Fortuna Sittard vs Sparta Rotterdam match preview: Even contest expected at Fortuna Sittard Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

Fortuna Sittard are eager to improve their points total at their own ground in the upcoming fixture hosting Sparta Rotterdam.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (50) in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

6-5-21 (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 32 matches are 26-63 (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.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Fortuna Sittard, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Eredivisie, have to build on here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion in the Eredivisie.

Fortuna are confident in defense, having played 251 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for Fortuna Sittard against FC Groningen the last match, as Siovas were on target. The goalie van Osch was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.12 out of ten. Osch topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting SC Heerenveen in a game that was won 2-0.

Fortuna Sittard has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Fortuna Sittard are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (23 from 10 played).

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

There's been little loot from Sparta Rotterdam's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Eredivisie. Sparta Rotterdam only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Rotterdam go into this game after a win, the home game against Willem II that ended 1-0. de Kamps got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Kamps dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).

Prior to that match, the Sparta Rotterdam manager Fraser faced defeat when travelling to Feyenoord and losing 0-4.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 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 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Sparta Rotterdam - Fortuna Sittard 3-1 was the output when these two sides previously did battle, also in this season. Fortuna-Sparta Rotterdam H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna Sittard two wins, Sparta Rotterdam four wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna SittardM. Seuntjens
M. Seuntjens
8 goals
Fortuna SittardZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
5 goals
Sparta RotterdamB. Vriends
B. Vriends
3 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

Fortuna Sittard Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 1 Played P 4 10 22
5 3 0 Won W 1 1 3
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 8
13 5 0 Lost L 2 6 11
24 13 2 Scored S 4 7 17
50 23 2 Conceded C 4 18 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
82% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 73%
68% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 41%
50% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 27%
27% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 45%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 14%
18% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 45%
 
3.9 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 2.8 3.6
5.7 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.4 5.1
1.7 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.6 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.2 9.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.4 10.2
3.7 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.4
29% 37% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 23%
 
16.5 14 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 14.9 12
6.3 5.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • 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 (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 (-26) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 22 17 3 2 69 5 12 9 1 2 46 3 10 8 2 0 23 2 64 54
2 PSV 22 16 1 5 54 28 11 8 0 3 29 16 11 8 1 2 25 12 26 49
3 Feyenoord 22 15 3 4 52 19 11 8 1 2 28 10 11 7 2 2 24 9 33 48
4 AZ 22 13 3 6 43 26 10 7 2 1 24 10 12 6 1 5 19 16 17 42
5 FC Twente 22 12 5 5 34 27 10 6 3 1 15 6 12 6 2 4 19 21 7 41
6 Vitesse 22 11 3 8 27 36 11 4 2 5 11 21 11 7 1 3 16 15 -9 36
7 FC Utrecht 22 10 5 7 39 29 11 7 3 1 26 12 11 3 2 6 13 17 10 35
8 NEC 22 8 6 8 27 31 10 2 3 5 10 14 12 6 3 3 17 17 -4 30
9 SC Cambuur 22 9 3 10 38 47 11 4 1 6 21 25 11 5 2 4 17 22 -9 30
10 FC Groningen 22 6 7 9 25 31 11 2 6 3 9 9 11 4 1 6 16 22 -6 25
11 SC Heerenveen 22 7 4 11 20 31 12 3 2 7 11 19 10 4 2 4 9 12 -11 25
12 Heracles 22 6 5 11 23 30 12 6 3 3 17 13 10 0 2 8 6 17 -7 23
13 RKC Waalwijk 22 5 7 10 24 36 11 4 1 6 10 19 11 1 6 4 14 17 -12 22
14 Go Ahead Eagles 22 6 4 12 22 38 11 4 0 7 14 19 11 2 4 5 8 19 -16 22
15 Willem II 22 6 3 13 21 41 11 4 1 6 10 17 11 2 2 7 11 24 -20 21
16 Fortuna Sittard 22 5 4 13 24 50 10 3 2 5 13 23 12 2 2 8 11 27 -26 19
17 Sparta Rotterdam 22 3 8 11 17 35 12 2 5 5 10 17 10 1 3 6 7 18 -18 17
18 PEC Zwolle 22 4 4 14 17 36 11 2 3 6 7 12 11 2 1 8 10 24 -19 16

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.