Ajax have journeyed here for an absorbing fight versus the hosting Fortuna Sittard. Prepare for the match with this in-depth Eredivisie preview!
The visiting Ajax played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The hosts won their first Eredivisie game here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Fortuna Sittard last season were 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 17 games.
The Fortuna manager Buijs and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Excelsior (placed 7th). The hometeam coach Buijs made a successful contribution in the game against Excelsior, bringing on Belkheir who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Duarte got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Duarte scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Almere City.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Fortuna Sittard had similar winning odds as today, and found 6 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 1 and lost 5. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Fortuna Sittard lost 4 similar games by at least two goals.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Fortuna Sittard at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Ajax form and stats
One match played away so far in the Eredivisie for Ajax and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses from 17 games.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa League home loss versus Ludogorets with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Before that, the Europa League win away at Ludogorets.
It's early days yet, but Ajax has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Ajax have won every one of the 9 latest duels versus this side. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 2 goals |   D. Duarte 1 goals |  M. Belkheir 1 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
Ajax missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 10 | 11.5 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15 | 23 |
| 5.7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 8 | 10.5 |
| 24% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 29% |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 9.5 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Fortuna Sittard | Last season | Ajax | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 39 | 86 | ||
| 62 | 28 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 85% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 62% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 32% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 59% | ||
| 15% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 47% | 35% | ||
| 56% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 65% | ||
| 21% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 32% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 8 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 18.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 16.9 | 16.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | NEC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Almere City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 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 |
