NEC will contest Fortuna Sittard in this Eredivisie match. Everything you should know about the match can be found right here!
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
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!
NEC form and stats
NEC have played 2 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for NEC.
The NEC manager Meijer and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus SC Heerenveen (placed 6th). Defender van Rooij got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Rooij hit two key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.
Before that, NEC played out a draw 1-1 when visiting AZ.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does NEC handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
At Goffertstadion, NEC has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
It's not happening yet for Fortuna Sittard on their Eredivisie travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With the Fortuna Sittard losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Home advantage was not enough for Fortuna Sittard in their previous game as they lost hosting FC Utrecht, 3-4. As you can tell from the result, the match against FC Utrecht was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Yılmaz and that is impressive stuff! Noslin got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Noslin scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting SC Heerenveen's place.Fortuna are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Goal fest? This club have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all featuring at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Fortuna Sittard has managed 1 goal and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
NEC-Fortuna Sittard H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: NEC six wins, Fortuna Sittard two wins, one draw. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Yılmaz 4 goals |   I. Márquez Álvarez 1 goals |  J. Bruijn 1 goals |
NEC missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| NEC | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 6 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 8.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.5 | 11.6 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 30% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 17.4 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 20 | 20.6 |
| 5.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
- All of Fortuna Sittard's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fortuna Sittard have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Fortuna Sittard have lost all their matches so far.
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Eredivisie
- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- NEC have yet to win a game at home.
| NEC | Last season | Fortuna Sittard | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Lost | L | 10 | 19 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 52 | 22 | Conceded | C | 36 | 67 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 62% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 21% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 50% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 56% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 29% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 21% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.1 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 26% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 15 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.2 | 16.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | AZ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
