Fortuna Sittard look to Fortuna Sittard Stadion supporters for inspiration before RKC Waalwijk match

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Fortuna Sittard Stadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Fortuna Sittard languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting RKC Waalwijk will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Sittard has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Eredivisie
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Fortuna Sittard nor RKC Waalwijk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

RKC Waalwijk play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for RKC Waalwijk when playing on grass are 6 wins, 1 draw and 18 defeats from 25 matches. They have scored 30 goals and conceded 56 times in these games.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. Fortuna Sittard have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion.

Fortuna drew their last game, 1-1 away at FC Utrecht (placed 10th). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Heracles.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fortuna handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and zero defeats.

The Fortuna fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Fortuna Sittard having conceded 16 goals here at Fortuna Stadion so far.

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RKC Waalwijk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for RKC Waalwijk so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).

The manager F. Grim was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Mandemakers Stadion. Waalwijk suffered a 1-4 loss to PSV (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting FC Groningen's place.

It's a bit worrying for Waalwijk that their goalkeeper Kostas Lamprou made six saves in the PSV game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.

We have checked recent matches where Waalwijk have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, zero draws and four defeats.

The attacking power of Waalwijk when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Waalwijk have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Fortuna won four games, two matches ended with a draw and RKC Waalwijk has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

FortunaS. Polter
S. Polter
5 goals
Fortuna SittardZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
4 goals
RKC WaalwijkF. Stokkers
F. Stokkers
4 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

RKC Waalwijk missing players

Fortuna Sittard RKC Waalwijk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 1 6 13
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
4 2 2 Drew D 0 0 3
7 3 1 Lost L 0 4 7
18 11 6 Scored S 1 4 12
31 16 8 Conceded C 0 11 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 85%
69% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 46%
62% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 31%
23% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
77% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 46%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 15%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.6 12.2 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.7 10.9
4.3 4.7 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.8 4
32% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 24% 23%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of Fortuna Sittard's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Fortuna Sittard has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RKC Waalwijk have scored away.
  • Fortuna Sittard have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • RKC Waalwijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RKC Waalwijk 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 12 10 0 2 47 7 7 6 0 1 25 6 5 4 0 1 22 1 40 30
2 PSV 13 9 3 1 29 10 6 6 0 0 14 2 7 3 3 1 15 8 19 30
3 Feyenoord 12 7 5 0 26 11 6 2 4 0 9 5 6 5 1 0 17 6 15 26
4 Vitesse 12 8 2 2 22 9 6 5 1 0 13 3 6 3 1 2 9 6 13 26
5 FC Groningen 13 8 2 3 18 14 7 4 2 1 8 5 6 4 0 2 10 9 4 26
6 FC Twente 13 7 3 3 26 16 7 3 2 2 13 9 6 4 1 1 13 7 10 24
7 AZ 11 5 5 1 25 16 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 3 3 0 17 11 9 20
8 SC Heerenveen 12 5 5 2 21 16 5 3 1 1 9 5 7 2 4 1 12 11 5 20
9 Sparta Rotterdam 13 4 3 6 22 23 7 2 2 3 16 14 6 2 1 3 6 9 -1 15
10 FC Utrecht 12 2 7 3 13 17 6 2 3 1 8 8 6 0 4 2 5 9 -4 13
11 PEC Zwolle 13 2 7 4 14 22 7 2 3 2 7 7 6 0 4 2 7 15 -8 13
12 RKC Waalwijk 13 3 3 7 12 24 7 1 3 3 8 13 6 2 0 4 4 11 -12 12
13 Fortuna Sittard 13 2 4 7 18 31 6 1 2 3 11 16 7 1 2 4 7 15 -13 10
14 Heracles 12 2 3 7 12 23 6 2 1 3 9 7 6 0 2 4 3 16 -11 9
15 VVV-Venlo 13 2 3 8 19 38 7 1 2 4 8 25 6 1 1 4 11 13 -19 9
16 Willem II 12 2 2 8 12 24 6 2 0 4 9 14 6 0 2 4 3 10 -12 8
17 ADO Den Haag 12 1 4 7 11 29 5 0 2 3 5 10 7 1 2 4 6 19 -18 7
18 FC Emmen 13 0 5 8 13 30 6 0 3 3 9 17 7 0 2 5 4 13 -17 5

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.