Eredivisie: What this game might miss in elegance it should compensate in guts and enthusiasm. Let's go: Fortuna Sittard - Vitesse!
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. Fortuna Sittard have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Fortuna Sittard to get some points in this home game.
Fortuna Sittard are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 270 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Gladon).
Fortuna faced defeat in their previous match, away at Go Ahead Eagles (0-2). Midfielder Bistrović was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Bistrović hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match, Fortuna Sittard lost 0-3 at home to AZ.Goal party? We don't know the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has seen at least three goals.
The Fortuna Sittard fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.
Vitesse form and stats
4-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vitesse in their Eredivisie matches away.
Vitesse played 0-0 against Excelsior in their previous match. Defender Wittek was the best team player with a rating of 8.45. Wittek hit five key passes and won 11 of 17 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at NEC.Vitesse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Vitesse's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date recorded meeting featuring both these contenders is the Vitesse - Fortuna Sittard 1-2 played not long ago this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Fortuna victories, two draws and five Vitesse wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Yılmaz 9 goals |   M. Manhoef 6 goals |  T. Noslin 5 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
Vitesse missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 35 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 36 |
| 56 | 27 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 48 |
| 93% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 83% | 73% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 77% |
| 63% | 53% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 57% |
| 37% | 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 47% | 40% |
| 17% | 27% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 7% |
| 57% | 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 53% |
| 20% | 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 20% |
| 30% | 40% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.9 | 6.4 |
| 6.9 | 6.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11.6 | 12.8 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 14 | 14.5 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 29% | 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| 16.9 | 17.1 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 13 | 11.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vitesse 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 | Feyenoord | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 73 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 45 | 73 |
| 2 | PSV | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 46 | 65 |
| 3 | Ajax | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 47 | 62 |
| 4 | AZ | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 60 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 53 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 52 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 32 | 1 | 45 |
| 8 | NEC | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 38 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -6 | 38 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -9 | 38 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -8 | 36 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -21 | 32 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 61 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 32 | -25 | 30 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -22 | 28 |
| 16 | Excelsior | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 66 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 42 | -39 | 28 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 34 | -32 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -39 | 16 |
