Fortuna Sittard vs FC Utrecht preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 02.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

FC Utrecht have come here for an engaging fight versus the hosts Fortuna Sittard. Prepare for the match with this full Eredivisie preview!

Insights:
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie

Fortuna Sittard and FC Utrecht 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.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for Fortuna Sittard at their home stadium (Fortuna Sittard Stadion) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Fortuna Sittard with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Ajax game, 27 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Fortuna lost their last game at SC Heerenveen (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Fortuna Sittard's goalkeeper Pandur was extremely busy against SC Heerenveen, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

Before that game, the home loss against SC Cambuur with the scoreline 1-4.

Fortuna Sittard has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 7 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

The Eredivisie season is young and FC Utrecht have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

FC Utrecht might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ajax proved too strong as FC Utrecht slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Galgenwaard.

A 2-3 defeat away at FC Emmen before that.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, FC Utrecht has managed 4 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches. When FC Utrecht is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against FC Emmen, RKC Waalwijk, Utrecht, Go Ahead Eagles and Vitesse.

Head 2 Head

FC Utrecht have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (3-4-0) when playing Fortuna Sittard.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
3 goals
FC UtrechtB. Dost
B. Dost
3 goals
Fortuna SittardP. Gladon
P. Gladon
1 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Fortuna Sittard FC Utrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 2 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 1 1 2
4 3 0 Scored S 4 4 4
12 7 0 Conceded C 5 5 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 25%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
4 4.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.5 5.8
8.2 7.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.5 4.2
2.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 9.8
3.2 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.2
31% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 31%
 
19 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11.5 13
7.8 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 6
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
Fortuna Sittard Last season FC Utrecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 36
10 6   Won W   4 13
5 2   Drew D   5 11
19 9   Lost L   9 12
36 20   Scored S   19 54
67 31   Conceded C   29 50
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
76% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
62% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 61%
38% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 33%
21% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 14%
56% 53%   BTTS BTTS   56% 61%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 22%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   28% 22%
 
4 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 6
5.8 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.8
1.8 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.2 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 13.5
3.9 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.6
27% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 33%
 
16.4 13.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 11.6
5.8 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 4 4 0 0 12 3 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 6 2 9 12
2 Feyenoord 4 3 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 10
3 PSV 3 3 0 0 15 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 11 3 11 9
4 AZ 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 9
5 SC Heerenveen 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 5 8
6 FC Twente 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 6
7 Excelsior 3 2 0 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 -1 6
8 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -4 5
9 NEC 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 4
10 SC Cambuur 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 4
11 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4
12 FC Volendam 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 4
13 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 5 11 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 -6 4
14 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 3
15 FC Utrecht 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -3 2
16 Vitesse 4 0 1 3 5 14 3 0 1 2 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 1
17 Go Ahead Eagles 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
18 Fortuna Sittard 4 0 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 -8 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 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

Read more about Eredivisie

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.