Fortuna Sittard stubborn opponents but PSV expect victory

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Philips Stadion (35000 seats)

We should have a significant difference in performance between these sides based on the matches played so far, with PSV ahead of Fortuna Sittard by 39 points.

Insights:
  • PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Eredivisie

These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at København.

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PSV form and stats

PSV are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Philips Stadion. 10 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 13 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

PSV are returning here after visiting København in a Europa Conference League match and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. The striker Zahavi was declared "man of the match" for PSV with the rating of 8.84/10. Zahavi scored two goals.

In the game before, an away victory in the Eredivisie match versus FC Utrecht with a 1-0 scoreline.

Everyone expects PSV to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 14 games: twelve home wins, one draw and one defeat. PSV have won with at least two goals margin ten times in similar situations.

PSV are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (35 goals in 13 games). PSV have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Fortuna Sittard form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fortuna Sittard so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-9 (win-draw-lose).

Fortuna Sittard won their last game, 1-0 versus Willem II played at home. Angha was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender Angha won 9 of 11 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against PEC Zwolle.

Fortuna Sittard are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found eleven matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were two wins, zero draws and nine defeats. Of the defeats, seven games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fortuna as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. For Fortuna Sittard, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Fortuna Sittard has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Fortuna Sittard - PSV 1-4 registered in the official records. Statistics for the former seven meetings featuring these two contenders are: seven wins for PSV, zero draws and zero wins for Fortuna Sittard. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

PSVC. Gakpo
C. Gakpo
8 goals
Fortuna SittardM. Seuntjens
M. Seuntjens
8 goals
PSVE. Zahavi
E. Zahavi
7 goals

PSV missing players

Fortuna Sittard missing players

PSV Fortuna Sittard
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 25
20 10 3 Won W 0 2 6
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 3 0 Lost L 3 9 15
63 35 7 Scored S 2 12 26
31 18 2 Conceded C 13 29 53
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 76%
77% 85% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 64%
46% 62% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 44%
31% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 24%
65% 77% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 60%
27% 15% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 20%
8% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 20%
 
6.9 6.8 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.6 3.8
3.3 3.4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.5 5.8
1.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17.7 17.8 26.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9 9.9
7.1 7.2 9.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 4 3.8
34% 38% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 23% 28%
 
8.9 8.5 5 Shots against (avg) S A 20 18.5 16.5
2.9 2.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.8 7.4 6.1
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of PSV's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (29) away in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Eredivisie
  • Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSV have scored more than double the goals of Fortuna Sittard.
  • PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • PSV 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 26 20 3 3 77 11 13 10 1 2 49 5 13 10 2 1 28 6 66 63
2 PSV 26 20 1 5 63 31 13 10 0 3 35 18 13 10 1 2 28 13 32 61
3 Feyenoord 26 17 4 5 59 24 13 9 2 2 32 12 13 8 2 3 27 12 35 55
4 AZ 26 16 3 7 50 30 13 9 2 2 28 13 13 7 1 5 22 17 20 51
5 FC Twente 26 15 6 5 40 30 12 7 4 1 18 8 14 8 2 4 22 22 10 51
6 Vitesse 25 12 5 8 32 38 12 5 2 5 15 22 13 7 3 3 17 16 -6 41
7 FC Utrecht 26 11 7 8 43 33 13 7 4 2 27 14 13 4 3 6 16 19 10 40
8 FC Groningen 26 8 9 9 32 36 13 4 6 3 14 12 13 4 3 6 18 24 -4 33
9 SC Cambuur 26 10 3 13 43 55 13 5 1 7 25 29 13 5 2 6 18 26 -12 33
10 NEC 26 8 7 11 33 43 12 2 4 6 12 18 14 6 3 5 21 25 -10 31
11 Heracles 26 7 6 13 27 35 14 7 4 3 19 13 12 0 2 10 8 22 -8 27
12 SC Heerenveen 26 7 6 13 22 36 13 3 2 8 12 21 13 4 4 5 10 15 -14 27
13 Go Ahead Eagles 26 7 6 13 27 43 13 5 1 7 17 21 13 2 5 6 10 22 -16 27
14 RKC Waalwijk 26 5 9 12 28 42 13 4 2 7 11 21 13 1 7 5 17 21 -14 24
15 Willem II 26 6 4 16 21 44 13 4 2 7 10 18 13 2 2 9 11 26 -23 22
16 Fortuna Sittard 25 6 4 15 26 53 12 4 2 6 14 24 13 2 2 9 12 29 -27 22
17 Sparta Rotterdam 24 4 8 12 19 37 14 3 5 6 12 19 10 1 3 6 7 18 -18 20
18 PEC Zwolle 26 5 5 16 20 41 13 2 4 7 9 15 13 3 1 9 11 26 -21 20

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.