The visiting Vitesse side should be favourites in this visit to Fortuna Sittard, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Fortuna Sittard at their home stadium (Fortuna Sittard Stadion) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Fortuna Sittard has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion. We remember; it was Sparta Rotterdam.
The home team returns to Fortuna Sittard Stadion after sharing the points with Willem II (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Eredivisie game ended 0-0. Before that, Fortuna Sittard had a KNVB Beker home game versus PEC Zwolle which ended with a victory 3-0.
Fortuna Sittard can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 18 times. On the other hand, Fortuna Sittard have conceded 12 goals.
Vitesse form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Vitesse playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
Vitesse have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Remko Pasveer. It's been 291 minutes since they last conceded in Eredivisie.
The supporters enjoyed Vitesse's previous game versus VVV-Venlo (placed 16th), a Eredivisie 3-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against ODIN '59 in the KNVB Beker.
The travelling fans enjoy Vitesse's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vitesse have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Vitesse - Fortuna Sittard 4-2. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 1 Fortuna Sittard victory, 0 draws and 2 Vitesse wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linssen 11 goals |  T. Matavž 7 goals |   M. Diemers 6 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
Vitesse missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 42 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 61% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 28% |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 50% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 7.8 | 6.7 | 8.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 209 | 132 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 132 | 283 |
| 80 | 56 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 54 | 103 |
| 29% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 31% |
- All of Vitesse's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fortuna Sittard have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Ajax | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | PSV | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| 4 | Willem II | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -19 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 13 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 11 |