag 20:45 Willem II
30-11-19 ER Heracles 20:45 ADO Den Haag
07-12-19 ER ADO Den Haag 18:30 FC Twente
14-12-19 ER ADO Den Haag 18:30 FC Groningen
22-12-19 ER Ajax 12:15 ADO Den Haag

  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 12 10 2 0 39 9 5 5 0 0 20 1 7 5 2 0 19 8 30 32
2 AZ Alkmaar 12 8 2 2 28 8 6 4 1 1 16 5 6 4 1 1 12 3 20 26
3 PSV 12 7 3 2 28 15 6 4 1 1 16 8 6 3 2 1 12 7 13 24
4 FC Utrecht 12 7 2 3 28 14 6 5 0 1 18 4 6 2 2 2 10 10 14 23
5 Vitesse 13 7 2 4 24 19 7 4 1 2 14 10 6 3 1 2 10 9 5 23
6 FC Groningen 13 6 2 5 17 14 6 4 0 2 11 5 7 2 2 3 6 9 3 20
7 Willem II 12 6 1 5 14 17 6 3 1 2 6 6 6 3 0 3 8 11 -3 19
8 SC Heerenveen 12 4 6 2 18 13 6 1 5 0 5 4 6 3 1 2 13 9 5 18
9 Heracles 12 5 3 4 18 17 6 3 1 2 11 8 6 2 2 2 7 9 1 18
10 Feyenoord 12 4 5 3 22 22 6 2 3 1 12 10 6 2 2 2 10 12 0 17
11 Sparta Rotterdam 12 4 4 4 21 22 6 3 1 2 14 10 6 1 3 2 7 12 -1 16
12 FC Twente 12 4 3 5 21 23 6 2 2 2 13 10 6 2 1 3 8 13 -2 15
13 FC Emmen 12 4 1 7 16 25 7 4 1 2 13 9 5 0 0 5 3 16 -9 13
14 ADO Den Haag 12 3 1 8 14 22 6 1 1 4 5 10 6 2 0 4 9 12 -8 10
15 PEC Zwolle 12 3 1 8 18 30 6 2 1 3 14 16 6 1 0 5 4 14 -12 10
16 Fortuna Sittard 12 2 3 7 17 32 6 2 2 2 13 10 6 0 1 5 4 22 -15 9
17 VVV-Venlo 12 3 0 9 11 31 6 2 0 4 6 16 6 1 0 5 5 15 -20 9
18 RKC Waalwijk 12 1 1 10 12 33 6 1 0 5 5 12 6 0 1 5 7 21 -21 4

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