Football betting preview: Fortuna Sittard vs FC Twente

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

Fortuna Sittard and FC Twente have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Eredivisie.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Twente have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Eredivisie

Fortuna Sittard and FC Twente should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Fortuna are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Twente most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

Fortuna Sittard's results here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion in the Eredivisie have been very modest with 4 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Fortuna enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at ADO Den Haag's place. The match ended 3-0 with Sebastian Polter, Tesfaldet Tekie and Zian Flemming scoring. Ahead of that match, Fortuna lost 1-3 at home to FC Emmen.

The Fortuna fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Fortuna with 30 goals conceded in these matches.

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FC Twente form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. It's a growing despair in FC Twente as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Twente failed to get anything from their last game, a Eredivisie home match vs FC Utrecht (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-1 defeat away at PEC Zwolle before that.

The travelling fans enjoy FC Twente's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Twente have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result FC Twente - Fortuna 2-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Fortuna zero wins, zero draws and FC Twente four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteD. Pereira da Silva
D. Pereira da Silva
15 goals
FortunaS. Polter
S. Polter
9 goals
Fortuna SittardZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
9 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

FC Twente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Sittard FC Twente
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
11 4 0 Won W 0 6 9
4 2 0 Drew D 4 5 10
15 9 4 Lost L 0 4 11
43 21 2 Scored S 4 24 43
52 30 8 Conceded C 4 20 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 87% 90%
87% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 83%
63% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 57%
43% 60% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 33%
13% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 13%
63% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 63%
10% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 20%
27% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1.4
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.3 11.5 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.2 11.3
4.6 4.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 4.2 4.4
31% 29% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 38% 33%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Twente have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard 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 Ajax 30 24 4 2 89 21 15 12 2 1 46 13 15 12 2 1 43 8 68 76
2 PSV 30 19 7 4 65 30 15 12 2 1 33 9 15 7 5 3 32 21 35 64
3 AZ Alkmaar 30 18 7 5 66 40 15 10 2 3 33 18 15 8 5 2 33 22 26 61
4 Vitesse 30 17 6 7 46 28 15 10 4 1 23 8 15 7 2 6 23 20 18 57
5 Feyenoord 30 15 10 5 58 29 15 8 6 1 32 10 15 7 4 4 26 19 29 55
6 FC Utrecht 30 12 11 7 48 38 15 5 6 4 23 22 15 7 5 3 25 16 10 47
7 FC Groningen 30 13 7 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 16 11 15 6 2 7 19 23 1 46
8 Heracles 30 11 6 13 36 46 15 7 3 5 24 15 15 4 3 8 12 31 -10 39
9 FC Twente 30 9 10 11 43 42 15 3 5 7 19 22 15 6 5 4 24 20 1 37
10 SC Heerenveen 30 9 10 11 39 42 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 3 6 6 18 26 -3 37
11 Sparta Rotterdam 30 10 7 13 42 46 15 5 3 7 27 27 15 5 4 6 15 19 -4 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 30 11 4 15 43 52 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 7 2 6 22 22 -9 37
13 PEC Zwolle 30 8 11 11 40 46 15 5 6 4 18 17 15 3 5 7 22 29 -6 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 30 6 8 16 27 45 15 4 4 7 18 21 15 2 4 9 9 24 -18 26
15 Willem II 30 6 7 17 32 61 15 5 2 8 20 30 15 1 5 9 12 31 -29 25
16 FC Emmen 30 5 9 16 33 59 15 3 4 8 23 36 15 2 5 8 10 23 -26 24
17 VVV-Venlo 30 6 4 20 39 77 15 3 3 9 17 39 15 3 1 11 22 38 -38 22
18 ADO Den Haag 30 2 10 18 22 67 15 0 6 9 13 32 15 2 4 9 9 35 -45 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 Ajax 30 24 4 2 89 21 15 12 2 1 46 13 15 12 2 1 43 8 68 76
2 PSV 30 19 7 4 65 30 15 12 2 1 33 9 15 7 5 3 32 21 35 64
3 AZ Alkmaar 30 18 7 5 66 40 15 10 2 3 33 18 15 8 5 2 33 22 26 61
4 Vitesse 30 17 6 7 46 28 15 10 4 1 23 8 15 7 2 6 23 20 18 57
5 Feyenoord 30 15 10 5 58 29 15 8 6 1 32 10 15 7 4 4 26 19 29 55
6 FC Utrecht 30 12 11 7 48 38 15 5 6 4 23 22 15 7 5 3 25 16 10 47
7 FC Groningen 30 13 7 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 16 11 15 6 2 7 19 23 1 46
8 Heracles 30 11 6 13 36 46 15 7 3 5 24 15 15 4 3 8 12 31 -10 39
9 FC Twente 30 9 10 11 43 42 15 3 5 7 19 22 15 6 5 4 24 20 1 37
10 SC Heerenveen 30 9 10 11 39 42 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 3 6 6 18 26 -3 37
11 Sparta Rotterdam 30 10 7 13 42 46 15 5 3 7 27 27 15 5 4 6 15 19 -4 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 30 11 4 15 43 52 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 7 2 6 22 22 -9 37
13 PEC Zwolle 30 8 11 11 40 46 15 5 6 4 18 17 15 3 5 7 22 29 -6 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 30 6 8 16 27 45 15 4 4 7 18 21 15 2 4 9 9 24 -18 26
15 Willem II 30 6 7 17 32 61 15 5 2 8 20 30 15 1 5 9 12 31 -29 25
16 FC Emmen 30 5 9 16 33 59 15 3 4 8 23 36 15 2 5 8 10 23 -26 24
17 VVV-Venlo 30 6 4 20 39 77 15 3 3 9 17 39 15 3 1 11 22 38 -38 22
18 ADO Den Haag 30 2 10 18 22 67 15 0 6 9 13 32 15 2 4 9 9 35 -45 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.