Home advantage could prove decisive in Fortuna Sittard - Almere City battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

With the tense opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Eredivisie duel of the season. Fortuna Sittard are eager to welcome Almere City in front of their home support.

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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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

The previous season, Fortuna Sittard's league results were 10 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, providing 13th place in the Club Friendlies 2. Over these 34 matches they scored {39 goals} and conceded 62. Appearing at home in the former season Fortuna Sittard produced 5-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 28 conceded.

An away draw last time out for Fortuna Sittard, facing Feyenoord in a game that ended 0-0. The Fortuna Sittard goalkeeper Pandur was crucial in the match against Feyenoord last time out, making six saves. Pandur, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.41 out of 10 in that game. Pandur topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Fortuna drew at home versus NEC.

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Almere City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Almere City performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded {69 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 31/37 goals scored/conceded.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus FC Twente with 1-4 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Emmen at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Almere City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these teams: Fortuna won five, Almere City were winners in four and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

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1 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Sittard Almere City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 11
6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
22 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 20
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 8
Fortuna Sittard Last season Almere City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   3 6
10 5   Won W   1 3
6 4   Drew D   1 2
18 8   Lost L   1 1
39 21   Scored S   3 9
62 28   Conceded C   3 5
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
85% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 83%
62% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 33%
32% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 17%
15% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
56% 41%   BTTS BTTS   67% 67%
21% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 17%
29% 35%   Failed to Score F T   33% 17%
 
4.4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5 8.8
7.1 6.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.3
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 2.3
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.5 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 18.8
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 5
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%
 
16.9 16.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12 10.7
5.9 5.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AZ 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Feyenoord 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 NEC 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 FC Volendam 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 FC Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Heracles 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 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

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 AZ 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ajax 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
7 Sparta Rotterdam 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Vitesse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Feyenoord 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 NEC 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 FC Volendam 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 PEC Zwolle 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 FC Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Heracles 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Almere City 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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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.