Fortuna Sittard Stadion: Fortuna Sittard vs Vitesse Eredivisie preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Thu 13.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fortuna Sittard Stadion (12500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Fortuna Sittard have their presumed home advantage while Vitesse are ahead 20 points in the Eredivisie table.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Vitesse are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Fortuna Sittard have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 9 defeats from 16 games.

Ahead of that match, Fortuna Sittard won a home game hosting FC Twente (3-0).

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

Fortuna Sittard have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fortuna Stadion with 24 goals in 16 league matches. Fortuna Sittard have conceded 30 from these games.

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Vitesse form and stats

7 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Vitesse playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs PEC Zwolle.

A quick return to home after this game, as Vitesse are hosting Ajax in the Eredivisie only three days away.

The visiting Vitesse have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 23 goals have been conceded by Vitesse in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Vitesse - Fortuna Sittard 2-0. Fortuna Sittard-Vitesse H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna one win, Vitesse four wins, zero draws. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VitesseA. Broja
A. Broja
10 goals
Fortuna SittardS. Polter
S. Polter
9 goals
FortunaL. Semedo
L. Semedo
9 goals

Fortuna Sittard missing players

Vitesse missing players

Fortuna Sittard Vitesse
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
12 5 0 Won W 2 7 18
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 6
16 9 4 Lost L 2 7 8
46 24 6 Scored S 5 23 48
53 30 12 Conceded C 6 23 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
84% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 75%
62% 75% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 62% 50%
41% 56% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 25%
12% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
59% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 53%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 38%
28% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 19% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.9 1.8
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
11.5 11.8 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13 15.6 14.7
4.7 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 4.4 4.5
31% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 33% 33%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 31 25 4 2 93 21 16 13 2 1 50 13 15 12 2 1 43 8 72 79
2 AZ 32 20 7 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 16 9 5 2 36 23 29 67
3 PSV 31 19 8 4 67 32 16 12 3 1 35 11 15 7 5 3 32 21 35 65
4 Vitesse 32 18 6 8 48 32 16 11 4 1 25 9 16 7 2 7 23 23 16 60
5 Feyenoord 31 15 10 6 60 32 15 8 6 1 32 10 16 7 4 5 28 22 28 55
6 FC Utrecht 32 13 12 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 16 7 6 3 25 16 11 51
7 FC Groningen 31 13 7 11 36 36 16 7 5 4 17 13 15 6 2 7 19 23 0 46
8 Sparta Rotterdam 32 12 7 13 47 47 16 6 3 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 43
9 Heracles 32 12 7 13 41 47 16 8 3 5 28 15 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 43
10 Fortuna Sittard 32 12 4 16 46 53 16 5 2 9 24 30 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 40
11 SC Heerenveen 32 9 12 11 41 44 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 3 7 6 20 28 -3 39
12 FC Twente 32 9 11 12 44 46 16 3 6 7 20 23 16 6 5 5 24 23 -2 38
13 PEC Zwolle 31 8 11 12 41 48 15 5 6 4 18 17 16 3 5 8 23 31 -7 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 32 6 9 17 31 51 16 4 4 8 19 24 16 2 5 9 12 27 -20 27
15 Willem II 31 6 7 18 34 64 15 5 2 8 20 30 16 1 5 10 14 34 -30 25
16 FC Emmen 31 5 9 17 33 63 15 3 4 8 23 36 16 2 5 9 10 27 -30 24
17 VVV-Venlo 32 6 5 21 42 84 16 3 4 9 20 42 16 3 1 12 22 42 -42 23
18 ADO Den Haag 31 3 10 18 25 69 16 1 6 9 16 34 15 2 4 9 9 35 -44 19

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.