Fortuna Sittard hope to have lots of fans in for this game despite that the season has been grim so far with 13 points and a 17th place in the Eredivisie table. Guests SC Heerenveen have 10th place with 25 pts.
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (50) in Eredivisie
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Fortuna Sittard and SC Heerenveen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
With 2 Eredivisie wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Fortuna Sittard are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Fortuna Sittard to get some points in this home game.
Fortuna are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus RKC Waalwijk. Seuntjens, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best performer for the side in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.51 (out of 10). Seuntjens scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match, Fortuna Sittard lost 1-2 at home to AZ.Fortuna Sittard are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. As for conceded goals, Fortuna Sittard's unpleasant statistic is 23 goals surrendered.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
Playing away, SC Heerenveen have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for SC Heerenveen who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. SC Cambuur was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The attacking players of SC Heerenveen have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 277 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Heerenveen in their previous game as they lost hosting PEC Zwolle, 0-1. Midfielder Halilović was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Halilović hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 45 successful passes (of 56 total).
Goals are few and far between in SC Heerenveen's away league games. Only 9 goals from 9 travels. SC Heerenveen have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: SC Heerenveen - Fortuna Sittard 1-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - one - four (Fortuna Sittard wins - draws - SC Heerenveen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Seuntjens 8 goals |  Z. Flemming 3 goals |   T. Halilović 3 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 50 | 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 85% | 89% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 70% |
| 75% | 89% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 55% | 67% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 30% | 33% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 70% | 78% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 55% |
| 10% | 11% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 3.6 | 4 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.2 | 11.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 28% | 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | 29% |
| 16.5 | 14.1 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 15 | 15.6 |
| 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.7 | 5 |
- 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 most conceded goals (23) at home in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (50) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-29) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 56 | 48 |
| 2 | PSV | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 46 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 27 | 42 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | AZ | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 32 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | NEC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 25 |
| 11 | FC Groningen | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Heracles | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Willem II | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 14 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -29 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 12 |
