Fortuna Sittard contests AZ in Eredivisie fray

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

Eredivisie: Two squads in reasonable form get together for this game. AZ hold a tiny edge with their 4th spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

AZ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Anderlecht, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for AZ.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games.

Fortuna are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Ajax. Fortuna Sittard were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Pinto, defender, was given a rating of 8.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Pinto hit one key pass and won 11 of 13 duels.

Before that, Fortuna Sittard had a home game versus FC Groningen which ended with a victory 3-1.

Lots of goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this team has had three or more goals.

Fortuna Sittard are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fortuna defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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AZ form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 1 draw and only 4 losses in the Eredivisie.

Two away matches in a row for AZ, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Anderlecht in the Europa Conference League. The attacker Brederode got a match rating of 7.35 in that game. Brederode hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Sparta Rotterdam.

A quick return to home after this game, as AZ are hosting Anderlecht in the Europa Conference League only four days away.

The travelling fans enjoy AZ's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, AZ have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

AZ have won all of the 4 most recent games against this opponent. Can they do it again?

The previous H2H game ended AZ - Fortuna Sittard 3-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
11 goals
Fortuna SittardB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
9 goals
AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
8 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Sittard AZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
9 4 0 Won W 3 9 16
5 3 2 Drew D 0 1 6
14 7 3 Lost L 1 4 6
35 18 6 Scored S 9 26 53
51 24 12 Conceded C 5 15 32
93% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 82%
64% 50% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 57%
39% 43% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 29%
18% 29% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 18%
61% 43% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 68%
21% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 29%
25% 36% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
4.5 4.6 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 5.1
6.8 6.4 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.2 3.9
1.9 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.5 12.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 14.2 15.1
4 4.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 5.1 5.8
31% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 33%
 
17.1 17.3 19 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.7 11.8
5.8 5.8 6.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 2.9 3.1
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • AZ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AZ have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • AZ 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 Feyenoord 28 20 7 1 67 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 14 10 3 1 36 19 40 67
2 Ajax 28 17 8 3 76 28 14 8 4 2 41 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 48 59
3 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 FC Twente 28 14 9 5 48 22 14 11 3 0 36 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 26 51
6 Sparta Rotterdam 28 14 7 7 43 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 49
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 SC Heerenveen 28 10 8 10 34 38 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 5 6 3 17 15 -4 38
9 NEC 28 7 14 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 14 4 5 5 12 12 7 35
10 RKC Waalwijk 27 9 8 10 42 45 14 7 3 4 28 19 13 2 5 6 14 26 -3 35
11 Fortuna Sittard 28 9 5 14 35 51 14 4 3 7 18 24 14 5 2 7 17 27 -16 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 7 9 11 36 46 13 4 5 4 19 20 14 3 4 7 17 26 -10 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 FC Emmen 28 5 10 13 25 46 15 3 9 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 25
16 Excelsior 28 7 3 18 25 65 14 6 2 6 17 23 14 1 1 12 8 42 -40 24
17 FC Groningen 28 4 5 19 27 57 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 1 2 11 9 32 -30 17
18 SC Cambuur 28 4 4 20 21 55 14 2 0 12 10 27 14 2 4 8 11 28 -34 16

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 Feyenoord 28 20 7 1 67 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 14 10 3 1 36 19 40 67
2 Ajax 28 17 8 3 76 28 14 8 4 2 41 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 48 59
3 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 FC Twente 28 14 9 5 48 22 14 11 3 0 36 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 26 51
6 Sparta Rotterdam 28 14 7 7 43 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 49
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 SC Heerenveen 28 10 8 10 34 38 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 5 6 3 17 15 -4 38
9 NEC 28 7 14 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 14 4 5 5 12 12 7 35
10 RKC Waalwijk 27 9 8 10 42 45 14 7 3 4 28 19 13 2 5 6 14 26 -3 35
11 Fortuna Sittard 28 9 5 14 35 51 14 4 3 7 18 24 14 5 2 7 17 27 -16 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 7 9 11 36 46 13 4 5 4 19 20 14 3 4 7 17 26 -10 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 FC Emmen 28 5 10 13 25 46 15 3 9 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 25
16 Excelsior 28 7 3 18 25 65 14 6 2 6 17 23 14 1 1 12 8 42 -40 24
17 FC Groningen 28 4 5 19 27 57 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 1 2 11 9 32 -30 17
18 SC Cambuur 28 4 4 20 21 55 14 2 0 12 10 27 14 2 4 8 11 28 -34 16

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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.