Fortuna Sittard are receiving Willem II for yet another important fixture after their 0-1 result against 16th-placed PEC Zwolle.
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (53) in Eredivisie
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
This promises to be an appealing game with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
Fortuna Sittard's struggle is real here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion with only 11 points collected from 11 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.
The Fortuna Sittard regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Fortuna Sittard Stadion: A 0-1 defeat against PEC Zwolle (placed 16th). Samaris was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Samaris won 8 of 9 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Fortuna lost 1-2 at SC Cambuur's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Fortuna Sittard perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fortuna Sittard as a small favourite), we find six games. Fortuna Sittard has won three of these, drawn one and lost two.
Fortuna Sittard are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. Fortuna Sittard are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (24 from 11 played). Fortuna has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Willem II form and stats
There's been little loot from Willem II's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Eredivisie. Willem II only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. A depressing seven defeats in a row for Willem II in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus FC Twente.
Willem II have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 407 minutes ago. Hornkamp was the goal scorer.
Willem delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against SC Heerenveen (placed 13th) in their previous fixture. Köhlert got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Köhlert hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 47 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting FC Groningen's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Willem II in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Willem II, three draws and two defeats.
The attacking power of Willem II when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Willem, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the teams played each other earlier this season; Willem II - Fortuna Sittard 1-1. Fortuna Sittard-Willem II H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna two wins, Willem II four wins, four draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Seuntjens 8 goals |  Z. Flemming 5 goals |   C. Nunnely 4 goals |
Fortuna Sittard missing players
Willem II missing players
| Fortuna Sittard | Willem II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 53 | 24 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 79% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 64% |
| 67% | 73% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 52% |
| 46% | 55% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 25% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 16% |
| 62% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 21% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 48% |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9.7 | 10.5 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.2 | 9.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 30% |
| 16.6 | 14.5 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 14.8 | 14.6 |
| 6.3 | 5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
- 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 (53) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Willem II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Willem II 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 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 65 | 60 |
| 2 | PSV | 25 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 62 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 31 | 58 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 52 |
| 4 | AZ | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -11 | 33 |
| 9 | NEC | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -9 | 31 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 27 |
| 12 | Heracles | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -22 | 22 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 20 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 17 |
