Fortuna Sittard are ready to brush off the league table ahead of this match against Go Ahead Eagles. Here's all you must know pre-match!
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Eredivisie
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
Fortuna Sittard have played 14 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-7 (wins-draws-losses).
Fortuna Sittard's last game was hosting Sparta Rotterdam (placed 18th) and winning 3-0. Seuntjens (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.22/10. Seuntjens scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at FC Utrecht that finished 1-1.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 eight games. Fortuna Sittard has won four of these, drawn one and lost three.
Fortuna Sittard are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Fortuna 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.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Go Ahead Eagles have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 3-5-6 (14 played).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Go Ahead Eagles goalkeeper Andries Noppert is eager to challenge this, with his 292 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Lidberg, Cordoba, Cardona and Heil scored in Eagles's previous match, the home game against Willem II that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Go Ahead Eagles was very dominant against Willem II, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Lidberg, Cordoba, Cardona and Heil providing the goals. Go Ahead Eagles goalie Noppert was high and low in the Willem II game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Noppert (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.0. Noppert topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result Eagles won their away game at PEC Zwolle. The scoreline was 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Go Ahead Eagles playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Go Ahead Eagles wins, one draw and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Go Ahead Eagles have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other already this season, with the result Go Ahead Eagles - Fortuna Sittard 4-3 written in the official records. Fortuna Sittard-Go Ahead Eagles H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna five wins, Go Ahead Eagles four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Seuntjens 9 goals |   I. Córdoba Kerejeta 9 goals |  L. Brouwers 8 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 30 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| 61 | 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 22 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 64% | 72% |
| 62% | 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 45% |
| 41% | 43% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 24% |
| 24% | 21% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 55% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 43% | 45% |
| 21% | 29% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 29% | 28% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 43% | 34% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 11 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | 33% |
| 16 | 13.6 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 19.1 | 16.3 |
| 6 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
- Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-31) 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 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 70 | 72 |
| 2 | PSV | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 73 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 39 | 68 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 39 | 61 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 58 |
| 5 | AZ | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 55 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -8 | 44 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 36 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | NEC | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 35 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 34 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 44 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -17 | 33 |
| 13 | Heracles Almelo | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -15 | 28 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -31 | 26 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -22 | 23 |
| 17 | Willem II | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -29 | 23 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -22 | 22 |
