Fortuna Sittard vs FC Twente match preview: Even contest expected at Fortuna Sittard Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

A new Eredivisie season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Fortuna Sittard and FC Twente. Bring it on!

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

Last season, Fortuna Sittard's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Eredivisie. Over these 34 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 58. Playing at home last season Fortuna Sittard managed 5-3-9 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 33 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fortuna 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 seven games. Fortuna Sittard has won three of these, drawn three and lost one.

Fortuna Sittard have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Fortuna scored 2 goals and let in 2 goals during these three games.

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FC Twente form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Twente performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 25/25 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Twente playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were one FC Twente win, three draws and three defeats.

It's a day of discovery for FC Twente as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which FC Twente have played five with the results W2-D1-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Twente has scored 11 goals and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for Fortuna, zero draws and four wins for FC Twente. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Fortuna Sittard missing players

FC Twente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Sittard FC Twente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Fortuna Sittard Last season FC Twente
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 5   Won W   6 10
5 3   Drew D   5 11
17 9   Lost L   6 13
50 27   Scored S   25 48
58 33   Conceded C   25 50
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 85%
65% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 59%
41% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
15% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
62% 71%   BTTS BTTS   59% 65%
12% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 18%
26% 18%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
4.1 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
5.6 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.5
1.3 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.4
2 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.3 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 11
4.6 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.3
32% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 33%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Ajax 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC Twente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fortuna Sittard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Go Ahead Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Heracles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 PSV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RKC Waalwijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SC Heerenveen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.