Evenly matched teams: Fortuna Sittard vs NEC match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

13th- against 11th place might not seem all that sexy. But look: Here's the details that makes Fortuna Sittard - NEC (even) more appealing!

Insights:
  • NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Eredivisie

Fortuna can neither be promoted or relegated from Eredivisie. For NEC most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

5-3-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Fortuna Sittard so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Santiago led his Fortuna Sittard to a defeat away at Excelsior. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion. Cox, defender, was given a rating of 7.3/10 in that game, top of the team. Cox hit two key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at PSV.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fortuna Sittard 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 9 games. Fortuna Sittard has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Lots of goals? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 most recent league matches with this club has contained three goals or more.

The Fortuna fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 16 matches. Fortuna Sittard have conceded 27 from these games.

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NEC form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. Three has not been a lucky number for NEC as they have been defeated three times in a row since the FC Groningen match.

NEC have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 209 minutes ago. Dimata was the goal scorer.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus AZ with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Tannane got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Tannane hit four key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

A 0-4 defeat away at FC Twente before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by NEC in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for NEC, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Take note that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

The attacking power of NEC when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent registered meeting between these sides is the NEC - Fortuna 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Fortuna Sittard wins - draws - NEC wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
9 goals
NECL. Dimata
L. Dimata
9 goals
Fortuna SittardP. Gladon
P. Gladon
6 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

NEC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Sittard NEC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
10 5 2 Won W 4 5 8
5 3 1 Drew D 1 5 14
18 8 2 Lost L 0 6 11
38 20 7 Scored S 9 13 41
61 27 6 Conceded C 1 16 44
94% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 75% 85%
85% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 70%
64% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 42%
33% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 30%
15% 25% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 18%
55% 38% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 19% 48%
21% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 80% 44% 27%
30% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 62% 39%
 
4.4 4.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 5.2
7.2 6.8 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.7 5.4
1.9 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 1.7 1.5
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.3 12.5 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 17 11.2 13.7
3.8 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.2 4 4.7
30% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 20% 26%
 
17 16.9 17.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 17.6 15.2
5.8 5.6 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 6.2 5.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Eredivisie
  • NEC have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Eredivisie
  • NEC have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

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 Feyenoord 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

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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.