Soccer match preview: Feyenoord confident before travelling to Fortuna Sittard

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Wed 15.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

Struggling Fortuna Sittard will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Feyenoord in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fortuna Sittard and Feyenoord.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

When playing at home, Fortuna Sittard have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games.

Fortuna Sittard lost their last game at FC Groningen after a 0-3 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at FC Utrecht.

Fortuna Sittard have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion with 29 goals in 16 matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Feyenoord form and stats

Playing away, Feyenoord have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Feyenoord are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The manager G. van Bronckhorst was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Fortuna Sittard Stadion. Feyenoord suffered a 0-2 loss to ADO Den Haag. Ahead of that match was the victory versus NAC Breda at their stadium, the result 4-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Feyenoord's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 16 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Feyenoord have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Feyenoord - Fortuna Sittard 0-2. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 Fortuna Sittard victory, 0 draws and 1 Feyenoord win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. van Persie
16 goals / 4 assists
S. Berghuis
11 goals / 11 assists
A. Novakovich
9 goals / 2 assists

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Feyenoord missing players

Fortuna Sittard Feyenoord
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played 5 16 33
9 7 1 Won 2 5 19
7 5 1 Drew 0 5 5
17 4 3 Lost 3 6 9
49 29 4 Scored 10 28 71
76 22 9 Conceded 8 24 40
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 100% 94% 91%
79% 69% 60% Over 2.5 80% 56% 67%
52% 31% 0% Over 3.5 60% 38% 36%
36% 19% 0% Over 4.5 20% 19% 21%
64% 62% 60% BTTS 60% 62% 55%
15% 25% 0% Clean Sheets 20% 19% 30%
27% 25% 40% Failed To Score 20% 19% 15%
 
4.4 4.9 4.8 Corners For (avg) 7 6.4 7.4
6.5 6.7 7.8 Corners Against (avg) 4 5.4 4.3
1.8 1.9 2.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.6 1.1
6 3 0 Red Cards 2 5 7
Key stats this season:
  • Feyenoord haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Fortuna Sittard
All Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
10-03-19 ER Ajax 4 - 0 Fortuna Sittard
15-03-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 3 - 1 FC Emmen
30-03-19 ER Willem II 3 - 2 Fortuna Sittard
03-04-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 0 - 0 ADO Den Haag
07-04-19 ER PEC Zwolle 5 - 0 Fortuna Sittard
13-04-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 1 - 1 VVV-Venlo
21-04-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 2 - 1 NAC Breda
24-04-19 ER FC Utrecht 2 - 1 Fortuna Sittard
12-05-19 ER FC Groningen 3 - 0 Fortuna Sittard
15-05-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 17:30 Feyenoord
Feyenoord
All Champions League Uhren Cup Eredivisie Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
10-03-19 ER Vitesse 1 - 1 Feyenoord
16-03-19 ER Feyenoord 2 - 3 Willem II
31-03-19 ER FC Utrecht 3 - 2 Feyenoord
04-04-19 ER Feyenoord 3 - 0 SC Heerenveen
07-04-19 ER VVV-Venlo 0 - 3 Feyenoord
13-04-19 ER Feyenoord 2 - 1 Heracles
20-04-19 ER Feyenoord 2 - 1 AZ
24-04-19 ER NAC Breda 0 - 4 Feyenoord
12-05-19 ER Feyenoord 0 - 2 ADO Den Haag
15-05-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 17:30 Feyenoord

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Ajax 33 27 2 4 115 31 17 15 2 0 70 13 16 12 0 4 45 18 84 83
2 PSV 33 25 5 3 95 25 16 15 1 0 55 6 17 10 4 3 40 19 70 80
3 Feyenoord 33 19 5 9 71 40 17 14 0 3 43 16 16 5 5 6 28 24 31 62
4 AZ 33 17 7 9 62 39 17 11 3 3 35 15 16 6 4 6 27 24 23 58
5 Vitesse 33 13 11 9 67 50 17 10 6 1 45 25 16 3 5 8 22 25 17 50
6 FC Utrecht 33 14 8 11 57 50 16 8 5 3 27 15 17 6 3 8 30 35 7 50
7 Heracles 33 15 3 15 60 65 17 11 0 6 42 32 16 4 3 9 18 33 -5 48
8 FC Groningen 33 13 6 14 39 40 17 10 1 6 26 16 16 3 5 8 13 24 -1 45
9 Willem II 33 13 5 15 56 66 17 6 2 9 26 33 16 7 3 6 30 33 -10 44
10 ADO Den Haag 33 11 9 13 52 61 16 6 4 6 27 30 17 5 5 7 25 31 -9 42
11 SC Heerenveen 33 10 11 12 63 70 17 4 7 6 27 35 16 6 4 6 36 35 -7 41
12 VVV-Venlo 33 11 8 14 46 60 16 7 3 6 24 22 17 4 5 8 22 38 -14 41
13 PEC Zwolle 33 11 5 17 44 57 17 6 3 8 31 31 16 5 2 9 13 26 -13 38
14 FC Emmen 33 9 8 16 40 72 16 4 5 7 22 31 17 5 3 9 18 41 -32 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 33 9 7 17 49 76 16 7 5 4 29 22 17 2 2 13 20 54 -27 34
16 Excelsior 33 8 6 19 42 77 16 5 4 7 23 34 17 3 2 12 19 43 -35 30
17 Graafschap 33 8 5 20 37 71 16 6 3 7 24 24 17 2 2 13 13 47 -34 29
18 NAC Breda 33 5 7 21 29 74 16 4 5 7 18 30 17 1 2 14 11 44 -45 22

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