Fortuna Sittard vs Vitesse match preview: Even contest expected at Fortuna Sittard Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

The visiting Vitesse side should be favourites at Fortuna Sittard, as the visitors hold a 15 point edge from their 32 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Eredivisie

Fortuna Sittard are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Vitesse most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fortuna and Vitesse.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

Fortuna Sittard have collected 20 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 6-2-8.

Fortuna Sittard enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at FC Twente's place. The match ended 2-1 with Flemming (2) scoring. Flemming has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Impressive! Midfield player Flemming got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Flemming scored two goals.

Preceding that match was the home game against Feyenoord that was lost 1-3.

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 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.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fortuna Sittard as they are travelling to their away game against NEC in the Eredivisie. That match is four days after this one.

The Fortuna fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 16 matches. Fortuna Sittard have conceded 29 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Fortuna Sittard hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RKC Waalwijk, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle, Heracles and Willem II), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.

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Vitesse form and stats

The visitors are W8-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.

Vitesse failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs SC Heerenveen (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Tronstad was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Tronstad hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Go Ahead Eagles.

After this away game Vitesse return home for a Eredivisie game against Ajax. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Vitesse find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Vitesse in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vitesse - Fortuna Sittard 1-1 was the product when this pair of squads last played each other, also in this season. Last seven meetings involving these participants: Fortuna Sittard won one, Vitesse were winners in four and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VitesseL. Openda
L. Openda
15 goals
Fortuna SittardZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
11 goals
Fortuna SittardM. Seuntjens
M. Seuntjens
9 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Vitesse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Sittard Vitesse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
9 6 1 Won W 2 8 14
5 2 0 Drew D 2 3 5
18 8 4 Lost L 1 5 13
34 19 5 Scored S 5 20 38
65 29 15 Conceded C 4 21 48
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 69%
62% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 59%
41% 44% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 25%
22% 19% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 16%
56% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 53%
22% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 25%
22% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 28%
 
4.1 4.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.3 5.1
5.7 4.5 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 4 3.7
1.8 1.2 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
10.3 11.6 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.2 15.1
3.9 3.7 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 4.8
27% 32% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 29% 25%
 
16.1 13.6 17.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.2 11.6
5.8 4.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4 4.2
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 32 25 4 3 91 17 16 13 1 2 57 8 16 12 3 1 34 9 74 79
2 PSV 32 24 3 5 81 39 16 13 0 3 46 20 16 11 3 2 35 19 42 75
3 Feyenoord 32 21 5 6 74 32 16 11 3 2 38 15 16 10 2 4 36 17 42 68
4 FC Twente 32 18 8 6 50 36 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 9 3 4 25 23 14 62
5 AZ 32 18 6 8 61 39 16 11 3 2 35 17 16 7 3 6 26 22 22 60
6 Vitesse 32 14 5 13 38 48 16 6 2 8 18 27 16 8 3 5 20 21 -10 47
7 FC Utrecht 32 12 10 10 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 18 16 4 5 7 19 23 8 46
8 SC Heerenveen 32 10 8 14 34 44 16 5 3 8 20 25 16 5 5 6 14 19 -10 38
9 NEC 32 10 8 14 36 48 16 3 5 8 13 21 16 7 3 6 23 27 -12 38
10 FC Groningen 32 9 9 14 39 49 16 4 6 6 16 18 16 5 3 8 23 31 -10 36
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 10 6 16 36 47 16 7 1 8 25 23 16 3 5 8 11 24 -11 36
12 SC Cambuur 32 10 5 17 49 67 16 5 2 9 28 34 16 5 3 8 21 33 -18 35
13 Heracles 32 9 7 16 32 44 16 7 5 4 21 18 16 2 2 12 11 26 -12 34
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 7 11 14 35 50 16 5 3 8 15 25 16 2 8 6 20 25 -15 32
15 Fortuna Sittard 32 9 5 18 34 65 16 6 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 15 36 -31 32
16 Sparta Rotterdam 32 6 11 15 25 47 16 3 7 6 14 21 16 3 4 9 11 26 -22 29
17 Willem II 32 8 5 19 28 56 16 6 3 7 15 20 16 2 2 12 13 36 -28 29
18 PEC Zwolle 32 7 6 19 25 48 16 3 5 8 12 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -23 27

Table
  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 32 25 4 3 91 17 16 13 1 2 57 8 16 12 3 1 34 9 74 79
2 PSV 32 24 3 5 81 39 16 13 0 3 46 20 16 11 3 2 35 19 42 75
3 Feyenoord 32 21 5 6 74 32 16 11 3 2 38 15 16 10 2 4 36 17 42 68
4 FC Twente 32 18 8 6 50 36 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 9 3 4 25 23 14 62
5 AZ 32 18 6 8 61 39 16 11 3 2 35 17 16 7 3 6 26 22 22 60
6 Vitesse 32 14 5 13 38 48 16 6 2 8 18 27 16 8 3 5 20 21 -10 47
7 FC Utrecht 32 12 10 10 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 18 16 4 5 7 19 23 8 46
8 SC Heerenveen 32 10 8 14 34 44 16 5 3 8 20 25 16 5 5 6 14 19 -10 38
9 NEC 32 10 8 14 36 48 16 3 5 8 13 21 16 7 3 6 23 27 -12 38
10 FC Groningen 32 9 9 14 39 49 16 4 6 6 16 18 16 5 3 8 23 31 -10 36
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 10 6 16 36 47 16 7 1 8 25 23 16 3 5 8 11 24 -11 36
12 SC Cambuur 32 10 5 17 49 67 16 5 2 9 28 34 16 5 3 8 21 33 -18 35
13 Heracles 32 9 7 16 32 44 16 7 5 4 21 18 16 2 2 12 11 26 -12 34
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 7 11 14 35 50 16 5 3 8 15 25 16 2 8 6 20 25 -15 32
15 Fortuna Sittard 32 9 5 18 34 65 16 6 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 15 36 -31 32
16 Sparta Rotterdam 32 6 11 15 25 47 16 3 7 6 14 21 16 3 4 9 11 26 -22 29
17 Willem II 32 8 5 19 28 56 16 6 3 7 15 20 16 2 2 12 13 36 -28 29
18 PEC Zwolle 32 7 6 19 25 48 16 3 5 8 12 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -23 27

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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.