Fortuna Sittard - Sparta Rotterdam: Eredivisie cellar sides hungry for points and praise. Here are all the available stats and facts before the match!
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (61) in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Eredivisie
6-4-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sparta Rotterdam when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 23 matches are 21-36 (scored/conceded).
Fortuna Sittard and Sparta Rotterdam 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
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 13 games.
Fortuna Sittard drew their last game, 1-1 away at FC Utrecht (placed 6th). Defender Angha got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Angha won 5 of 8 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Heracles (0-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fortuna Sittard have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost three.
Fortuna are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fortuna Sittard has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Sparta Rotterdam form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sparta Rotterdam so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-7 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Rotterdam, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Ajax (placed 1st). de Kamps got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Kamps scored one goal.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs SC Heerenveen.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sparta Rotterdam playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Sparta Rotterdam wins, one draw and six defeats.
Rotterdam have another game that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Eredivisie game vs Vitesse. A difficult fixture list for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sparta Rotterdam's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Sparta Rotterdam - Fortuna Sittard 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Fortuna wins - draws - Sparta Rotterdam wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Seuntjens 8 goals |  Z. Flemming 7 goals |   B. Vriends 3 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
Sparta Rotterdam missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 61 | 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 79% | 77% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 70% |
| 61% | 62% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 43% | 46% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 25% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 54% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 48% |
| 18% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| 25% | 23% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 6 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.9 | 10.8 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.2 | 10.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 25% | 30% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 26% | 24% |
| 16.3 | 14.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| 6.1 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
- 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 (61) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sparta Rotterdam have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Eredivisie
- Sparta Rotterdam 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 | Ajax | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 70 | 72 |
| 2 | PSV | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 71 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 37 | 65 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 63 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 36 | 58 |
| 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 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 55 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 42 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -9 | 41 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 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 Cambuur | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -16 | 33 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -12 | 31 |
| 13 | Heracles | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 24 | -8 | 30 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 15 | Willem II | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -29 | 23 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -34 | 23 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 22 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -23 | 20 |
