Match preview: 35 points are the diference between the teams up until now, Feyenoord on top. Will Fortuna Sittard pull off a surprise?
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Feyenoord could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
6 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Fortuna Sittard have to build on here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion in the Eredivisie. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Fortuna Sittard after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Fortuna Sittard goalkeeper Yanick van Osch is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 265 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eredivisie.
A nice win for Fortuna last time playing, versus Go Ahead Eagles. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Flemming scoring for the victors. Tirpan was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.33 out of 10. The defender Tirpan hit two key passes and won 6 of 12 duels.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Sparta Rotterdam.Fortuna Sittard are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. Fortuna Sittard have conceded 26 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Fortuna Sittard hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RKC Waalwijk, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle, SC Cambuur and Willem II), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Feyenoord form and stats
The visitors are W9-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
The supporters enjoyed Feyenoord's previous game versus Olympique Marseille, a Europa Conference League win (3-2) played at home. Dessers, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.35. Dessers scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Feyenoord secured a home win against FC Utrecht with the score 2-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Feyenoord manager Slot as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Olympique Marseille.
Feyenoord have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 33 goals from 15 away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Feyenoord in these games.
Head 2 Head
Feyenoord - Fortuna Sittard 5-0 was the end result in these squads' latest head to head game, earlier this season. Fortuna Sittard-Feyenoord H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna Sittard two wins, Feyenoord seven wins, zero draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Til 15 goals |  B. Linssen 12 goals |  L. Sinisterra Lucumí 12 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 31 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 12 | 33 | 69 |
| 61 | 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 77% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | 87% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 73% | 67% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 47% | 47% |
| 23% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 27% | 20% |
| 53% | 47% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 60% | 53% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 40% | 40% |
| 23% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 11.3 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.2 | 17.9 | 19.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.7 | 6.6 |
| 26% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| 15.7 | 13.1 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 10.3 | 8.3 |
| 5.9 | 4.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3 |
- Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of Fortuna Sittard.
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Eredivisie
- 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 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 71 | 75 |
| 2 | PSV | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 75 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 40 | 71 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 40 | 64 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 61 |
| 5 | AZ | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 58 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -10 | 44 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -7 | 36 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -9 | 36 |
| 10 | NEC | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 26 | -12 | 35 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 34 |
| 12 | Heracles | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | -10 | 33 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 63 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -18 | 33 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 61 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -30 | 29 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -17 | 28 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -20 | 26 |
| 17 | Willem II | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -28 | 26 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -23 | 25 |
