Eredivisie match preview and statistics: Fortuna Sittard fight SC Heerenveen

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 13:30 (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 15th position so far. The guesting SC Heerenveen will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only zero days ago in the Eredivisie. This match was also played here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, SC Heerenveen have had more rest.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

Fortuna Sittard's previous game was a Eredivisie match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus SC Heerenveen (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the home loss against Feyenoord with the scoreline 1-2.

Fortuna Sittard have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion with 19 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

4-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SC Heerenveen in their Eredivisie matches away.

The manager J. Jansen was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Abe Lenstra Stadion. SC Heerenveen suffered a 1-2 loss to AZ Alkmaar (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Willem II.

SC Heerenveen have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 18 goals from 9 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as SC Heerenveen have conceded 15 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; Fortuna Sittard - SC Heerenveen 2-1. Last four meetings between the teams: Fortuna Sittard won one, SC Heerenveen won two and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC HeerenveenJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
7 goals
SC HeerenveenC. Ejuke
C. Ejuke
7 goals
Fortuna SittardA. Ciss
A. Ciss
6 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

SC Heerenveen missing players

Fortuna Sittard SC Heerenveen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 4 9 20
6 6 1 Won W 2 4 7
5 2 2 Drew D 1 1 7
10 3 1 Lost L 1 4 6
27 21 4 Scored S 7 18 31
47 16 4 Conceded C 4 15 27
90% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
81% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
67% 64% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 78% 55%
57% 55% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 56% 30%
43% 45% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 15%
62% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 75%
19% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 20%
29% 9% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 11% 10%
 
3.8 4.6 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 6.8 4.7 5.3
7.7 6.4 5.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 6.4 5.3
2 2.1 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1 1
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
241 154 63 Total Shots T S 68 127 304
85 60 18 Shots on Target S O 25 48 101
32% 35% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 38% 31%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of SC Heerenveen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Fortuna Sittard have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 15 2 3 61 19 10 9 0 1 36 6 10 6 2 2 25 13 42 47
2 AZ Alkmaar 21 15 2 4 46 15 11 8 1 2 26 8 10 7 1 2 20 7 31 47
3 Feyenoord 21 11 7 3 41 30 11 7 3 1 25 14 10 4 4 2 16 16 11 40
4 Willem II 20 11 4 5 30 23 10 5 3 2 12 7 10 6 1 3 18 16 7 37
5 PSV 20 10 6 4 44 25 10 7 2 1 28 11 10 3 4 3 16 14 19 36
6 Vitesse 21 10 5 6 36 26 10 5 3 2 18 11 11 5 2 4 18 15 10 35
7 FC Utrecht 20 10 3 7 40 28 10 6 0 4 23 10 10 4 3 3 17 18 12 33
8 FC Groningen 21 8 5 8 23 20 10 6 1 3 16 8 11 2 4 5 7 12 3 29
9 SC Heerenveen 20 7 7 6 31 27 11 3 6 2 13 12 9 4 1 4 18 15 4 28
10 Heracles 20 7 5 8 33 30 10 5 1 4 24 15 10 2 4 4 9 15 3 26
11 Sparta Rotterdam 21 6 6 9 29 35 10 5 3 2 20 11 11 1 3 7 9 24 -6 24
12 FC Twente 21 6 6 9 29 38 11 4 3 4 19 19 10 2 3 5 10 19 -9 24
13 FC Emmen 21 6 4 11 22 38 10 6 2 2 17 10 11 0 2 9 5 28 -16 22
14 PEC Zwolle 21 6 3 12 29 45 10 4 2 4 21 23 11 2 1 8 8 22 -16 21
15 Fortuna Sittard 20 5 5 10 25 46 10 5 2 3 19 15 10 0 3 7 6 31 -21 20
16 VVV-Venlo 20 6 1 13 20 46 10 4 1 5 12 20 10 2 0 8 8 26 -26 19
17 ADO Den Haag 21 4 5 12 21 41 11 2 5 4 11 14 10 2 0 8 10 27 -20 17
18 RKC Waalwijk 21 3 2 16 23 51 10 2 1 7 11 18 11 1 1 9 12 33 -28 11

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.